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William Reid (British Army officer) Phineas Riall; John Richardson (author) Charles Roberts (soldier, died 1816) Frederick Philipse Robinson; Robert Ross (British Army officer) Francis de Rottenburg; Robert Runchey; Joseph Ryerson
The war in Europe against the French Empire under Napoleon ensured that the British did not consider the War of 1812 against the United States as more than a sideshow. [281] Britain's blockade of French trade had worked and the Royal Navy was the world's dominant nautical power (and remained so for another century).
Shadrack Byfield (sometimes Shadrach, 1789-1874) was a British infantryman who served in the 41st Regiment during the War of 1812. He is best known as the author of a memoir of his wartime experiences, A Narrative of a Light Company Soldier's Service, published in his hometown of Bradford on Avon in England in 1840. This work is notable as one ...
Upon learning of the outbreak of war, Major General Issac Brock sent a canoe party to inform Captain Charles Roberts of the news, and orders to capture Fort Mackinac.. The British commander in Upper Canada, Major General Isaac Brock, had kept the commander of the post at St. Joseph Island, Captain Charles Roberts, informed of events as war appeared increasingly likely from the start of 1812.
Pages in category "British military units and formations of the War of 1812" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Incredible War of 1812. Toronto: Robin Brass Studio. ISBN 1-896941-13-3. James, William (1818). A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of the Late War Between Great Britain and the United States of America. Volume II. London: Published for the Author. ISBN 0-665-35743-5. Latimer, Jon (2007). 1812: War with America. Cambridge ...
Major-General Robert Ross (1766 – 12 September 1814) was an Irish officer in the British Army who served in the Napoleonic Wars and its theatre in North America in the War of 1812. Ross joined the British Army in 1789.
During the War of 1812, he was the commander of British forces attempting to take the Southern port of New Orleans (1814–15). On 8 January 1815, Pakenham was killed in action while leading his men at the Battle of New Orleans .