Talk:Battle of Chippawa

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I do not agree with this opening statement:

"The Battle of Chippawa (sometimes spelled Chippewa) was a decisive victory for American militia units which allowed for the invasion of Canada along the Niagara River."

There were more regular US Army troops then militia troops at this battle. The British at first though they were militia because of their grey uniforms which militia sometimes wore. In fact there was just a blue cloth shortage for the Regular army.

[edit] Upper Canada not lower Ontario

I made some corrections. I took out "lower Ontario" and replaced it with Upper Canada. The Battle was fought in Upper Canada.

[edit] Equal forces?

Americans had 3,500 versus the Brits with 2,000.

Who said that is an equal amount? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.173.173.14 (talk) 21:20, 2 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] References

Confession time - it was me who put the 'citations' template at the head of the article some time ago, fully intending to do some work in that area myself - however, I'd like to pay tribute to some fine work done by others, who have beaten me to it. I'd propose to take off the citations template now but will wait for a period in case anyone thinks it should remain on a bit longer.Scoop100 (talk) 22:18, 14 May 2008 (UTC)