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concerned IN the engagement at St. Denis.
gives more detailed account Of that af-
fair than we have before seen. As to its
au,hcn,ici,y. can only say, that. in
addition TO the character Of the writer We
have the authority of MIR. Brown saying
that the statement is substantially correct
The St. Charles affair, it will be observed
is given with less particularly.
ST.. Denis, 2i'h Nov. 1887.
On "Wednesday evening ed inst. de-
tachmrnt left Montreal for Sore under
command Of Col Gore, d. O. NJ. and Col.
Hughes Of the cath. for the purpose of ro,
vaelng Inc parishes along the Rlcheieu,
Il was composed Of one hight company Of
the 32d and two light companies Of the
"A b, with 80 cavalry, with n brass neld
piece. Vac party was joined al Sorel by
two companies OF the Goth regiment. by
which it was augmented to 400 strong. aud
commenced the march upon s. ID MS at
10 o'clock ,hc same evening. BY a forced
march on the evening reached this post, at
about . o'clock on the morning Of the ed.
50 suddenly that we had merely time o cuI
down The bridges below he village and co..
Ioct for our defence the men in this lmne
date ncighborhood. We mustered but so
effective guns. The remainder of our force
was composed Of men armed with forks,
aud few with Indifferent family pieces,
out of order Docl. w. Nelson command
ed, assisted by the militia officers. We
collected our men mostly in the upper part
Of the large stone house of Madame ST.
German, at the lower end Of the village.
The leading division of the enemy,
composed of Capt. Markham's company Of
the ed regiment, commenced the attack
about O'clock, A. NJ. supported by the
field piece, placed at $50 yards from s..
Germlin's house, upon which It opened
well directed fire, The balls faking com
! pIetcly through the upper story, 5ur below
they were resisted by the thickness Of The
wall. The troops at the same time de-
ployed into the field to flank us on that
side, aud attempted to advance upon The
village by moving NJ the river under cover
of the bank. About forty men sheltered
themselves behind barn at 70 yards on
the right. while another party covered by
houses and a pile of wood approached to
NI'hiH 'uIlly NuluS' IIbHl NiIlCI 'Hcy OJcHH
ed rapid bat Intellectual fire, AT the same
time they sought to surround our advanced
position by creeping along the beach,
where they were checked by few Of our
braves placed in the upper part of a disli>
lery twenty-five yards in rear. Our nun
bers not permitting MS TO sally from our
position, we could fire with effect when
the troops attempted a movement. Moth !
ing could exceed tho Camness with which
our brave Canadians patiently stood their
ground waiting an opportunity to use their
arms, though exposed to n heavy fire OF
mnsketry and constant discharge from
the field piece, which threw the debris of
houses in every direction about them
We maintained our first position through |
out the day, without being driven back one
inch. Our cannon being Ill mounted was
not used The firing continued until |
between three and four p ~ when The
enemy retired in most dlsordery manner,
throwing their dead into the river, by
which we aic ignorant Of their loss.