Phineas Riall
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Phineas Riall, KCH (December 15 1775 - November 10 1850) was a United Kingdom army officer, who fought in the War of 1812.
He was born in Clonmel, Ireland into a wealthy Protestant landowning family. He entered the army as an Ensign (rank) in 1794 and rose rapidly through Sale of commissions. Even though he spent seven years on half pay (i.e. without any regimental or staff appointment), he was Major in the The East Yorkshire Regiment in 1805. He sailed with them to the West Indies, and seems to have first seen serious action when he commanded the regiment at the capture of Martinique in 1809. The next year, he commanded a brigade at the capture of Guadeloupe. After this, he returned to England.
Over the next two years, he received promotion to Colonel and Major General through seniority. He was then posted to Canada, where initially he commanded the Montreal district, then accompanied Lieutenant General Gordon Drummond to Upper Canada.
On arrival, Drummond immediately halted all withdrawals and mounted an attack on the American side of the Niagara River. As part of the attack, Riall led a detachment across the river at Lewiston, New York on December 19 1813 and advanced south. The attack was almost unopposed, as the Americans had stripped the Niagara front of Regular soldiers to furnish an ill-fated attack on Montreal. The advance was marked by the burning of almost every village, in reprisal for the American burning of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario ten days earlier.
On December 30, Riall again crossed the Niagara River further south, and repeated the deliberate destruction at Buffalo, New York and Black Rock, New York, although here there were a Navy yard and several other legitimate military targets.
On July 5 1814, Riall commanded the "Right Division" of the British Army in Upper Canada, on the Niagara river. At the Battle of Chippawa, he ordered them to attack Winfield Scott's advancing American brigade. The result was a bloody defeat for the British. Riall's tactics might have been correct had he faced American militia, as he thought, but were disastrous against Scott's well-trained regulars.
On July 25, Riall's troops once again engaged Scott at the Battle of Lundy's Lane. Riall was severely wounded in the arm early in the battle, and while riding to the rear, was captured by American infantry. While he was a prisoner, an american officer described him as "very brave, near sighted, rather short, but stout." He was allowed to sail for England on parole in December.
On February 18 1816, he was appointed Governor of Grenada, a post he held until 1823. Thereafter, he appears to have seen very little service, although he was knighted in 1833 and eventually became General on November 23 1841. In 1850, the well respected Riall died peacefully in Paris.
External links
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
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Sir Phineas Riall (* 15. Dezember 1775, wahrscheinlich in Clonmel, Irland, † 10. November 1850 in Paris, Frankreich) war ein britischer Offizier der Napoleonischen Kriege und des ...
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British Brigadier General Phineas Riall. Further Reading. The Americans Take Fort Erie: Prelude to the Battle of Chippawa. The Iroquois Clash in the Forest at Chippawa