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Old 06-18-2012, 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by piece-itpete View Post
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
If you were thinking of Queenston Heights, the Canadians won that part.
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