COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston Nov. 7, 1812

• Battle of Queenston Heights
• War of 1812 - 1st major battle

A very historic issue as the front page contains a quite nice & detailed account headed "Battle of Queenstown" (Queenston Heights) in Ontario, Canada. 
In this battle American general Stephen Van Rensselaer leads his 600 man force across the Niagara River to capture Queenston Heights. British General Isaac Brock is killed in the action but the Americans are defeated by the 1000 man British force when the New York state militia refuses to come to Rensselaer's aid on the grounds that their commission does not require them to proceed beyond the boundaries of the state. The text carries over to page 2 where there is a list of killed, wounded and those taken prisoner.
Four pages, irregular at the margins but no loss of text, good condition.

Background: The Battle of Queenston Heights on October 13, 1812, stands out in North American military history as a crucial turning point: it was the first major land battle of the War of 1812 and a rare, decisive victory where a combined defense of British regulars, Canadian militia, and Haudenosaunee warriors utterly shattered a vastly superior invading U.S. force, capturing nearly 1,000 American soldiers after more than 1,000 New York militiamen refused to cross the border on constitutional grounds. The battle's most notable—and tragic—content centers on the death of Major General Sir Isaac Brock, who was mortally shot while leading a heroic counter-charge to retake a key cliffside gun battery, an event that permanently cemented him as the "Savior of Upper Canada" and galvanized Canadian national defense. Today, original printings, broadsides, and period newspaper reports covering the battle are prized historical rarities, sought after by collectors and archives for their scarce, direct accounts of the tactical blunder that disgraced the early U.S. military leadership and shaped early Canadian identity.