✦ History

Part of War of 1812

Battle of Lake Erie

September 10, 1813 · Battle of Lake Erie

Result American victory

Oliver Hazard Perry captured the whole British squadron on Lake Erie: 'We have met the enemy and they are ours'.

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United States

United Kingdom

United States
United Kingdom
Oliver Hazard Perry military commander Jesse Elliott military commander
Robert Heriot Barclay military commander

Strength and losses

Killed
27
Wounded
96
Killed
41
Wounded
93
Captured
306

Units

Perry's Lake Erie squadron
Barclay's Lake Erie squadron