The Probert Encyclopaedia of Warfare

ASSAULT OF OSWEGO

In the War of 1812, on May the 5th, 1814, Sir James Yeo with about 3000 land troops and marines attacked Oswego which was defended by a fort garrisoned by 300 men under Colonel Mitchell. The first attack was repulsed by a heavy cannon placed near the shore. The second attack, the next day, was successful, and the garrison retreated up the river. The British withdrew after burning the barracks and seizing the stores and a war schooner. The American loss was sixty-nine men; the British, nineteen.
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