 The Coloured Corps saw action in some of best-known battles of the War of 1812.At the Battle of Queenston Heights, they participated in the recapture of the Redan Battery after the death of Major General Brock.They were placed to the left of the main body of troops (consisting of the 41st and 49th Regiments of Foot) and to the right of John Norton's Grand River Warriors, a positioning that suggests that the Coloured Corps was considered to be light infantry.