The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . roved a failure under the lead of thefeeble old generals who had survived from the Revolu-tion. But the rise of young gen-erals—Brown, Scott, and Ripley—to command changed the as-pect of affairs, and an invasion ofCanadian territory was made inthe summer of 1814. Fort Eriewas taken, and the battle of Chip-pewa was won by the Ameri-cans early in July. The battleof Lundys Lane was stubbornlycontested, and lasted till mid-night. The Americans were left in possession of thefield, but the next day they retreated. Be-fo

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The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . roved a failure under the lead of thefeeble old generals who had survived from the Revolu-tion. But the rise of young gen-erals—Brown, Scott, and Ripley—to command changed the as-pect of affairs, and an invasion ofCanadian territory was made inthe summer of 1814. Fort Eriewas taken, and the battle of Chip-pewa was won by the Ameri-cans early in July. The battleof Lundys Lane was stubbornlycontested, and lasted till mid-night. The Americans were left in possession of thefield, but the next day they retreated. Be-fore winter set in, the Americans retiredto their own side of the Niagara March, 1814, Napoleon was con-quered and banished to the island of , having now peace in Europe, wasfree to send re-enforcements to Canada, andin this same summer of 1814 the Englishentered the United States, by Lake Cham-plain, the way so often traveled by Frenchand English expeditions in the old Frenchwars and in the Revolution. Sir GeorgePrevost, the British commander, had made.

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