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| (384 killed;
| 870 wounded;
| 870 wounded;
| 25 missing/captured)
| 25 missing/captured)
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| (263 killed;
| 397 wounded;
| 423 wounded;
| 1,079 missing/captured)
| 2,600 missing/captured)
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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 ===

Revision as of 21:29, 13 July 2025

Assault on Fort Point
Part of Canadian War and the Newfoundland Campaign
DateJuly 5th – July 6th, 1815
Location
Cook's Harbour, Newfoundland
Result American Victory
Belligerents
 United States  Canada
Commanders and leaders
United States Richard Dickson Canada Benjamin Hughes (WIA)
Units involved
See American order of battle See Canadian order of battle
Strength
~4,000 Canadian militia
24 light guns
18 siege guns		 ~750 British regulars
~250 Canadian militiamen
~750 Newfoundland volunteers
36 guns
Casualties and losses
1,280
  • (384 killed;
  • 870 wounded;
  • 25 missing/captured)
 3,826
  • (263 killed;
  • 423 wounded;
  • 2,600 missing/captured)

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

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 Light Artillery
  • 2nd New Brunswick Artillery
  • 1st Prince Edward Island Heavy Artillery

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
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