[English Text]: Engagement at the Forty

Here at the Forty Mile Creek, on 8th June, 1813, American forces, retreating after the Battle of Stoney Creek, were bombarded by a British flotilla under Sir James Lucas Yeo. Indians and groups of the 4th and 5th Regiments Lincoln Militia joined in the attack and created such confusion in the enemy ranks that they abandoned this position and retreated to Fort George.

[French Text]: L'Engagement de Forty Mile Creek

Ici, ? Forty Mile Creek, le 8 juin 1813, des forces am?ricaines qui se repliaient apr la bataille de Stoney Creek furent bombard?es par une flotille britannique sous les ordres de Sir James Lucas Yeo. Des Indiens et des groupes des 4e et 5e R?giments de la milice Lincoln particip?rent ? l'attaque et sem?rent une telle confusion dans les rangs ennemis que ces derniers abandonn?rent leur position et se repli?rent au fort George.

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