Talk:Battle of Cook's Mills

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I hate to insist on anything, but this small battle was pretty clearly "Indecisive". Besides, if you did want to go into undue detail over its outcome, you'd still be in error: the British won the "tactical" victory (more American casualties) and the Americans won the "strategic" victory (enemy victuals destroyed). Albrecht 15:41, Apr 22, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Cannon

http://members.tripod.com/~war1812/batcooks.html says the UK had one cannon, which was effective, so I added it to the strength. Does anyone oppose this?

[edit] moved

I've moved this as per:

• http://members.tripod.com/~war1812/batcooks.html
  • we cite this as our source and says "Cook's Mills" prominently

• Lewis, William H. Aqueduct Merrittsville and Welland : a history of the city of Welland : the beginning years, A.M.W Publications, 1997. ISBN 0968274307.
  • my favourite source lately. It also calls this the Battle of Cook's Mills and specifies Calvin Cook expanded the existing mill just before the war (see Cooks Mills

• perhaps most importantly, per Image:Battle of Cook's Mills plaque.jpg
  • this is a picture I took of the plaque put up by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada; I'd trust them to know what they're doing. A confirmation that this is indeed the plaque can be found on a subpage of our source page

I'll fix the relevant templates soon if noone opposes. --Qviri 03:47, 23 December 2005 (UTC)