From good old Wikipedia.
On this date, about 200 American regulars and militia under Captain Benjamin Forsyth, attacked Gananoque, Ontario, an important forwarding point for supplies moving up the St. Lawrence River from Montreal to Kingston.
It was garrisoned by a detachment of the 2nd Leeds Militia under Colonel Joel Stone. After a brisk fight, the Canadians withdrew. The Americans seizd the military stores and burned the government depot down and withdrew back across the river.
A month later, work began on a blockhouse which was completed in 1813.
Joel Stone established the settlement in 1789. During the American Revolution, he served with the loyalist militia.
The Bicentennial. --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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