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Originally Posted by piece-itpete
There was a special on it running on loop on PBS all weekend, I caught most of it.
I don't remember the battle name, but they said it was a pretty good example of the entire Canadian campaign - the British commander was lost, and the American commander was firing on his own troops.
They said that impressment pretty much ended because the Brits beat Napoleon. I dunno :shrugs:
Pete
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Yep. It wasn't us that forced their hand, though impressment was one of the primary causes of the War of 1812.