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Artillery shelling the enemy at the Battle of Fish Creek

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Date:

ca. 1885.

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2932220

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Artillery shelling the enemy at the Battle of Fish Creek
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Date(s):

ca. 1885.

Place:

Toronto (Ont.):

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Publisher:

Grip Printing and Publishing Co.,

Place of printing:

Toronto (Ont.)

Extent:

1 reproduction : photomechanical print

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Separate set exists in Box 256-02

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Artist: Morrison, E.W

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Publication: The Canadian Pictorial and Illustrated War News, May 30 1885, vol. 1, no. 9
The Battle of Fish Creek was also known as the Battle of Tourond's Coulée.
The North-West Rebellion (or North-West Resistance) was a five-month insurgency against the Canadian government, fought mainly by the Métis and their First Nations allies.

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Inscribed., Inscription: b. ARTILLERY SHELLING THE ENEMY AT THE BATTLE OF FISH CREEK / (From a sketch by Mr. E.W. Morrison)/ 'In the meantime the guns were being moved from point ot point to obtain the most advantageous positions for shelling the rebels in the ravine. They drove the enemy out of one of the two log houses they occupied, and bowled over and set on fire three adjacent stacks of straw.'- Special to the Mail.
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SUBJ. - Military, Army - Canada : Equipment - Heavy Arms & Equipment

Historical Events - 1885
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Copy negative [19XX-XXX] C-006743

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada
Copyright: expired.

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