✦ History

Part of War of 1812

Battle of Queenston Heights

October 13, 1812 · Battle of Queenston Heights

Result British-Mohawk victory

An American crossing of the Niagara was beaten; Brock was killed leading the first counterattack.

On the map Contemporaries

United States

United Kingdom

United States
United Kingdom
Upper Canada
Winfield Scott military commander Stephen Van Rensselaer military commander William Wadsworth military commander
Isaac Brock military commander Roger Hale Sheaffe military commander John Macdonell military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
3,550
Killed
60–100
Wounded
80
Captured
955
Strength
1,366
Killed
21
Wounded
85
Captured
22

Units

Army of the Centre (1812)
Centre Division (Upper Canada)