[Troublous Times in Canada by John A. Macdonald]@TWC D-Link bookTroublous Times in Canada CHAPTER VI 7/65
No. 1 Company of the Thirteenth Battalion was on the right of the line and the York Rifles on the left.
The troops advanced with coolness and bravery and were heartily cheered by the Queen's Own as they took their place in the battle line.
The left wing of the Thirteenth moved up as the supports of their comrades of the same Battalion, and the Queen's Own then became the reserve.
The fighting line of the Thirteenth continued the "drive" of the enemy into their entrenchments, and their hearty cheers as they pushed on to the attack were answered by the yells of the Fenians, who were preparing to make a charge. Observing a movement on the part of O 'Neil which threatened his right flank, Lieut.-Col.
Booker requested Major Gillmor to keep a sharp lookout for the cross-roads on which the reserve rested, and to send two companies from the reserve to occupy and hold the woods on the hill to the right of his line.
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