Even though the attempt was made to surrender the village of Buffalo, the British soldiers were to have their revenge for the Newark and York burnings. They set the town ablaze and the flames made quick work of nearly all the 150 structures that made up Buffalo back then.
They also burned the neighboring community of Black Rock.
The British returned to Canada with 130 prisoners They lost 31 men and the Americans 50 in the Battle of Buffalo.
When the fires ceased, all that remained was the "stone jail, Reese's blacksmith shop and the house of Margaret St. John. Within a week of the attack, the residents of Buffalo began to rebuild.
--Brock-Perry
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