This battle of the War of 1812 began when 10,000 British veterans of the Napoleonic Wars left Montreal to invade New York.
This battle of the War of 1812 began when 10,000 British veterans of the Napoleonic Wars left Montreal to invade New York. However, on September 11,1814, Captain Thomas MacDonough defeated a British fleet on the namesake lake, stopping the enemy's supply line. For ten points, name this battle which forced a British retreat in the northern theater, named for the large lake between Vermont and New York.
This battle of the War of 1812 began when 10,000 British veterans of the Napoleonic Wars left Montreal to invade New York.
Battle of Lake Champlain