11/15 Chamberlin, stating that the Fenians were on the point of attack. He therefore ordered his aide (Capt. Gascoigne) to hasten on to Stanbridge and bring up every available man, and at once rode back to Eccles' Hill. On arrival there he found that the first attack had been bravely repulsed by Lieut.-Col. The total force of the Fenians had not yet been brought into action, their reserve of 350 or 400 men being still on the American side of the border line. |