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Battle of Lacolle

Battle of Lacolle was a battle fought on 7 November 1838 at Lacolle, in what is now Canada. It was part of the Lower Canada Rebellion, which ran from 1837 to 1838. The recorded result: Loyalist victory. Recorded strength: 400 Loyalists against 170 Patriotes.

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L'édifice du 1, rue de l'Église Sud, actuellement la mairie de Lacolle, est une résidence d'influence Second Empire construite à la fin du XIXe siècle.
L'édifice du 1, rue de l'Église Sud, actuellement la mairie de Lacolle, est une résidence d'influence Second Empire construite à la fin du XIXe siècle.. Benoit Rochon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought7 November 1838
WhereLacolle, Canada45.083N, 73.367W
OutcomeLoyalist victory
BelligerentsLower CanadaagainstPatriotes
Casualties and losses2 deadand8 dead
Part ofLower Canada Rebellion1837 to 1838

Where it sits in the Lower Canada Rebellion

Battle of Saint-Denis, 1837Battle of Saint-Charles, 1837Battle of Saint-Eustache, 1837Battle of Lacolle, 1838Battle of Odelltown, 1838Battle of Baker's Farm, 1838Battle of Beauharnois, 183818371838Battle of Lacolle, 1838
7 placed engagements of the Lower Canada Rebellion in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date7 November 1838
PlaceLacolle, Canada
45.083N, 73.367W
KindBattle, nineteenth century
Strength400 Loyalists170 Patriotes
Casualties and losses2 dead8 dead
Commanders
  • Ferdinand-Alphonse Oklowski
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between 1812 and 1838.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1838

Battle of Lacolle is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 149 in present-day Canada.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2889080, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Lacolle (1838), revision 1370446881, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.