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Battle of Lacolle Mills (1814)
Battle on 30 March 1814 during the War of 1812 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For homonymy, see Lacolle.
The Battle of Lacolle Mills was fought on 30 March 1814 during the War of 1812. The small garrison of a British outpost position, aided by reinforcements, fought off a large American attack.
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![]() Lacolle Mills Blockhouse | |||||||
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80 (Reinforced by 400) | 4,000 | ||||||
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11 killed 46 wounded 4 missing[1][2] |
13 killed 51-128 wounded 13 missing[3][4][5][6] |
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Despite being outnumbered 12-1, the British pulled off the victory, due to their well-trained and high morale men defeating a non-experienced American group.