1813 in Canada
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After listing the country's setbacks, a New England newspaper asks what "has the least tendency towards the accomplishment of the professed object of the #war"

https://archives.novascotia.ca/newspapers/archives/?ID=795&Page=201113171
Pg. 2 (3rd column)

See also: War of 1812 - Campaigns in Upper Canada (1813)
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/war-of-1812

1813 in Canada
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#WarOf1812
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A large U.S. invasion force on the Chateauguay River is "foiled by a handful of men not amounting to a twentieth part of the force opposed to them"

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4269634
Pg. 2 (2nd column)

See also: Battle of Châteauguay
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/battle-of-chateauguay

1813 in Canada
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#history
#WarOf1812
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Pres. Madison decides to publicize the imprisonment of some British prisoners of war as hostages for the naturalized U.S. citizens taken to Britain for trial as traitors

https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-06-02-0638

#PrisonersOfWar #JamesMadison

See also: James Madison
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/james-madison

1813 in Canada
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#WarOf1812
#MilitaryHistory

A Quebec Gazette editorial: #War operations "depend on the result of the contest on the Lakes [and losing them] would be far more prejudicial to us than to the Americans"

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4269625
Pg. 2 (4th column)

See also: War on the Lakes in the War of 1812 - 1813 Campaigning Season
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/war-on-the-lakes-in-the-war-of-1812

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Lacking provisions following the loss of their Lake Erie supply line, British forces abandon #Detroit and are defeated as they retreat up the Thames River

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4269631
Pg. 2 (2nd column)

#LakeErie

See also: Battle of the Thames (Moraviantown)
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/battle-of-the-thames-moraviantown

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U.S. naval commander Oliver Hazard Perry describes the Battle of Lake Erie and the defeat of a British squadron trying to prevent U.S. domination of that lake

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4269627
Pg. 2 (3rd column)

#BattleOfLakeErie #OliverHazardPerry

See also: Battle of Lake Erie (Battle of Put-in-Bay)
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/battle-of-lake-erie-battle-of-put-in-bay
War on the Lakes in the War of 1812 - 1813 Campaigning Season
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/war-on-the-lakes-in-the-war-of-1812
Oliver Hazard Perry
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/oliver-hazard-perry

1813 in Canada
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#WarOf1812
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A "liberal translation" of the declaration of #war by the New York based "Six Nations of Indians[...]against the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada"

https://newspapers.lib.unb.ca/serials/165/issues/34603/pages/247570
Pg. 3 (2nd column)

See also: The Oneidas' letter to Pres. Madison asking if they should fight against the British
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-06-02-0593

#Haudenosaunee

1813 in Canada
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The Acadian Recorder editor expects a "successful defence of Canada[...]but what is that? - We may [take U.S. assets, but] have we a land force equal to the undertaking?"

https://archives.novascotia.ca/newspapers/archives/?ID=781&Page=201113116
Pg. 3 (3rd column)

#underdog