Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-15
TUE INDUM VA.
Another Account Of the Battle With
Rsil on Tuesday.
THE TROOPS FULL OF ENTHUSIASTS.
They Waited Into the Rebels PostisG
Cheering Through 4 Hail
Of BuRets.
LATEST NEWS FROM THE NosTHwEsr

wNSlrEc, MAN, May IA Batouchs
dispatch Of the 18th gives the following 90
count Of Tuesdays fight: Tho Grensdi6s,
Midland Battalion, Ninetieth Rides, Boal.
toms Cavalry, the French Scouts and The
Surveyors Corps advanced at / p. N. from
camp, in extended order. and at 6 p. N. had
reached point mile beyond Batouchs.
without any serious check. They were -
sisted by the ninepounder gun Of Battery
A and two sevea.pounders Of the Winnipeg
Battery, which shelled the rebels from
bluff to bluff. The GattEng gun also did
good service, and cleared several ravines
The Midland battalion formed the right and
rear, the Grenadiers were in the centre, and
the Ninetieth Rifles on the LETT They
cheered a. they advanced. Hardly waiting
to ere, they advance with rush on the
rebels position, driving them from their rife
pits one after another. The rebels bullets
iell like hail, but the men, in their enthusi-
asm, did not mind them and pushed forward.
despite everything, sometimes being close up
10 the pits before the rebels hed. Many
rebels swan the river and some were shot
while swimming All Of Reirs prisoners
were released from cellars in the village and
were pale and weak. The former
Bivouac In tho village
tonight, the Zerebs being left under small
guard. General Middleton is delighted be-
yond measure. The rebel loss wAs very
heavy. The correspondent riding about the
field ,aw the bodies Of nine halioreeds and
Indians, and tour seriously wounded are in
camp. Squaws and pspooscs we're found in
the Indian camp. The losses Of the troop,
were fully covered by previous dispatches"
A Fort Qu' Appclle dispatch says Yes.
terdsy your correspondent saw letter writ
ten by Louis Riel on the 3Oth Of April TO
relatives and dear friends here, calling upon
them 10 come up and help him to plundsr
houses aud stores and take everything 10
the way Of provisions. He tells them he
has met the troops and has had great suc.
cess. The letter is couched in the most
touching terms. The Indians here are su
on their reserves and appear quiet. The
Tweltth and Thirty. fifth battslions received
orders to proceed TO the front. Thcy lease
here at 5 clock and will make forced
marches. Colonel SCOTS battalion arrived
here last night and has gone into camp.
The Winnipeg cavalry has been ordered
north to join the Quebec cavalry N Touch.
wood"
CHICAGO, May 1.-THE Daily News
Winbipeg special says: Intelligence OF au
authoritative nature has been received that
the train with provisions which Left swift
Current o week ago was attacked By
Poundmaker and his Indians and captured
after Gght, in which several were wounded
and two killed and thirty.one teams and
twenty.one teams,ers captured. Ten
tesmsters escaped. The train was
within thirteen miles OF BSttleiord.
Rel Knocked Out.
ST. PArL, May 1.-THE latest news from
the front contained the following:
BArouCHg May l3.-Ths steamer Mar
ouis, now at Batouche, will take the
wounded to Saketon. Riel and Dumout
escaped down the river. Tho rebel loss 10
heavy. Our loss 10 reported killed 8.
OK BOARD THE NoRrHcory, May ID
Gen. Middleton has thrashed tho rebels
at Batouche. They Are giving then.
selves up. Tho column moves to Prince
Albert. The Northcote 10 safe, but rss
through terrible fro at Bstouche from
both banks Of the river. The rebea trisd
TO capture her by lowering the ferry cable.
but were not quick enough. Three were
wounded slightly. Following 10 . private
dispatch from Captain Bedson, on board
the Nor,hcote, on the 18th: We are oil
right. This defeat will wind up the busi.
uess. The rebels delivering themselves up
will insist on Riel being hanged.
The report that Rel has gone down the
river is not credited here.