瑞基威之役(英语:Battle of Ridgeway)于1866年6月2日爆发,当时一些芬尼亚兄弟会美国出发至安大略省附近的瑞基威,与当地的加拿大士兵发生冲突。这亦是所谓的“芬尼安暴动”。最后很多芬尼安人不敌而降。

瑞基威之役
the Fenian Raids的一部分

An 1869 illustration of the battle: Charge of General O'Neill's Fenians upon the Canadian troops, causing their rout.
日期2 June 1866
地点
结果 Fenian victory
参战方
芬尼亚兄弟会 英国 加拿大省
指挥官与领导者
Brig. Gen. John O'Neill Lt. Col. Alfred Booker
兵力
600-700[1] 850[2]
伤亡与损失
4-6 killed
16 wounded
9 killed in action
37 wounded[3]
22 died of wounds/disease[4]

参考资料 编辑

  1. ^ O'Neill's strength in the Fenian camp at Frenchmen's Creek was estimated at 450 by a Canada West Frontier Police detective who infiltrated the camp. Other estimated the strength in the camp at 500 to 600. Clarke also reported that later in the night an additional 200 Fenians (from their position at Black Creek) joined the column from the camp, bringing the total to at least 700 to 800. See: Detective Charles Clarke to McMicken, telegram, June 2, 1866, MG26 A, Volume 237, p. 103878 [Reel C1663] Canada Archives. See also the detailed analysis of Fenian strength in Peter Vronsky, Ridgeway: The American Fenian Invasion and the 1866 Battle That Made Canada, Toronto: Penguin-Allen Lane, 2011. pp. 141-145
  2. ^ Troublous Times in Canada: A History of the Fenian Raids of 1866 and 1870. Chapter 5: Grand Uprising of the Canadian People. Canadian Genealogy Resources. [2010-02-09]. (原始内容存档于2020-06-21).  by Captain John Alexander Macdonald, a Canadian participant in the battle.
  3. ^ Peter Vronsky, Ridgeway: The American Fenian Invasion and the 1866 Battle That Made Canada, Toronto: Penguin-Allen Lane, 2011. p. 260
  4. ^ 存档副本. [2012-06-30]. (原始内容存档于2012-09-24).