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Subject: Excerpt Of History
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:26:18 EDT
Oct 26, 1813 Chateauguay Quebec - Lieutenant-Colonel Charles-Michel
d'Irumberry de Salaberry 1778-1829, leading 1,600 French Canadian Voltigeurs (light
militia), turns back Gen. Wade Hampton and 3,000 Americans after four hours of
fighting at a ford over the Châteauguay River, 56 km southwest of Montreal;
300 front line militia blow hunting horns in the woods, making the Americans
think they are facing a larger force; de Salaberry set up a barricade after
learning of Hampton's invasion Oct. 21.
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