St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-07
A DETERMINED FIGHT.
Details Of the Recent Battle Between Cana
dian Troops and Poundmakers
Forces.
Caught in Trap and Surrounded by In
dians, the Storm Of Lead was
Terrific.
But Effective Work by the Battery
Drove the Red skins From
Their Cover.
Great Bravery Displayed by the Men
--Revised List of the Killed
and Wounded.
The Recent Battle.

The Recent Battle.
Special to the Globe.
BATTLEFoRD, May 9.-COl. Otter with
800 troops started to Poundmaker's reserve
Friday afternoon. They drove all night,
and at $40 Saturday morning began a
severe engagement with the Indians Eight
of our men were killed and thirteen
wounded. The attack was begun
by the Indians suddenly, and it
looked as if trap had been set for us, into
which we ran. The enemy was strong,
estimated at 600, and fought fercely from
cover, while we were comparatively open
to the fire, fighting from the brow of the
hill over coulee. Five minutes after the
first shot was fired we appeared to be COM
pletely surrounded. Fifty men were
sent back to clear the rear.
We had just passed through
deep gully, thickly wooded, with swift
stream running through on one side. The
men sent back made brave dash and ac-
complished their object, thus lessening the
danger of the situation. The fighting, which
was all skirmiShing, was over large and
uneven stretch of country, and our men
were working at a great disadvantage, but
they stuck to it like heroes, and with
BULLETS WHISTLING
in on them from almost every direction,
never flinehed for an instant, Every corps
continued steadily On the aggressive, and
by 10 o'clock the enemy was almost 81
fenced. They resumed again shortly and
the fighting was again heavy. The artil-
lery, consisting of two seven-pounders and
a GatIing gun, did good work, repeatedly
driving the enemy from their cover.
At II o'clock the enemy was
again almost silenced. Col. Otter had
already given orders to withdraw from the
position of such disadvantage, and the In
dians, observing this, endeavOred to cut off
the retreat of the men. Our troops fought
their way out, inch by inch, the front al
ways to the enemy, No praise is sufficient
to describe the bravery of our officers and
men. Every one showed himself hero
Col. Otter, with his staff, was IN everypart
of the field, and his orders were cool
and deliberate, as if it were sham battle.
The men were badly used up before the
withdrawal began. Our force comprised
seventy-fve mounted police and scouts,
part of 'sB" battery, the Ottawa foot
guards, men of the Toronto infantry school,
a few of the Queens Own rifles, and the
Battleford rifles. 1t is thought that from
thirty to sixty of the enemy were killed.
The column returned to Battleford Satur-
day night. Following is the revised list of
the killed:
ARTHUR DoBBs, private, Battleford
JOHN ROGERS, private, Governors Foot
guards.
PRIVATE OsGOOD, Infantry School corps.
RTGLER FALKES Northwest mounted
police.
CORPORAL LAURIE, Northwest mounted
police
CORPORAL R. B. sLEIGHT, Northwest
mounted police.
BUGLER PATRICK BURKE, Northwest
mounted police.
TEAMSTER WINDER of Regina.
Those wounded were:
BUGLER GILBERT, Battleford rifles, shot
in the neck.
LIEUTENANT PELLITIERE, B battery,
shot in the thigh.
SERGEANT GAFFNEY, battery, shot in
the arm.
CORPORAL MORTON, battery, shot in
the groin.
PRIVATE REYNOLDS, B battery, shot in
the arm.
SERGEANT WINTERS, Governor General 8
footguards, shot in the face.
PRIVATE MQUILKEN, Governor General S
footguards, shot in the left side.
SERGEANT MAJOR SPAREL, Governor
Generals footguards, shot in the arm.
SERGEANT WARD, Northwest mounted
police shot in the shoulder.
SERGEANT COOPER, Northwest mounted
police, shot in the hip.
PRIVATE LLOYD, Northwest mounted
police, shot in the shoulder.
PRIVATE c. VARY, Northwest mounted
police shot in the shoulder.
PRIVATE GEORGE WATTS, Northwest
mounted police, shot in the thigh.
Private Osgood's body was not found,
but he is likely dead. The wounded were
brought here and all are doing well.