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DescriptionEvans before Queenston.jpg
English: Major Thomas Evans (in boat) goes to attempt a prisoner exchange before the 1812 Battle of Queenston Heights. The encounter would clue Evans in that an American attack was planned for 13 October.
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From page 553 of the 1895 British book Illustrated Battles of the Nineteenth Century, volume 1. Uploaded by the British Library to Flickr here. Cropped.
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Archibald Forbes, Arthur Griffiths and others.
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