Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1838-01-06
From the Montreal Courier, Dec, l3.

we conversed with friend who had that
moment come in from Lachapelle's
bridge. where he met gentleman from
Lachine. who left ST. Eustache about a
o'clock. From his information we un-
dcrsland that the troops crossed the riv-
er from the isle Jesus, about three miles
from St. Eustache, and proceeded tow
ards St. Eustache, keeping the river on
their left.
The ice at The place where they cross
ed is reported to have been a good deal
broken by the rebels, SO much so that
some horses of the artillery came near
being lost. The troops were fired up
on at some distance from the village !;
and The cannonade upon the village was
commenced at half past IL. The con-
vent which was occupied by the rebels,
was the first building fired, and a num-
ber of other buildings, occupied in like
manner, were fired afterwards. The
slaughter of the rebels, according to the
gentleman, must have been very great,
and the number of the defendants in the
village during the action, also quite large.
From the increasing brightness and ap-
parent extent of the fire, in the direction
of St. Eustache, as observed by our in
lormant on his return, he supposes a
great part Of the village to be destroyed.
The light of the fire was distinctly seen
very early in the evening, over the
mountain from the town.
Another gentleman, whom we have
since seen, and who was himself near
the scene of action, from before 10 till
past four o'clock, has given us a report
of the affair, which agrees generally
with the foregoing, SO far as the move
ment of The troops is concerned. The
number of persons in the village he
rates lower than our previous informant
stated it. At the time he left, the village
was wholly in the occupation of the
troops, and the Convent, the Church, the
houses Of Scott and Chcnicr, and a num-
Der Of other buildings used by the rebels
III lnclT ueleHCC, III uuiIlGS.
The killed and wounded of the enc
my he judges to have been about fifty,
and the prisoners taken when he left
between that number and a hundred
On these points, however, it is hard to
form an estimate on such imperfect data.
The other account we have received cs-
Inmates itmuck higher. A great num-
Der of those in the village made their
escape before it was actually entered,
and fled towards Grand Brulc. Of the
troops, he had heard of only one man
killed, and seven or eight wounded. One
man was shot by accident, in the morn
ing, just as the troops were starting, in
the act Of adjusting an officers pistols
in his holsters.
AT a late hour last night, no official re-
port had been received We may sale
Y expect to have certain intelligence Of
the whole affair in the course of to-day.
Ia the meantime it is impossible but that
the accounts brought in by spectators
who left the ground so early, should va
ry more or less as to those particulars
which cannot, after all, be asceriained
satisfactorily, except by careful obser-
vation and inquiry, made after every
thing is over.
About midnight, the following extract
from a letter written at The scene of ac-
tion, was placed in our hands. From the
quarter through which it comes TO US,
the information it gives may be relied
upon as authentic.
st. Eustache-T Thursday, A r. NJ.
ST. Eustache has fallen. The church
the priests house, the nunnery, Duments
house, Chenier & Sco,t's--all the lead
ing radicals, and many others, are in Q
heap of blazing ruins. Five Of the roy.
alisls | hear are killed, and three Of the
artillery wounded. Gangy is The only
man of consideration hurt. He had dis
mounted from his horse and was storm
ing the Sacristie in most gallant man
ner, when he was hii on the top Of the
left shoulder by a ball which came out il
Ehisleft arm most happily devious tht
course Of the ball must have been.
| He looks very well, and the Doctor:
say it is by no means serious. | know
not the lumber killed among the rebels
suppose have heard of and secnnea
sixty, but the village having been sur
rounded there was no possibility Of es
cape. and the prisoners say that number
retrcated into ihe vaults Of the church
land the cellars Of The houses destroyed
and must have perished miserably. I
prisoner assuresme that Girod was il
1.-The church to-day, with Barcelo an,
Chenier. they therefore must have fallen
Such a scene You never Witnessed;