<Li> Valparaíso (capture of USS Essex) </Li> <Li> Action of 9 May 1814 </Li> <P> The Battle of York was fought on April 27, 1813, in York (present - day Toronto), the capital of the province of Upper Canada (present - day Ontario), during the Anglo - American War of 1812 . An American force supported by a naval flotilla landed on the lake shore to the west and advanced against the town, which was defended by an outnumbered force of regulars, militia and Ojibway natives under the overall command of Major General Roger Hale Sheaffe, the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada . </P> <P> Sheaffe's forces were defeated and Sheaffe retreated with his surviving regulars to Kingston, abandoning the militia and civilians . The Americans captured the fort, town and dockyard . They themselves suffered heavy casualties, including force leader Brigadier General Zebulon Pike and others killed when the retreating British blew up the fort's magazine . The American forces subsequently carried out several acts of arson and looting in the town before withdrawing . </P>

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