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Template:/box-header The War of 1812 was fought between the United States of America and ,Britain and its colonies, especially Upper Canada (Ontario), Lower Canada (Quebec), Nova Scotia and Bermuda. When the war had finished, 1,600 British and 2,260 American troops had died.The British and American forces also suffered 3,679 and 4,505 wounded, respectively it is noteworthy that these "official" figures do not include losses due to diseases and casualties among American or Canadian militia forces, or losses among allied native tribes. The war was fought from 1812 to 1815 and involved both land and naval engagements. Britain was at war with France. To impede American trade with France, it imposed a series of restrictions that the U.S. contested as illegal under international law. The Americans declared war on Britain on June 18, 1812 for a combination of reasons: outrage at the impressment of thousands of American sailors into the Royal Navy, frustration at British restraints on neutral trade, and anger at British military support for Native Americans defending their tribal lands from encroaching American settlers. Template:/box-footer

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The Battle of Chippawa (sometimes spelt Chippewa) was a victory for the American army in the War of 1812, during an invasion of Upper Canada along the Niagara River. It was the first victory for American soldiers against a similar sized British force in the field. The battle took place south of the British fort at Chippawa, a short distance upstream from Niagara Falls on July 5, 1814. British forces under Phineas Riall attempted to repulse an American advance led by Jacob Brown. The British were forced to fall back to Fort George near Lake Ontario.

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Some new archives unearthed by historians show that Russia could’ve won the war months earlier, in October 1812, almost immediately after Napoleon withdrew from Moscow. The circumstances behind that hypothetical scenario had nothing to do with successes or defeats on the battlefield. It is no secret that the Russian Emperor Alexander I repeatedly rejected Napoleon’s offer to sign a peace treaty since he was all too well aware that it would actually mean capitulation for Russia. Nor did Napoleon have any presentiments of looming trouble. So what was it then that could have caused the war to end abruptly and triumphantly for Russia?

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