Battle of Machias (1777)

Battle of Machias
	Part of the American Revolutionary War
	; A 1776 nautical chart of Machias Bay; Machias is at the very top. Machias Bay is on the coast of eastern Maine. Machiasport is located near the outlet of the Machias River into the bay. Upriver and north from Machiasport, the river branches, leading left (west) to Machias, and east to East Machias.
Date	August 13–14, 1777
Location	Machias, Maine44°42′50.58″N 67°27′39.1″W / 44.7140500°N 67.460861°W
Result	See Aftermath
Belligerents
Great Britain	United States; Penobscot; Passamaquoddy; Maliseet
Commanders and leaders
Sir George Collier	Jonathan Eddy; Stephen Smith; John Allan
Strength
3 frigates; 1 brig; 1 sloop-of-war; 123 marines	Local militia; allied Native Americans
Casualties and losses
3 killed; 18 wounded	1 killed; 1 wounded

The Battle of Machias (August 13–14, 1777) was an amphibious assault on the Massachusetts town of Machias (in present-day eastern Maine) by British forces during the American Revolutionary War. Local militia aided by Indian allies successfully prevented British troops from landing. The raid, led by Commodore Sir George Collier, was executed in an attempt to head off a planned second assault on Fort Cumberland, which had been besieged in November 1776. The British forces landed below Machias, seized a ship, and raided a storehouse.

The result of the raid was disputed. Collier claimed the action was successful in destroying military stores for an attack on Fort Cumberland (although such stores had not been delivered to Machias), while the defenders claimed that they had successfully prevented the capture of Machias and driven off the British.