The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-05-21
GENE AL FOREIGN NEWS NOTES.
The winnipeg War.

..N.I's CROSSING, May B.-News
llum ne front up 10 Monday morning
re- 90 tl, effect that aght.ngh had boon go
my onup 10 that time since Saturday
morn az and was commencing for tao
,hig1 Day when the messenger LETT. a
tzofoJl lad been formed about quarter
!. OF n. from tho fold, where thoarmy
Srtay or the night. Tents, however
q aia NOT pitched and the mon lie in
.-trf 7r1s, every fifth man standing sem
. .ry TAe enemy liro Into Tho aoreba at
= ui-lt and there are some
.'a.-at escapes. AL the
im..nsS about Balouche have
b.aa lued except the church and
sI.. house. Gen. Middleton would
no. u w those TO DO shelled, "a the
lg.r . the women and the children are
- .rAd there. The occupants have
1e5u Notified 10 leave and these build
inr w II be shelled. rhe enemy takes
Ad i image OF the protection they afford.
Toe government troops have prohted 10y
tisIf Nperience at Fish creek, and do
not NECESSARILY expose themselves.
Tie lualties at BgtOuche so far have
boon consequently small compared
with Ose on former occasions. Up TO
Monday morning their loss had boon
Gunner Phillips, OF "a" battery, and
Private l.. Moore, of the Toronto Gren.
aulers, killed and 10 wounded-two OF
tho latter accidentally. The steamer
Mort lcDte had got down the river below
Bat1ugho, and an attempt was 10 DO
made Yesterday to communicate with
her. Nothing has been heard from the
front
BAToUCHE CAPTURED.
WINyIPEG, May l3.-A telegram from
BatouCle, dated May II, via Clark's
Crossing. says Batouche has fallen. The
rebels ave fled, being driven from their
the point of the bayonet. The
charge was CALAMITY made by
tho grenadlers. Riel sent messenger
10 Gen Middleton early in the day say
ing:
nir you persist in Gripg upon houses
containing our women and children we
wiz massacre the prisoners in our
hsuds."
Tue general in reply told him to
gather MS women and children into one
+ iouse md il would not be fired on.
Late Riel S Mt an answer thanking
i5er " iddleton for his humane promise
TO sase the women and children,
but afterwards, as general
attack vas Just being made he sent an
other messenger saying he did not ike
war, but unless the troops retired his
Original intention OF massacreing prison
ers would be adhered too. s1'be message
came 90 lsie; the charge had already
commenced, and in few minutes the
rebels we're scattered and the prisoners
rescued.
hEILsELL NO MORE GROCERIES,,
Toronto, May l3.-The news Of the
capture of Batouche created immense
'3xciteinent,the special editions of news
papers being eagerly bought up. Great
OF Lieut.. W. G. Fitch, who
was very popular among all
glasses. He was the only son of J. G..
Fitch, u The arm Of Fitch u Davidson,
wholesale grocers, and was also part
ner in the firm.
GEN. MIDDLEToN's REPORT.
OTTAWA, May BIN the house this
afternoon, Hon. Mr.. Caron read the fol-
lowing official dispatch from Gen. Mid
dleton:
Batouche, May IL, via Ciark's Crossing, May
lz.--Hon. A. p. Care n, Ottawa:
Hays Just made general attack and
carried the whole settlement. The men
behaved splendidly. The rebels are in
full fight. Sorry to say have not got
keil While l was accommodating
this morning, William Ashley, one of
the PRISONERS, galloped up with flag of
truce and handed me
a LETTER FROM REL,
saying: If you massacre our families
shall massacre prisoners"
seat an answer that if he would put
his yomen. and children in one place
and leJ me know where it vas, not
slot Flould he fired on them. / then
retul1ed to camp and pushed on my ad.
yancp parties who were heavily fired
upon. I pressed on until | saw my
chance aud ordered a general advance.
The men responded nobly, splendldly
led by their officers and Col. Strauben-
zie. They drove the enemy out OF the
rifle pits and forced their way
across the plain and seized
the house and we are now masters OF
the place and most of my force will
bivouac there.
ANOTHER LETTER FROM RIEL.
Right In the heat of action Mr. Ashley
came back with another missive from
Riel as follows:
"GENERAL: Your prompt answer to
my note shows that l was right in mem
tloning the cause of humanity. We
will gather our families in one place
and as soon as it is done we viii let
you know. have, etc.
signed LOUIS DAVID REL.
ON the envelope he had written as fol-
Lows: 81 do not like war and ii
you do not retreat and refuse an inter
view the question remains the same
concerning the prisoners"
Our loss, am afraid, is heavy, but not
so heavy as might be expected. AS yet
/ find it is five Killed and 10 wounded.
THE KILLED ARE
Capt. French, commandingth the scouts
Lieut.. Fitch, of the Tenth Grena-
Capt. Brown, of the Boulton's scouts.
A. w. Kippen, OF the surveyors
scouts.
Private Wheeler, of the Nintieth bat
talon,
THE WOUNDED ARE:
Lieut.. Gordon, of the surveyors
scouts.
Lieut.. Ludlow, of the Tenth Grena-
diers.
diers.
Maj. Watson.
Sergt. Jakes, and the following pri-
Yates in the several commands:
Young, Cook, Garghaln, Barber,
Quinly, Marshall, Wilson, Barton, Hell
liwell and Lieut.. Helliwell, of the Mid
land troops.
This is all l know at present.
THE PRISONERS
have all been, released and are safe in
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