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Monday, October 31, 2016
Turn 002 1758 Campaign
French
Milice de Quebec 3/8 Compagnie retreats in good order after they took a sharp
volley from the Rangers.. 2 French KIA
Colonel
Pontleroy’s Regiment man their positions, ready for battle. A French battery on
the SW Bastion of the entrenched camp fired a 6pd Cannon at the Rangers to
cover the picket’s retreat. The shot went wide but it bought enough time for
the pickets to retire.
The French
Battery across the Oswego River fired two 6pd cannons at a provincial Ranger company
(Putnam’s Rangers), 1 Rangers leg was blown away and another Ranger was cut in
two!! The wounded Ranger with a missing leg was dragged to the Field Hospital, Putnam’s
Rangers hold their ground for now… British 1 WIA 1 KIA
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