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To: Eashoa' M'sheekha who wrote (52285)7/28/2004 10:37:15 PM
From: longnshort  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 89467
 
By 1814 the defenders of Canada had repelled five separate American invasions, but they were running low on reenforcements and supplies to withstand the American assaults.
In Quebec City, the British Governor General of Canada Sir George Prevost believed that he could not hold out much longer without more help from Great Britain, he wrote desperate appeals to London to send him men and supplies.
In the summer of 1814 Sir George Prevost got his wish. Napoleon had been defeated in Europe freeing up tens of thousands of British troops to fight in North America, most of the British forces were shipped over to Quebec City and Montreal and put at the disposal of Governor General Prevost.



To: Eashoa' M'sheekha who wrote (52285)7/28/2004 11:22:01 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 89467
 
Actually, come to think of it, I've seen the claim as "The Canadians repelled that last American invasion" which is correct if you call the people in Canada at that time Canadians rather than British colonists.

It can equally truly be claimed that the Americans repelled the last Canadian invasion, so each country won the last battle on its soil.

Fortunately, the countries have learned to get along pretty well since then.


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