Unknown to Brown, the British had concentrated about 2,200 troops in the vicinity of Lundy's Lane and 1,500 more in Forts George and Niagara. On 25 July, Scott's brigade, moving again towards Queenstown in an effort to draw off a British detachment threatening Brown's line of communications on the American side of the Niagara, ran into the enemy contingents at the junction of Queenstown Road and Lundy's Lane.
Unknown to Brown, the British had concentrated about 2,200 troops near Lundy's Lane and 1,500 more in Forts George and Niagara. On July 25th, Scott's brigade, moving towards Queenstown to draw off a British detachment threatening Brown's communication lines on the American side of the Niagara, encountered the enemy at the intersection of Queenstown Road and Lundy's Lane.