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Toronto 5.1.6.3 English Chauncey And Dearborn Subsequently Won The Battle Of Fort George On The Niagara Peninsula But They Had Left Sacket's Harbor Defended Only By A Few Troops Mainly Militia When Reinforcements From The Royal Navy Commanded By Commodore James Lucas Yeo Arrived In Kingston Yeo Almost Immediately Embarked Some Troops Commanded By Sir George Prevost And Attacked Sackett's Harbor Although The British Were Repelled By The Defenders At The Second Battle Of Sacket's Harbor Chauncey Immediately Withdrew Into Sacket's Harbor Until Mid-July When A New Heavy Sloop Of War Had Been Completed The Town Of York Was Attacked Again In July 1813 When A Battalion Of Troops Led By Colonel Winfield Scott Raided The Undefended Town Chauncey Sortied Again On July 21 With 13 Vessels Six Days Later He Embarked A Battalion Of 500 Troops Commanded By Colonel Winfield Scott At The Niagara. Chauncey Sought To Relieve The British-Native Blockade Of Fort George By Attacking British Supply Lines At Burlington Heights At The Western End Of Lake Ontario. Winfield Scott's Force Disembarked East Of The Heights At Burlington Beach (present Day Burlington) On July 29 But Found The Defenders Too Well-entrenched For Any Assault To Be Successful Anticipating Chauncey's Intentions Major-General Francis De Rottenburg Sheaffe's Successor As Lieutenant Governor Ordered The Bulk Of The Troops At York To The Burlington Heights. However This Left York Largely Undefended As Most Of Its Militia Were Still On Parole The American Squadron Proceeded To York In Order To Seize Food Stores To Feed Its Soldiers The Last Remaining Troop In York Members Of The 19th Light Dragoons Collected The Military Supplies They Could Carry And Withdrew Along The Don River The American Landing Of 340 Men At York Was Unopposed With The American Force Burning The Barracks At The Fort The Military Fuel Yards And Looted Several Properties. They Also Seized 11 Batteaux 5 Cannons And Some Flour Before Reembarking On Their Ships Leaving The Settlement Later That Night The Library Books That Were Looted From The Battle In April 1813 Were Returned To The Settlement During The Second Incursion Into York The Ontario Heritage Foundation Erected A Plaque In 1968 Near The Entrance To Coronation Park Exhibition Place Lake Shore Boulevard In Commemoration Of The Event The Plaque Reads: