Newfoundland Campaign

Newfoundland Campaign
	Part of Canadian War
	; Battle of Lewispointe
Date	July 4–20, 1815; (16 days)
Location	Newfoundland, Canada
Result	American Victory Newfoundland under complete American control;
Belligerents
United States	Canada
Commanders and leaders
Horatio Dickson†; Warren Joseph	Adam Pace
Strength
28,000	10,000
Casualties and losses
1,400	6,000 244 killed; 1,690 wounded; 4,000 captured; 66 missing;

The Newfoundland Campaign was a major turning point in the Canadian War.

Prelude

On July 4, 1815, Horatio Dickson ordered Admiral Warren Joseph to attack and destroy the Canadian fleet and to ferry his men across.