| Show RIEL AITD HIS REBELS General Ittlddlcton Scatters Them at the Point of the Bayonet BATOUCIIE May 12 Batouche has fallen and the rebels have fled being driven from their rifle pits and ambush at the point of the bayonet The charge was gallantly made by the Grenadiers Riel sent a messengerto General Middle ton early in the day saying If you persist firing upon houses r containing our women and children WE WILL MASSACRE THE PRISONERS In our hands The General in reply told him to gather his women and children child-ren into one house and it would not be fired upon Later Kiel sent an answer thanking Middlebn for his humane promise to save the women and children chil-dren but afterwards as the general attack at-tack was just being made he sent another an-other messenger saying he did not like war but unless the troops retired the original intentioa of massacreing the prisoners would be adhered to But it came too late The charge had already commenced and in a few minutes THE REBELS WERE SCATTERED And the prisoners rescued i The following is a list of the killed Captain John French scout Lieutenant Fifcht Royal Grenadiers Captain Browne Bouldons troops W HKip peps 8lrveyors corps Private Frazer Ninetieth LPrivate4Hardesty Ninetieth wounded Captain Gilleis Private Young SergeantMajor Watson and Sergeant Jacques of the Ninetieth all slightly wounded Lieutenant Hollenwell Corporal Cor-poral Hollenwel1 Privates Quigley and Barton of the Midland battalion Major Dawson Lieutenant Laidlow Privates Cook Vaughan Barber and QuiI y Marshall of the Grenadiers more seriously seri-ously Father Moulin was found in his house at Batouche wounded it is believed be-lieved by rebels but not seriously The following are the names of theprisoners rescued frOm the rebels Lusch Peter and William Tompkins McKenna Ast ley Ross and McConnell 48 |
