Battle of Chateauguay Memorial

Allan's Corners,

Type

Other

The Battle of Chateauguay Memorial was erected by the Government of Canada in 1895.

On Tuesday, 26 October 1813, between 10:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M., a force of some 1,000 Canadian regulars and militia under British command occupied defensive positions near and in the present village of Allan's Corners, Quebec. They succeeded in repulsing an attack by an American army of over 4,000 men, thus halting the American force's descent of the Chateauguay River to the St. Lawrence, and thwarting a planned junction with another army descending the St. Lawrence toward Montreal. The engagement has come to be known as the Battle of Chateauguay. The old plaque erected by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada has been removed and replaced by a new one installed at the Battle of the Chateauguay Interpretation Centre.

Inscription

[east side/côté est]

OCTOBER 26TH, 1813. HERE THE ARMY INVADING LOWER CANADA AND THE MARCHING ON MONTREAL WAS REPULSED AND ROUTED BY THE MILITIA OF THE PROVINCE.

ERECTED BY THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT, 1895

26 OCTOBRE 1813. CE LIEU A VU L'ARMÉE D'INVASION MARCHANT SUR MONTRÉAL, REPOUSÉE ET MISE EN DÉROUTE PAR LA MILICE DU BAS-CANADA

ERIGÉ PAR LE PARLEMENT CANADIEN, 1895

[south side]

BATAILLE DE CHÂTEAUGUAY

ICI LE 26 OCTOBRE 1813, LE LIEUTENANT COLONEL CHARLES-MICHEL DE SALABERRY AVEC QUELQUES CENT SOLDATS CANADIENS ET UNE PETITE TROUPE DE SAUVAGES SE COUVRIRENT DE GLOIRE IMMORTELLE EN REPOUSSANT VICTORIEUSEMENT L'ATTAQUE D'UNE NOMBREUSE ARMÉE AMÉRICAINE QUI TENTAIT D'ENVAHIR LA PROVINCE.

HERE, ON THE OCTOBER 26TH, 1813, LIEUT. COLONEL CHARLES MICHEL DE SALABERRY WITH A FEW HUNDRED CANADIAN SOLDIERS AND A LITTLE BAND OF INDIANS WAS IMMORTEL FAME BY SUCCESSFULLY REPELLING THE ATTACK OF A LARGE AMERICAN ARMY WHICH ATTEMPTED THE INVASION OF THE PROVINCE.

ERIGÉE 1929.