Battle of Fort Erie (1866)
| Battle of Fort Erie | |||||||||
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| Part of Fenian Raids | |||||||||
A Canadian map of the raid | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Fenian Brotherhood | Province of Canada | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| John O'Neill | John Stoughton Dennis | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 400 (estimate) | 79 (5,000 later) | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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8–10 wounded 59 captured Several deserted | 3-4 dead, 16 wounded, 54 captured | ||||||||
During the 1866 Fenian raids into the Province of Canada, the Battle of Fort Erie was a surrounding and forcing of the Fenian invaders' surrender following a skirmish near Fort Erie and the farther-away Battle of Ridgeway on June 2. The Fenian force, withdrawing from Ridgeway, met a small force of Canadian militia at Fort Erie, then known as the village of Waterloo.