Major-General Sir Isaac Brock was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Guernsey. He is best remembered for his victory at the siege of Detroit and his death at the Battle of Queensto
Portrait by John Savery Carey, 1897
Landing of the English Troops at Calantsoog by Dirk Langendyck, 1799
Governor General Sir George Prevost, whose approach to the war conflicted with Brock's
Brock met Tecumseh at Fort Amherstburg and quickly established a rapport with the Shawnee leader.
Guernsey is the second-largest island in the Channel Islands, located 27 miles west of the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy. It is the largest island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, which includes five othe
Isaac Brock
…Major-General Sir Isaac Brock (6 October 1769 – 13 October 1812) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Guernsey. He is best remembered for his victory at the siege of Detroit and his death at the Battle of Queenston Heights during the War of 1812. Brock joined…
Castle Cornet over the harbour of St Peter Port in the second half of the 17th century
A German bunker from the Atlantic Wall