Event record · battle
Upper Canada · Niagara
Battle of Lundy's Lane
25 July 1814
A close, confused night battle involving regular, militia, and Grand River forces causes severe casualties and no clean strategic result.
Participants
- American regulars and volunteers
- British regulars
- Canadian militia
- John Norton and Grand River warriors
Outcome
Both armies suffered heavy losses; American forces withdrew afterward.
Why it matters
Tactical victory claims conceal an indecisive night battle that ended the invasion's momentum; Indigenous participation is documented, but precise strength is not secure.
Location evidence
43.090, -79.080 · site precision
Coordinates locate the named site, city, or broad region; they do not reconstruct unit movements.
Where it sits in the story
This record belongs to a connected military, political, and human sequence. The chapter supplies causes, consequences, competing perspectives, and the limits of the surviving evidence.
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Evidence behind this event
- The Documentary History of the Campaign upon the Niagara FrontierGoogle Books bibliographic record · documentary edition
Ernest A. Cruikshank's compilation of official correspondence, reports, and other records for the Niagara campaigns. Its editorial choices and nineteenth-century publication context require attention.
- Teyoninhokarawen (John Norton)Parks Canada · biographical and campaign study
Norton's leadership among Grand River Haudenosaunee forces from 1812 through the Niagara campaign of 1814.