Français  Contact Us  Help  Search  Canada Site Volume 1 (1000–1754) Volume 2 (1755-1871) Volume 3 (1872–2000) CHAPTER 1 The Conquest CHAPTER 2 The Revolt of Pontiac and the American Invasion CHAPTER 3 The Coveted Pacific Coast CHAPTER 4 The Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 A Relatively Peaceful Decade The Militias of the New Provinces The French Revolution Canada at War with France Tensions with the United States The Royal Canadian Volunteers Newfoundland Threatened The 1802 Peace The Battle of Trafalgar New Tensions in America Mobilization in Lower Canada The British and Canadian Forces The War of 1812 Canada's Defence Strategy American Fiascos New Invasions in the West The Americans Attack Upper Canada Laura Secord and Beaver Dams Objective: Montreal! The Battle of Chateauguay The Battle of Crysler's Farm The British Take Fort Niagara The 1814 Invasion of Canada The Battle for the Northwest The Race to Build Ships The British Defeat at Plattsburgh The War at Sea The Legacy of the War of 1812 CHAPTER 5 Demobilization CHAPTER 6 The Royal Navy, Ruler of the Seas CHAPTER 7 A Decade of Turbulence APPENDIX A The British Armed Forces APPENDIX B Daily Life of Soldiers and Officers APPENDIX C Uniforms and Arms APPENDIX D Reference      CHAPTER 4 The Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812           The Battle of Crysler's Farm ( 1 page )                     Map of the battle of Crysler's Farm, 11 November 1813. (Click image to enlarge) But where was General Wilkinson's army?  At the beginning of November, after many delays, it was moving up the St. Lawrence River towards Montreal.  Wilkinson still did not know about Hampton's defeat.  Part of his army, approximately 3,700 men, disembarked on the Canadian side of the river east of Prescott.  An Anglo-Canadian "observation corps" followed them, having been assigned the task of slowing their march.  The corps consisted of some 900 officers and soldiers under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Wanton Morrison.  On the 11th the Americans decided to drive away the troops that were harassing them, and 2,000 American soldiers attacked the Morrison contingent on the farm of one John Crysler, which today is in Morrisburg, Ontario.  The American infantry and cavalry attacks were repeatedly beaten back by the British line.  The Americans eventually withdrew after having incurred heavy losses: 102 dead, 237 wounded and over 100 taken prisoner.  Morrison had only 22 dead and 148 wounded.  The next day Wilkinson abandoned the invasion plan and the American troops crossed to the other side of the border.        Last Updated: 2004-06-20 Important Notices