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A British foray up the Rappahannock River, which empties into Chesapeake Bay forty miles north of Hampton, Virginia, during which they captured or destroyed fourteen American ships. Havre de Grace (3 May 1813) A raid conducted by a flotilla of boats under Rear Admiral George Cockburn's command.
A simultaneous attack from land and sea on the blockading frigates at the mouth of St. Leonard's creek allowed the flotilla to move out of the creek and up-river to Benedict, Maryland, though Barney had to scuttle gunboats 137 and 138 in the creek. The British entered the then-abandoned creek and burned the town of St. Leonard, Maryland. [2]
The British attack force suffered high casualties, including 291 dead, 1,262 wounded and 484 captured or missing [171] [172] whereas American casualties were light with 13 dead, 39 wounded and 19 missing, [173] according to the respective official casualty returns. This battle was hailed as a great victory across the United States, making ...
Failed British naval attack on U.S. naval base Sackets Harbor. 1812 Jul 31 St. Lawrence River Julia versus Earl of Moria and Duke of Gloucester: Standoff between U.S. schooner Julia and two larger British ships. Both sides retired after a three-hour exchange of fire off Elizabethtown, New York. 1812 Aug 5 Great Lakes region: Battle of Brownstown
The Battle of New Orleans was fought on January 8, 1815, between the British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham and the United States Army under Brevet Major General Andrew Jackson, [4] roughly 5 miles (8 km) southeast of the French Quarter of New Orleans, [8] in the current suburb of Chalmette, Louisiana.
British and American movements during the Chesapeake Campaign in 1814 Admiralty House in Bermuda, where the British attack was planned. The Burning of Washington, also known as the Capture of Washington, was a successful British amphibious attack conducted by Rear-Admiral George Cockburn during Admiral John Warren's Chesapeake campaign.
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The Chesapeake Raid was an American Revolutionary War campaign by British naval forces under the command of Commodore Sir George Collier and land forces led by Major General Edward Mathew. Between 10 May and 24 May 1779 these forces raided economic and military targets up and down Chesapeake Bay. The speed with which the British moved caught ...