Battle of Malcolm's Mills

Battle of Malcolm’s Mills
Part of the War of 1812
Date November 6, 1814 Location Oakland, Brant County, Ontario Result American victory
Belligerents
United States	United Kingdom  Upper Canada
Commanders and leaders
Duncan McArthur	Henry Bostwick Colonel Ryason
Strength
750	550
Casualties and losses
1 killed 6 wounded	18 killed 9 wounded 126 taken prisoner

Coordinates: 43°01′42″N 80°19′48″W / 43.028469°N 80.330089°W / 43.028469; -80.330089

The Battle of Malcolm's Mills was the last battle of the War of 1812 fought in Canada. A force of American cavalry overran and scattered a force of Canadian and British militia. The battle was fought on November 6, 1814, near the village of Oakland in Brant County, Ontario, and was part of a series of battles fought by American Brigadier General Duncan McArthur on an extended raid into Upper Canada, known variously as McArthur's Raid or Dudley's Raid.

In October 1814, an invading American force of about 700 mounted infantry under Brigadier General Duncan McArthur advanced rapidly as they left Detroit and raided the Thames Valley. The plan was to devastate the Grand River settlements and the region around the head of Lake Ontario which supplied flour to the British forces on the Niagara frontier. The Canadian militia in the region was caught unaware by this swift raid from the west, and McArthur's force continued east at a fairly rapid pace, arriving first at Oxford, on November 4, and finding no defenders, McArthur advanced to Burford, where the entrenched Canadian's and British quickly abandoned their positions and fled into the country-side. The American forces continued on to Brant's Ford on the Grand River on November 5.

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