Conflict: | Battle of Lacolle |
Date: | November 7, 1838 |
Place: | Lacolle, Quebec |
Result: | Loyalist victory |
Combatant1: | Lower Canada |
Combatant2: | Patriotes |
Commander1: | John Scriver |
Commander2: | Ferdinand-Alphonse Oklowski |
Strength1: | 400 Loyalists |
Strength2: | 170 Patriotes |
Casualties1: | 2 dead |
Casualties2: | 8 dead |
The Battle of Lacolle was fought on November 7, 1838, between Loyal Lower Canada volunteer forces under Major John Scriver and Patriote rebels under Colonel Ferdinand-Alphonse Oklowski. On November 6, on their way to Lacolle, the Patriote rebels had won a first skirmish, but they lost in the final confrontation the next day. The battle lasted half an hour.