From Wikipedia.
The historic places site had this occurring on August 5th, 1814, but Wikipedia had it one August 15th in its list of battles of the War of 1812. Not sure about the date.
The Wiki timeline has it as the destruction of the British brig Magnet. Its commander, Lt. George Hawkesworth deliberately ran the Magnet aground near the mouth of the Niagara River rather than allow it to be captured by the Americans of Isaac Chauncey's squadron.
Evidently, someone must have thought Hawkesworth shouldn't have done this as he was court martialed which caused him to desert to the Americans.
I looked up HMS Magnet again in Wikipedia and found the Magnet listed under Governor Simcoe (its former name) and in this article, it listed the capture as August 5th.
An Interesting Story Here. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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