. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. c HM > OOro w r. I ?l I i THE NORTH-WEST AND THE REBEL/JON OE i8S^ 467 There appears to have been no desire on tlie part of the Gen-eral to detract from any laurels wliich may have becm won byWilliams on this occasion and he distinctly gives him firstplace in tlie Report (juoted. In a further despatch dated December30th, he refers to his death in
. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. c HM > OOro w r. I ?l I i THE NORTH-WEST AND THE REBEL/JON OE i8S^ 467 There appears to have been no desire on tlie part of the Gen-eral to detract from any laurels wliich may have becm won byWilliams on this occasion and he distinctly gives him firstplace in tlie Report (juoted. In a further despatch dated December30th, he refers to his death in most sympathetic terms and speaks ofit as having deprived Canada of one of her best men and himself ofa warm and sincere friend. Colonel Van Straubenzie under his ownsignature,* has stated that on the occasion of that charge on therifle-pits of Batoche on the 12th of May last, I ordered the latelamented Colonel Williams, in most emphatic and unqualified lan-guage, to advance to the charge, at the same time advancing myselfin charge of the attacking party. Lieutenant-Colonel C. A. Boulton,who was an eye-witness of the fight, in his volume of Reminiscencesof the Rebellio7i^ also speaks of Colonel Van Straubenzies orders toadvance and of himself seeing the rap
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