With five thousand infantry and one hundred and eighty cavalry he has advanced to a ford beyond the fork of Chateauguay.
The more easterly force met with ignominious defeat by a handful of French Canadians at Chateauguay.
Chateauguay had served Montreal well and the tide of war again rolled away from its gates.
DeSalaberry, with his Voltigeurs, also moved upon the Chateauguay.
In the speech from the throne, he congratulated parliament, particularly on the defeat of the enemy at Chateauguay.
