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Defense Preparation
- When
- 1813
- Where
- Chateauguay River area
De Salaberry organized defenses by constructing abatis to block the road and posting militia companies to guard a ford across the Chateauguay.
Facing a ravine where the English River joined the Chateauguay, de Salaberry ordered abatis to be constructed. He posted light companies of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of Select Embodied Militia and a company of Beauharnois militia under Captains de Tonnancoeur, Daly, and Brugière to guard a ford one mile behind the abatis.
Sources
- Battle of the Chateauguay Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-27
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