Salmon River Raid (1814)

Salmon River Raid
	Part of War of 1812
Date	February 14–24, 1814
Location	Salmon River and French Mills, New York, United States
Result	British Victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom	United States
Commanders and leaders
Joseph Morrison; Hercules Scott; Francis Cockburn	Jacob Brown
Units involved
Canadian Fencibles; 89th Regiment of Foot; 103rd Regiment of Foot; 1st Dundas Militia; 1st Stormont Militia; Glengarry Militia; Mohawk Warriors	New York Militia; Brown's Brigade
Strength
1200+	200+
Casualties and losses
70 deserters	No casualties; Supplies captured

The Salmon River Raid was a raid conducted by British forces in February 1814 against the recently abandoned American bases along the Salmon River near French Mills, New York.^[1] A previous raid and battle at French Mills had been conducted in 1812.

^ Ashdown, Dana Wilson (February 2015). "Wilkinson's Invasion Flotilla of 1813: A paper examining the American flotilla of Major-General James Wilkinson, and its potential survival in the Salmon River at Fort Covington, New York" (PDF). The War of 1812 Magazine. New York: The Napoleon Series Archive. Retrieved 4 December 2023.

[auto2-1] Ashdown, Dana Wilson (February 2015). "Wilkinson's Invasion Flotilla of 1813: A paper examining the American flotilla of Major-General James Wilkinson, and its potential survival in the Salmon River at Fort Covington, New York" (PDF). The War of 1812 Magazine. New York: The Napoleon Series Archive. Retrieved 4 December 2023.

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