<Li> 2nd Fort Erie </Li> <Li> Cook's Mills </Li> <P> The Battle of Beaver Dams took place on 24 June 1813, during the War of 1812 . An American column marched from Fort George and attempted to surprise a British outpost at Beaver Dams, billeting themselves overnight in the village of Queenston, Ontario . Laura Secord, a resident of Queenston, had earlier learned of the American plans, and had struck out on a long and difficult trek to warn the British at Decou's stone house near present - day Brock University . When the Americans resumed their march, they were ambushed by Native warriors and eventually surrendered to a small British detachment led by Lieutenant James FitzGibbon . About 500 Americans, including their wounded commander, were taken prisoner . </P> <P> On 25 May 1813, the Americans had won the Battle of Fort George, capturing the fort . The British fell back to a position at Burlington Heights near the western end of Lake Ontario, briefly abandoning the entire Niagara Peninsula to the Americans . The Americans attempted to pursue the British, but their advance was checked at the Battle of Stoney Creek by a British counter-attack . At the same time, the American flotilla of warships which had been supporting their army on the Niagara Peninsula was hastily withdrawn to face a threat to their own base, and a British flotilla threatened the Americans' line of communications . The Americans fell back to Fort George . The British followed up and established an outpost at DeCou's house in the present - day city of Thorold, Ontario, from which Natives and militia harassed American outposts . </P>

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