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Fact of the day
The Town Was Not Heavily Fortified
With Insufficient Resources Preventing
The Construction Of Necessary Works Needed
To Adequately Defend It. As
A Result
Sheaffe Had Instructed Government Officials
In Early April 1813
To Hide Legislative Papers
In
The Forest
And Fields Behind York
To Ensure They Would Not Be Seized
In
The Event Of An Attack
Designs Of
The Blockhouses That Were Built
To Defend York
C
1799
York's Defences Included
The Town's Blockhouse Situated Near
The Don River
Blockhouses
At Fort York Garrison
To
The West Of
The Town
And Another Blockhouse
At Gibraltar Point
The Settlement Was Also Defended
By Three Batteries At
The Fort And
The Nearby "Government House Battery" Which Mounted Two 12-pounder Guns
Another Battery
Known As
The Western Battery Was Located 1.6 Kilometres (1.0 Mi) West Of
The Fort
In Present Day Exhibition Place
The Crude Western Battery Had Two Obsolete 18-pounder Guns
These Guns Originated From Earlier Conflicts
And Had Been Disabled
By Having Their Trunnions Removed
But They Were Fixed
To Crude Log Carriages
And Could Still Be Fired
Fort York Was Also Defended By
A Western Wall
And
A Small Unarmed Earthwork Between
The Fort And
The Western Battery. About
A Dozen Cannons
Including Older Condemned Models
Were Mounted
In These Positions
In Addition
To Two-6-pounders
On Field Carriages. Further West Were
The Ruins Of Fort Rouill�
And
The Half Moon Battery
Neither Of Which Was
In Use
Sheaffe Was
At York
To Conduct Public Business
He Was Originally Scheduled
To Leave
The Settlement
For Fort George But Had Postponed His Departure Due
To Suspicions Of An American Assault
On York. His Regulars
Most Of Whom Were Also Passing Through York En Route
To Other Posts, Consisted Of Two Companies (including
The Grenadier Company) Of
The 1st Battalion 8th Regiment Of Foot
A Company Of
The Glengarry Light Infantry Fencibles
A Company-sized Detachment Of
The Royal Newfoundland Fencibles
A Small Squad From
The 49th Regiment Of Foot
And Thirteen Soldiers From
The Royal Artillery. There Were Also 40 Or 50 Mississaugas
And Ojibwe Warriors
And
The Canadian Militia
The Militia Was Ordered
To Assemble
But Only 300 Of
The 1st
And 3rd Regiments Of
The York Militia
And
The Incorporated Militia, Could Be Mustered
At Short Notice
The American Naval Squadron Was Spotted
By British Sentries Posted At
The Scarborough Bluffs
On April 26
Who Alerted
The Town
And Its Defenders Using Flag Signals
And Signal Guns. Sheaffe Expected
The Americans
To Launch
A Two-pronged Attack
With
The Main American Landing
To
The West Of Fort York
And Another Landing
In Scarborough
To Cut Off
A Potential Retreat
To Kingston
To Counteract This
Sheaffe Concentrated His Forces
At Fort York
And
The Town's Blockhouse
Most Of His Regulars
Fencibles
Native Warriors
And
A Small Number Of Militiamen Assembled At
The Fort
While Most Of
The Militia And
The Companies Of
The 8th Regiment Of Foot Positioned Themselves At
The Town's Blockhouse
Battle
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