Early Modern era · 1762

Battle of Signal Hill

The Battle of Signal Hill, fought on 15 September 1762, was the last battle of the French and Indian War. A British force under Lieutenant-colonel William Amherst recaptured St. John's, which the French had seized earlier that year in a surprise attack described in some accounts as an ambush.

Battle of Signal Hill
Battle of Signal Hill · Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
15 Sept 1762
Where
St. John's
Era
Early Modern

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Before and after

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