Assault on Fort Point
(Redirected from Siege of Fort Point)
| Assault on Fort Point | |||||||
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| Part of Canadian War and the Newfoundland Campaign | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States |
 Canada | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Richard Dickson |
Benjamin Hughes (WIA) | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| See American order of battle | See Canadian order of battle | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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~4,000 Canadian militia 36 guns |
~500 British regulars ~250 Canadian militiamen ~750 Newfoundland volunteers 24 guns | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
1,280
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1,740
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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 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