Ernest Alexander Cruikshank,
The Action at Cook's Mills
(1923)
“ A good many lives were sacrificed elsewhere before that fratricidal contest between kindred peoples was ended. Let us hope that it may never be renewed. But let us not forget the heroic dead, nor the events which have preserved our country and enabled it to attain the dignity of nationhood. ”
Ernest Alexander Cruikshank,
The Action at Cook's Mills
(1923)
“ The landing of a body of about five thousand men, mostly regular troops, was aided by a squadron of war-ships in undisputed command of Lake Erie, and the co-operation of a more powerful fleet on Lake Ontario was arranged for when the invaders had fought their way to its shores. Fort Erie was taken with scarcely a show of resistance, and an ill-judged attack by an inferior British brigade near Chippawa was sharply repelled with severe loss. ”
Ernest Alexander Cruikshank,
The Action at Cook's Mills
(1923)
“ Before night he was informed that the enemy had actually crossed Lyons’ Creek in force and occupied the mills. These troops were at once reinforced with three companies of the 100th Regiment and one field gun. Colonel Christopher Myers, their commander, was ordered to “feel the enemy” closely, so as accurately to ascertain their strength and the direction of their movement and enable Drummond to take measures for countering any attempt to penetrate in the direction of Burlington by the Beaver Dams. ”
