Karyn Gerrard

@karyngerrard.bsky.social

Bestselling author of Victorian historical romance 📚♥️classic movies 📽️and classic rock🎸 East Coast (NS) of 🇨🇦🦞 http://www.karyngerrard.com

On this day in 1814, the Battle of Lundy's Lane was fought in Niagara Falls. One of the bloodiest battles of the war, it saw 1,720 casualties, including 258 killed. British-Canadian force fought the Americans to a stalemate, although the Americans withdrew. 🎨 Alonzo Chappel

A chaotic battlefield scene shows soldiers in blue uniforms fighting amid smoke and fallen bodies. Muskets, bayonets, swords and flags fill the scene as troops clash at close range, with wounded soldiers on the ground and gunfire obscuring the background.