General Amos Hall, soon after Fort Niagara…

December 1813 CE

General Amos Hall, soon after Fort Niagara had been overrun with ease by five hundred British troops and native allies, had ordered two thousand unskilled and drafted troops to march from Batavia to Buffalo, arriving December 26.

The day after the British cross the Niagara River the night of the 29th, Buffalo and the village of Black Rock are burned in a frenzy the next in the Battle of Buffalo.

The battle and subsequent fire are in response to the unprovoked destruction of Niagara-on-the-Lake, at this time known as "Newark," by American forces.

While many residents had been warned to leave beforehand, those that do not escape are tomahawked and scalped in the ensuing battle.

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Buffalo Erie New York United States View →

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