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November 6, 1814 700 mounted American raiders, together with a handful of First Nations warriors fighting for the US, rode unimpeded, from Ft. Detroit right to the banks of the Grand River to attack the Six Nations Territory. Led by Gen. Duncan McArthur, it was the deepest raid made by the Americans in Canada during the entire war. On November 6, 1814 McArthur's men encountered a group of 400 Canadian militia at Malcolm's Mills whose task was to send McArthur's force back the way they had come or at least to keep them busy until reinforcements arrived from Burlington Heights. The Americans arrived early in the day and succeeded in sending a flanking force downstream. When the attack began, the American cavalry easily forded the creek and easily pinned down the opposing militia while two columns flanked them on both sides. The flanking maneuver forced the militia to withdraw. The battle at Malcolm's Mill was the last land battle of the War of 1812 fought in Upper Canada. McArthur's force continued to the Lake Erie shore, returning to Detroit on November 17, 1814.
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