In October, 1814, an invading American force of about 700 men under Brigadier-General Duncan McArthur advanced rapidly up the Thames Valley. He intended to devastate the Grand River settlements and the region around the head of Lake Ontario which supplied British forces on the Niagara frontier. McArthur reached the Grand, and after an unsuccessful attempt to force a crossing, attacked a body of some 150 militia here at Malcolm's Mills (Oakland) on November 6th. Canadian forces, comprising Elements of the 1st and 2nd Norfolk, 1st Oxford and 1st Middlesex regiments, put up a spirited resistance.

Location

In Oakland Cemetery, Oakland Street or County Road 4, Oakland

Themes

• War and conflict