HISTORY

October 20, 1814
Battle of Cook's Mills

On the 19th the British finally sent about 650 men immediately west up Lyon's Creek, to stop the American flanking movement which threatened to cut off the British troops in the area.

On the 20th the British advanced to Cooks Mills where they ran directly into the Americans. At first, the Americans pushed the British back using a make-shift bridge. About 400 hundred Americans pushed back about 100 men of the British vanguard.

The British recovered and using rockets were able to halt the American advance. Before long, the British and Canadians had retired to the security of a fence line. However, the British placed their guns too far away to do any real good.

Sensing the end of the war nearing, neither side was willing to press the fight. The British withdrew and the American simply watched their withdrawal from the field. This was the last time the Americans engaged the British in battle on the Niagara frontier.