, 1866-06-28
How they Fought and Ran Away.

Iorce while on service. ha. eccurcd the epprooa,ion
OF their military commanders, and hal Been most
favornelS reported on to the Conmander-1n-chief"
The first report Is that Of Colonel George |
Peacock Of the Sixteenth Regiment, who re-
counts how he shears Of the Feniaus," at |
great length. and finally comes very near
seeing some OF them. He distinctly reports !
that he "shrmished through the woods" |
after the Fenians had escaped from. Canada
Who he skirmished with does not appear,
but 1t may be assumed that squirrels, garter
snakes and chipmunks suffered heavily. Col
onel Peacock thus describes bis "bat&le'':
'.Anx,ous 10 prevent the eseape Of the F*nians, |
ulsees th1i was rofnr to attack Fort Erie. md
neked when they would be able to co-opera'e. sub.
to esesps hasinr lssshed l. nt, i ecse1mined he 10 ID
rance nj uuce. We were nbo1t to uove when It,
Col. the Hen John nnlyard Cameron can't Into
capped. .lhe i.ieil,Rrnce caused great nortidatiou
in my 1htle force. desired Major Deuisor to
.eeus shs oonnt5y nd Enter ne .osn, "a ae sent ms
tody 9i Fsntaus abont the old Fort. We at oaee
marched in that direction, Skfnasshu.g through tse
rally had ~ aped. As mary sccun ana hru leo
pie astun us they had not eecaped, We took
long twtep 'hroueh the woods. On our right %
were reported shot On enteanG lhc old fort raees
were ound Of it, having been recently occupied. |
1f thoFt 9n
underwent very It fatigue, and bore # with The
bett tp1.t and With great chee1tu1neks T. received
1ae ssu edaet 81 he mem nsn W. w, 1
>eetens''
From the above 1t appears thst the condnct
OF the men who were not under fire Was ex.
ce1lent. Now VIC give IN e11ract from the
official report Of Lieut.. Col. Baker COM
mandine the Queens Own, the York
Rifles, Caledonia Rifles and Thirteenth
Battalion Of Haulilton-comprising total
Of all ranks-S40 men. He gives the fol-
lowing account Of the principal "battle'r
Of the war:
we were feeling our way on. The ssesen:v'lle
rosd and were Aaoui three miles from that vilase,
Giirorr extended ihe Queen'e Own IN fkifmtshine
order IL Admirable stIle-the men Advancsnr IN
tp .! SsP aa
nnd The Kiae companies from York aud Caledonia
AIler MAJOR Gilmore had expended mnch ammn.
iainrs. Al $50, after been epg4ctd under I hot
throwing hack nls t1shl aad reluforc,ne HI. LEFT
| IN Iuppos1+ to coontexact The movement At
,h,s ~ooen. H., resslvet ,;n ,s!sgn@ sna
iailway, 90 the did, iniormtn.l mo tast COL Ps1-
coeke could moi ,:ave enippera before seven
ooes ins'tse ot eye H. The hour na%ea sy
" pos,ed In the woods on the west Of hs carlson
foad. forming tue enttaucn ~ It were TO- = etd De
sas "s outa7nked hin. vhen he pr p.oagh. aeP HI.
ot tae rte pite> 4 CRY ol etvalfy tram tse front,
ard tie retreat Of uunbr Of men In our cantse on
the 1e-es3e, caused me 10 torm aquare and pre-
parc for tAralry. This mistake or1ctnattd IRON
lie,ed ek1r1a'shrrs aoabline back. 1ancd,stsly
| right. A parc hero seized our men, md could
lot bring them again to The front. regrat 10 ssy
estimate the strength Of the enemy as ereates than
our=; and from, the rapid firing, they Weze eTdeut'
ty asmtd with rrp:atiEo nhes-"
The following Is the report Of Col Lowry,
who commanded four field guns aud shout
1000 men, who behaved most nob1y-not
helpg under 6rt:
son Iacus. Col. csmeron'a report That the road
! Ws& pxesable proceeded 10 point about three
miles nor.h Of FoEt Esie, called frencuUtan's s
Creek, said 10 he tbs nsaseat poin. to where tue
:pg across the rirer Here. unlosdirg The iorce
from The 1at,waJ cart, advanced wita some vol
un'e companies, the detachnents Of the stxteenih
lteciteent and the SIKH I'll Il. R. towards the NJ.
acara River, throwing on an advance guard an I
tk11mtshsrs 10 The Moods on either tank A. soon
us 1hc two hsldguns could be rot out they we're
i psested 10 the front; but On reaching the river.
