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In
October 1813, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles
de Salaberry and 460 troops, mostly French-
Canadian voltigeurs (light infantry),
turned back 4000 American invaders along
the Châteauguay River, south of
Montréal. British regulars defeated
a second American column at Crysler’s
Farm, in eastern Ontario.
Bitter
fighting along the Niagara frontier,
an American attack on Toronto in 1813,
and American naval successes on Lake
Champlain in 1814 did little to affect
the military situation. In December 1814,
Britain and the United States signed
the Treaty of Ghent and returned all
captured territory.
Canadians
took justifiable pride in their role
in the war, but Canada’s security
had been preserved mainly by well-trained
British regulars.
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