1812. aasta Châteauguay sõja lahing
1812. aasta Châteauguay sõja lahing
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Châteauguay lahing (26. oktoober 1813) 1812. aasta sõjas, mille käigus sundisid britid USA relvajõude loobuma kavandatud rünnakust Montreali vastu ja avaldasid 1813. aasta kampaania ajal otsustavat mõju USA strateegiale.

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In the autumn of 1813, a U.S. invading force of about 4,000 troops under General Wade Hampton marched toward Montreal through the Châteauguay River valley. A U.S. advance party of 1,500 under Colonel Robert Purdy and some 460 British troops under Colonel Charles de Salaberry met at Châteauguay on October 26. The British had taken up a good defensive position in the woods along the riverbank and, despite their inferior numbers, managed to stop Purdy’s advance. After this setback, Hampton withdrew back across the border. At least 90 percent of the British troops at Châteauguay were French Canadians.