Coloiel Wo1scley, Who had passed on hor.eSaek
the front, found we were too Late and That Fen.
ss IN
fist neitrn Of The United St,tes steamer Mlcnl
Fan, lying in the centre Of The atream."
Col Dennis, commanding about 400 men oi
the Queen's Own, giTes graphic account oi
how he fought, ran, concealed himself In
a cellar, and escaped:
..conc1ud!nc that the netion which was kIoy:n Il
, have come Oh hnp resulted IN the capture Of tht
cce7ny returned 10 Fort Er1e ahout halfpa., MT
o'eocE, p nn,, proposing 10 get what information
craph fof INSTRUCTION. a. to what should be dom
attn the prisoners Uno hnd amounted nov, fneind
1ae ihose taken in the v!llsse aud nelehhorhoot
b-r cant gave precisely, a. bad only Got a. IA a
! I :hosc nsmes given In Inc mar-iu, making ont
memosancum OF each ca:e H1vine. ~ toe mein I.
; the tus 10 WetIand goal, had then oron9ht dow
and embarked thete IN chasge Of the reeve, Mhei
M sse @ toTn II f6'e:. f II sst. ,he a..t nss:e1:e
! had hardly delivered ,hs news Nhe,
] teeond came In to fny that they Were RatGin
: he river. / went over from the pier, to sssisl
: ! myself and hAw tbeun- In number. a. tnugto
m e E 81 e. ns an e e.
ea1ne mlsc.able character, physically, a. the pr1s
oners ~e h.d been taknR a! asy, 1hou2ht th
,esoT o 1ns bayouet. eu!Ileen. for them, ana con
+ clu3ed tha, my dnIy lay making STAND agaius
l them. TIL. detachment co9stsied, as before men
: TONED. OF the TelAud dcId bat:erF, 81 men, ant
th1ee officers, and Of portion, fome 10 men ant
one ofacer. exclusive Of the Rutrd oVet Tue pfsa
s oners On the boa: Of h. DanoE.le Naysl com2sny
haten.*. and thsn advancing to m:et the en- IN
+ abou, 1so sa!ds drew up my little eonmsnd I'd ee %;
II y oraeT, area = 1os,ty hen eaes ., NE c,a
pa mon which @ ssTsss ans nre ~ ~ ts,a II
$ t!on. ooserrsd for the atst tina two sot
;d.0e SsaE df.ca1 S iaa p.7.9 sn Z
J. cuHing n oa and getting Possession 12.a Of !,
ssa Of The :. the s,% s =: 1ea to
Is we, and 20 seniese his doneie oeje:t thereto.
ess O. ,osa q 9a
l. getting possession or Tue re eel which knsw. au
he probibly kucH also. wa7 kls only IN. ot e e
=. md gei ont In the stream, and ordered ny men
rstresl and do lhs b. they could 10 get away, eat
as 5ss p9 4 II: au @ nd s.st sst', I'd
= = ia1i I w W f 1e.rcsied DOM tae ffent .t!s'
Hoaf5 nsar m ansn sn 10
took thel,cs 10 nonse tne doos q wsteh ~ So:
open they pa.sed-she'e bang s!e or no g., esss
10 senzsa unsr it lou ionsel ioan va nec=s,ay, nd
a, turned Into The premises Q, friend " II: low
DC part oftbe Village wh2.c Jay concealed ANnea!
Il s,a.ed thct in!cntion 10 com= third time, thrds
10 entd IL were not Riven u3 n they hi1 seen
propery. Two o, NJ men, ons @ee of them Eounds
h he were captured, FeaTtce another search, dress
asae ss oat md NJ Il ,he R:gs
,es si-hs-ai, ~hen got 'hronsh the lines and stru
t9s y s. e
ali accompanied hls force back 70 !hls place during
no operations Later IL the day. have also the Etat
lie estion ol saying ~, the other officers AID ,
cal uen Turning ny little command behaved. n y
i S s s sS.{ sss ss
ilh to Frtrc1t theE 3ult have. renamed steady