{"id":439,"date":"2012-10-31T20:32:38","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T20:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.museedelaguerre.ca\/guerre-de-1812\/?page_id=439"},"modified":"2012-11-15T16:24:18","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T16:24:18","slug":"war-experience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.museedelaguerre.ca\/guerre-de-1812\/explore-history\/the-british-war\/war-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"War Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Quebec City<\/h2>\n
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The United States could not defeat Britain in North America without capturing Quebec City.<\/p>\n

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\n\"View<\/a>

Formidable Defences<\/p>

View from Near the Officer Barracks, Citadel, Quebec-Cap Tourment, Island of Orleans, 1840<\/strong><\/p>

Watercolour by Millicent Mary Chaplin, 1840\r\nLibrary and Archives Canada, 1956-62-13<\/pre><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\"Quebec<\/a>
Quebec City Militia Officer\u2019s Coat<\/p>
Quebec City Militia Officer\u2019s Coat<\/strong><\/p>
CWM 19790001-006<\/pre><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Halifax<\/h2>\n
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Halifax, Nova Scotia provided an essential base of operations for the Royal Navy in North American waters.<\/p>\n
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\n\"Halifax<\/a>
Halifax Mortar<\/p>
Halifax Mortar<\/strong><\/p>
CWM 19430003-001<\/pre><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\"Flintlock<\/a>
India Pattern Musket<\/p>
Flintlock Musket, India Pattern<\/strong><\/p>
CWM 19770467-011<\/pre><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Taking the War to America <\/h2>\n
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While the British Army defended Canada, the Royal Navy sought to force the United States to end the war by blockading the American coast and conducting amphibious raids.<\/p>\n
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\n\"HMS<\/a>
Blockading the Coast<\/p>
HMS Shannon Leading Her Prize the American Frigate Chesapeake into Halifax Harbour<\/strong><\/p>
Lithograph by John Christian Schetky, around 1830\r\nLibrary and Archives Canada, 1970-188-1937<\/pre><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\"Admiral<\/a>
Amphibious Raids<\/p>
Admiral Cockburn Burning and Plundering Havre de Grace on 1st June, 1813<\/strong><\/p>
Artist unknown\r\nAnne S. K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library, Providence, Rhode Island<\/pre><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The British\u2013American Peace<\/h2>\n
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For Britain, the war ended successfully with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent.<\/p>\n
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\n\"A<\/a>
The Treaty of Ghent<\/p>
A Hundred Years Peace. The Signature of the Treaty of Ghent between Great Britain and the United States of America, Dec. 24th 1814<\/strong><\/p>
Print by Am\u00e9d\u00e9e Forestier, 1914\r\nLibrary and Archives Canada, 1993-275-1<\/pre><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Quebec City The United States could not defeat Britain in North America without capturing Quebec City. Halifax Halifax, Nova Scotia provided an essential base of operations for the Royal Navy in North American waters. Taking the War to America While the British Army defended Canada, the Royal Navy sought to force the United States to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":151,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museedelaguerre.ca\/guerre-de-1812\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/439"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museedelaguerre.ca\/guerre-de-1812\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museedelaguerre.ca\/guerre-de-1812\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museedelaguerre.ca\/guerre-de-1812\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museedelaguerre.ca\/guerre-de-1812\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.museedelaguerre.ca\/guerre-de-1812\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2153,"href":"https:\/\/www.museedelaguerre.ca\/guerre-de-1812\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/439\/revisions\/2153"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museedelaguerre.ca\/guerre-de-1812\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museedelaguerre.ca\/guerre-de-1812\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}