Assault on Fort Point - Revision history

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	==== '''2nd Artillery Brigade, Division of Cavalry and Artillery''' ====		==== '''2nd Artillery Brigade, Division of Cavalry and Artillery''' ====

	* 1st New Brunswick ~~Light Artillery~~		* 1st New Brunswick Battery
	* 2nd New Brunswick ~~Artillery~~		* 2nd New Brunswick Battery
	* 1st Prince Edward Island Heavy ~~Artillery~~		* 1st Nova Scotia Battery
			* 2nd Nova Scotia Battery
			* 3rd Nova Scotia Battery
			* 1st Prince Edward Island Heavy Battery

	=== British ===		=== British ===

Ethan at 02:29, 14 July 2025

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	==== '''2nd Artillery Brigade, Division of Cavalry and Artillery''' ====		==== '''2nd Artillery Brigade, Division of Cavalry and Artillery''' ====

	* 1st New Brunswick ~~Battery~~		* 1st New Brunswick Light Artillery
	* 2nd New Brunswick ~~Battery~~		* 2nd New Brunswick Artillery
	* 1st Nova Scotia Battery		* 1st Prince Edward Island Heavy Artillery
	* 2nd Nova Scotia Battery
	* 3rd Nova Scotia Battery
	* 1st Prince Edward Island Heavy ~~Battery~~

	=== British ===		=== British ===

Ethan: Ethan moved page Siege of Fort Point to Assault on Fort Point

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Ethan moved page Siege of Fort Point to Assault on Fort Point

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	The '''Siege of Fort Point''' was a decisive American victory fought from 5 – July 10 1815 in and around Cook's Harbour, [[Newfoundland]] between the [[United States]] and the British Empire.		The '''Assault on Fort Point''', also known as the '''Siege of Fort Point''', was a decisive American victory fought from 5 – July 10 1815 in and around Cook's Harbour, [[Newfoundland]] between the [[United States]] and the British Empire.

	== Background ==		== Background ==

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{{Infobox military conflict|conflict=|width=|partof=[[Canadian War]] and the [[Newfoundland Campaign]]|image=|image_size=|alt=|caption=|date=July 5th – July 10th, 1815|place=Cook's Harbour, Newfoundland|coordinates=|map_type=|map_relief=|map_size=|map_marksize=|map_caption=|map_label=|territory=|result=American Victory|status=|combatants_header=|combatant1={{flag|United States|1795}}|combatant2={{flag|Canada|1812}}|combatant3=|commander1={{flagicon|United States|1795}} [[Richard Dickson]]|commander2={{flagicon|Canada|1812}} [[Benjamin Hughes]]{{WIA}}|commander3=|units1=See [[#American order of battle|American order of battle]]|units2=See [[#Canadian order of battle|Canadian order of battle]]|units3=|strength1=~4,000 Canadian militia 36 guns|strength2=~500 British regulars ~250 Canadian militiamen ~750 Newfoundland volunteers 24 guns|strength3=|casualties1='''1,280'''{{unbulleted list
| (384 killed;
| 870 wounded;
| 25 missing/captured)
}}|casualties2='''1,740''' {{unbulleted list
| (264 killed;
| 397 wounded;
| 1,079 missing/captured)
}}|casualties3=|notes=|campaignbox={{Campaignbox NFC}}}}

The '''Siege of Fort Point''' was a decisive American victory fought from 5 – July 10 1815 in and around Cook's Harbour, [[Newfoundland]] between the [[United States]] and the British Empire.

== Background ==

== Order of battle ==

=== American ===

==== '''1st Brigade''', '''2nd Division, Great Northern Army''' ====

* 1st New Brunswick Volunteer Infantry Regiment
* 2nd New Brunswick Volunteer Infantry Regiment
* 3rd New Brunswick Volunteer Infantry Regiment
* 4th New Brunswick Volunteer Infantry Regiment

==== '''2nd Artillery Brigade, Division of Cavalry and Artillery''' ====

* 1st New Brunswick Battery
* 2nd New Brunswick Battery
* 1st Nova Scotia Battery
* 2nd Nova Scotia Battery
* 3rd Nova Scotia Battery
* 1st Prince Edward Island Heavy Battery

=== British ===

==== 1st Brigade ====

* Royal Newfoundland Regiment of Fencible Infantry
* C Company, 99th Regiment of Foot
* A Company, 3rd Quebec Fencibles

==== Artillery Brigade ====

* 1st Royal Regiment of Newfoundland Artillery
** A Battery
** B Battery
** C Battery