Battle of Longwoods

Battle of Longwoods
Part of the War of 1812
Date4 March 1814
Location42°41′39″N 81°42′18″W / 42.69417°N 81.70500°W / 42.69417; -81.70500
Result American victory
Belligerents
 United Kingdom
 Upper Canada
Native Americans
 United States
Commanders and leaders
James Lewis Basden Andrew Holmes
Strength
240[1] 164[2]
Casualties and losses
14 killed
52 wounded (including 1 prisoner)
1 missing[3]
4 killed
3 wounded[4]

The Battle of Longwoods took place during the Anglo-American War of 1812. On 4 March 1814, a mounted American raiding party defeated an attempt by British regulars, volunteers from the Canadian militia and Native Americans to intercept them near Wardsville, in present-day Southwest Middlesex, Ontario.

  1. ^ Poole, in Zaslow (ed), p. 140
  2. ^ Poole, in Zaslow (ed), pp. 133–134
  3. ^ Wood, p. 350
  4. ^ Eaton, p. 18