Battle of the Windmill

Battle of the Windmill
Part of the Patriot War, Rebellions of 1837
Contemporary engraving of the Battle of the Windmill as seen from the American shore.
Date November 12 – November 16, 1838 Location Windmill Point, Ontario - 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Prescott, Ontario 44°43′15″N 75°29′14″W / 44.7209°N 75.4871°W / 44.7209; -75.4871 Result Anglo-American victory;
Belligerents
Hunters' Lodges	British Empire  Upper Canada United States
Commanders and leaders
Nils von Schoultz	Henry Dundas Richard Duncan Fraser Ogle Robert Gowan John Crysler
Strength
250 Hunter invaders	British: 1,133 Canadian militia 500 British regulars Royal Navy American: U.S. Army U.S. Navy[1]
Casualties and losses
53 dead 61 wounded 136 captured	17 dead 60 wounded

The "Battle of the Windmill" is also a fictional battle in the book Animal Farm.

The Battle of the Windmill was fought in November 1838 in the aftermath of the Upper Canada Rebellion. Loyalist forces of the Upper Canadian government and American troops, aided by the Royal Navy and U.S. Navy,^[2] defeated an invasion attempt by a Hunter Patriot para-military unit based in the United States, which had the intention of using the beachhead as a launchpad for further offensives into Canada. Canadian, British, and American troops thwarted the invasion, successfully defending Canadian soil and forced the invaders to surrender. Others still in the U.S. were captured and arrested by U.S. officials.