Colonels Hercules Scott and Christopher Hamilton led the initial assault against the Americans, who had just emerged victorious at the Battle of Chippewa.  
A ruse at Wilson's Tavern led the American general to think that half of Riall's army wasn't there.  Colonels Hercules Scott and Christopher Hamilton led the initial assault against the Americans, who had just emerged victorious at the Battle of Chippewa.  This battle resulted in the torching of Bridgewater Mills, which prevented British commander Lieutenant-General Gordon Drummond from pursuit.  Prompting the retreat of the Americans to Fort Erie, FTP, identify this July 1814 battle of the War of 1812, the bloodiest battle of the war fought on Canadian soil.
A ruse at Wilson's Tavern led the American general to think that half of Riall's army wasn't there.  
Battle of Lundy's Lane