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 25 July, 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, a fellow captive (Canadian militia dragoon officer William Hamilton Merritt) described him as "very brave, near sighted, rather short, but stout." He was allowed to sail for England on parole in December. On 18 February 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 full general on 23 November 1841. He was also successively Colonel of the 74th Regiment of Foot (1835 –1846) and the 15th (Yorkshire East Riding) Regiment of Foot (1846 to his death) Compensation received by him in 1836 in the name of his wife for slaves freed in Jamaica. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/19278 He died peacefully in Paris in 1850. References External links Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online Portrait of Phineas Riall |- |- 1775 births 1850 deaths British Army generals East Yorkshire Regiment officers British Army personnel of the War of 1812 History of Buffalo, New York People from County Tipperary War of 1812 prisoners of war held by the United States Governors of British Grenada British people of the War of 1812 British military personnel of the War of 1812 Military personnel from County Tipperary