<Li> Raid at York, Upper Canada (July 31--August 1, 1813): A brief amphibious American incursion in which the Americans freed some prisoners, confiscated military baggage and supplies and a number of bateaux . Before leaving the Americans burned buildings on Gibraltar Point in retribution for the British raid on Sodus, New York, on June 19 . </Li> <Li> Loss of the two American schooners Hamilton (1809) and Scourge (August 8, 1813): The loss, during a violent storm, of the schooners Hamilton (1809) and Scourge . The two schooners were part of Commodore Isaac Chauncey's squadron, which was about to go into action against Commodore Sir James Yeo's squadron in Lake Ontario just six miles north of Twelve Mile Creek near the Niagara River . </Li> <Li> Skirmish at Nanticoke Creek, Upper Canada (November 13, 1813): An expedition of Norfolk County militia to capture American loyalist marauders who had been active in the area around Nanticoke Creek, near Lake Erie about sixty miles west of Fort Erie . </Li> <Li> Burning of Niagara, Upper Canada (December 10--11, 1813): The unprovoked burning of Niagara by a small force of American troops under the command of Brigadier General George McClure . McClure felt that his position at Fort George was untenable, and ordered that Niagara be destroyed as he evacuated his command to Fort Niagara . </Li>

What battles took place in the great lakes region