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Question 392 : Where is this battle and what is it's significance ?(Battle for Mackinac Island,)
Ok, looks like North America ... British troops, Indian auxiliaries in right foreground ... battle in Canada.
Narrows it down?
Narrows it down?
Battle for Mackinac Island, August 1814, near Michigan on the Great Lakes during the war of 1812 between Britain and the USA.
Not sure what significance you are looking for?
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Your right about the battle...what was the British thinking as to why this had to happen?
Well, the British took the island and fort to control that part of the Great Lakes in 1812, especially the entrance to Lake Michigan -- the British went on to capture Detroit afterwards.
The battle above was a failed 1814 attempt by the Americans to retake Mackinac with a force of 700 troops.
Brits held the island until the end of the war, but gave it back after the treaty of Ghent.
The battle above was a failed 1814 attempt by the Americans to retake Mackinac with a force of 700 troops.
Brits held the island until the end of the war, but gave it back after the treaty of Ghent.
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. . . unless Detroit and Michilimackinac be both in our possession at the commencement of hostilities, not only Amherstburg but most probably the whole country , must be evacuated as far as Kingston.
— Gen. Isaac Brock, February, 1812
Rico I award you the points, for your effort in working on the question. You post next.
— Gen. Isaac Brock, February, 1812
Rico I award you the points, for your effort in working on the question. You post next.
Thank you kindly ... will post anon.