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The Battle of Crysler's Farm, also known as the Battle of Crysler's Field, [4] was fought on 11 November 1813, during the War of 1812, in the British province of Upper Canada. A British and Upper Canadian force defeated a much larger American invasion force, prompting the US to abandon the Saint Lawrence campaign , its plan to capture Montreal ...
Battle of Crysler's Farm – On November 10, a force of Glengarry and Stormont Militia engaged the Americans at the Battle of Hoople's Creek and on November 11, they, along with the Dundas Militia, Leeds Militia, Canadian Fencibles, the 49th Regiment of Foot and the 89th Regiment of Foot, engaged the main American force at John Crysler's farm ...
The Battle of the Chateauguay was an engagement of the War of 1812.On 26 October 1813, a combined British and Canadian force consisting of 1,530 regulars, volunteers, militia and Mohawk warriors from Lower Canada, commanded by Charles de Salaberry, repelled an American force of about 2,600 regulars which was attempting to invade Lower Canada and ultimately attack Montreal.
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John Parker Boyd (December 21, 1764 – October 4, 1830) was an officer in the United States Army at various periods from 1786 to the end of the War of 1812.He attained the rank of brigadier general and commanded during the American defeat at the Battle of Crysler's Farm.
The Battle of Hoople's Creek, (also known as Hoople Creek), was a skirmish fought on November 10, 1813, as a precursor to the Battle of Crysler's Farm. [1]The Stormont and Glengarry Militias fought the 1st U.S. Rifles along the banks of Hoople's Creek in Stormont County, delaying the American advance to Cornwall and allowing for the evacuation important military supplies from the town. [2]
John Crysler (July 24, 1770 – January 18, 1852) was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada.. He was born in Schoharie, New York in 1770, the son of German immigrants; the family name was originally spelled Krausler or Kruessler.