On the night of 18 December, a force consisting of the 100th Foot, the grenadier company of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Scots, and the grenadier and light companies of the 41st Foot, with some small detachments of militia and Holcroft's Company, 4th Battalion Royal Artillery Turner (2012), pp.345 (now known as 52 (Niagara) Battery Royal Artillery), crossed the river 3 miles above Fort Niagara.