O'Neil and his forces, the events which subsequently transpired might have ended more happily.
At the eleventh hour the Militia authorities saw the necessity of employing cavalry in the operations, and called out a portion of that extremely useful branch of the service.

One of these cavalry troops (the Governor-General's Body Guard, of Toronto, under command of Major Geo.
T.Denison), performed splendid service in this direction, an account of which will be given in a subsequent chapter.
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Peacocke marched from Chippawa by the River Road for Black Creek on his way to Stevensville, a rather round-about route, which added some miles to his journey and caused considerable loss of time.

The day was an oppressively close one, with not a breath of air stirring, and as the sun rose higher in the heavens it cast forth a brassy heat that was almost unbearable, and had a telling effect on the men, who were soon drenched with perspiration and covered with dust.

By 11 o'clock the heat became more intense and the dust more denser, and the jaded soldiers began to show signs of weariness, when Col.