Battle of Malcolm's Mills Plaque

THE BATTLE OF MALCOLM'S MILLS
1814

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 but were overwhelmed.

Erected by the Ontario Archaeological and Hsitoric Sites Board.