Editing Allan MacNab (section)

==War of 1812==
As a fourteen-year-old boy, MacNab fought in the [[War of 1812]]. He probably served at the [[Battle of York]] and certainly in the Canadian [[forlorn hope]] that headed the Anglo-Canadian assault on [[Fort Niagara]]. The twenty local men eliminated two American pickets of twenty men each with the bayonet before taking part in the final assault. Captain Kerby, of the Incorporated Militia Battalion, was reportedly the first man into the fort.<ref name=TSTARFOUND>{{cite news| last = Dalby| first = Paul | title = MacNab's 'castle' home makes a grand statement | page=H06 | date = 29 June 2006 | work = [[Toronto Star]] | url = http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rch&AN=6FP0950874946&site=ehost-live | access-date =19 December 2006 }}</ref>