JULY 14TH-- British sloop Contest and brig Mohawk capture and burn the American schooner Asp on Potomac River.
JULY 17TH-- First msuter of Canadian Volunteers at Fort George, Upper Canada.
Skirmish at Ball's Farm near Niagara, Upper Canada.
JULY 19TH-- American privateers Neptune and Fox, from Sackets Harbor, NY, capture British convoy of 15 bateaux and gunboat Spitfire and retreat to Cranberry Creek, NY.
JULY 20TH-- British forces retaliate from the previous day and attack American privateers at Cranberry Creek, but withdraw.
JULY 20TH-- L:aunching of the HMS Detroit at Amherstburg, Upper Canada, largest ship built there.
JULY 21ST-- Arrival of British reinforcements at Quebec City, Lower Canada. The HMS Wasp also arrives.
Busy Month. --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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