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Lundy's Lane

[ luhn-deez ]

noun

  1. a road near Niagara Falls, in Ontario, Canada: battle between the British and Americans in 1814.


Lundy's Lane

/ ˈʌԻɪ /

noun

  1. the site, near Niagara Falls, of a major battle (1814) in the War of 1812, in which British and Canadian forces defeated the Americans
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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In 1814, the Battle of Lundy’s Lane, one of the bloodiest battles of the War of 1812, took place in present-day Niagara Falls, Ontario, with no clear victor.

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They are called things like Lundy’s Lane and The Maple Leaf Tavern, and they’re all dark, even in daytime, because they aren’t allowed to have windows you can see in through from the street.

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The conflict was close and murderous, and the American troops gave there a foretaste of Chippewa and Lundy's Lane.

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The British, two thousand strong, were posted just below the Falls, on a ridge at the head of Lundy's Lane.

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Even the brilliant victories of Chippewa and Lundy's Lane could not dispel the terror inspired by this gathering of her energies.

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