14

There were first violent confrontations,

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Newspaper Illustration, Centre d'Histoire de la Presqu'île
1900
Montreal, Quebec

16

Then, here and there, armed demonstrations led to actual battle.

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Newspaper Illustration, Centre d'Histoire de la Presqu'île
1900
Montreal, Quebec

18

At one of such battles the Patriotes put the British troops to flight. It was a critical moment. The rebellion caused families to be forever sundered because of conflicting loyalties.

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Print of military engagement, Centre d'Histoire de la Presqu'île
1900
Montreal, Quebec

20

These had become turbulent times... first resolutions, proclamations, parades, and demonstrations, and finally cudgels and stones, gun-fire and blood in the streets. The fires of rebellion had spread through the Quebec country side. Weapons had been gathered and patriotic militias drilled, gathering military proficiency. There were further skirmishes with British troops and Loyalist volunteers.

The region of Two Mountains was a focal point where troops were sent to smother the patriotic movement once and for all.

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Print of attack on St. Eustache, Centre d'Histoire de la Presqu'île
1900
Montreal, Quebec

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Across the river from Cavagnal, a few miles North, the town of St. Eustache became the site of a fierce four-hour battle. British cannon destroyed the town and the church where the Patriotes had established their last redoubt was set on fire.

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Newspaper Illustration, Centre d'Histoire de la Presqu'île
1900
Montreal, Quebec

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The Patriotes went to their death after ferocious but futile resistance.

The next day the troops, hot with rage, descended on the nearby town of St.Benoit which in spite of its peaceful surrender was reduced to a heap of ashes.

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Colour Print of rebel prisoners, Centre d'Histoire de la Presqu'île
1900
Montreal, Quebec

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At the Ottawa River in the Seigneurie of Vaudreuil, at Cavagnal itself, Peter Francis Christian Delesderniers who was an officer in the Vaudreuil Loyal Volunteers was forced to arrest his brothers in-law, Francis-Xavier Desjardins and William Whitlock, since they supported the rebel cause. The families never spoke again.