The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-05-07
middleton to the Government.

Ottawa, Ont April 26.-Following is the
official statement Of the engagement at Fish
Creek, Friday, made to tbs minister of militia:
Fish Creek, Twenty five miles North of
Clarke's Crossing, Northwest Territory, April
Pill have had an affair with the rebels at this
spot ON the east bank of the river My advanced
scouts were fired upon from o bluff; but we
ifiGndgef ~ hold our own until the main body
arrived, when : t5Sk measures TO repel the at
tack which was over at abeut 2;50 o'clock
D. m. We have captured a Tot CT thoir ponies
and have three or four, apparently Indians and
half-breeds, in a corner of the bluffs, who have
done q great deal of mischief, being evidently
their best shots; and as l am unwilling
10 lore any more men in trying to take them, 1
have s1rfonnnoed the bluff, and shall wait until
they have expended their sHtnunition to cap
ture them. Lord Melgund jCi ned as soon az he
could from the other side of the riTerj With the
Tenth Royals and Winnipeg half battery, bat
most of this part OF left column is thus across,
and al il is work of difficulty to cross, have
ordered the rest to follow snd shall march to-
morrow with the united forc6 5n Batouche
The troops behaved very well in this, their first
affair
was, but 1 doubs net it was pretty severe,
though, judging from the grsst advantage OF
their position and mode of fighting: It might
well be less than OURS I shall pr6ceS1 to-
morrow, after burying the dead, and sending
the W0.fnded back to Clark's Crossing, by NOV
ing on this side. : l~ss the telegraph line, but
l shall keep up constant CONTAMINATION by way
of Clark's Crossing If possible 1 ftcyst very
much the wounding of my two aides e-cafTp
Capt Wises horse was shot previous to his
FRED MbB5bLrr6N, Major General Command
ing the Nofthwess Field Force.
Clark's Crossing. April 25'-@sergeant Dal-
ton, of Boultons troop, coHfter from Gen.
Middleton, has just arrived here Arthur
died last night making total of dead, to date.
of seven. The wounded are all doing well, and
will Big removed to this place as soon as posi-
BILE. It has been ascertained to-day that the
fight on Friday Vas very much more disastrous
to the rebels than at first supposed. Twenty
five are known to have been killed, as
that number of bodies were eonnted,
Kicrs. lieutenant 1t is reported also
that Kie1 was In the ravine during Fridays en-
gagement, and hts returned to Batoche for
reinforcements FoT1r Of our men to-day went
to the edge of the ravine, ard captured SIX
horses and twelve head of cattle without 8lsles-
taion. The cattle subsequently gSs away.
Ottawa, Special Telegram, April 26.-The
seven troops vere killed and fifty wounded.
On the rebel side it q said that twenty-five
were killed. dispatch to ths government
says that the troops have got possession Of the
ravine and that decisive engagement would
take place which could only last few hours.
Gabriel Dumont, Riel's lieutenant, is reported
Tiled and that Rel has gone to Batoche for
more forcs A dispatch from Middleton to
Mrs Middleton rays that owing to the dis
lance from the telegraph Offices, she doings of
the next twenty hours might nos be heard
for few days