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Encyclopedia > Batoche

Batoche, Saskatchewan is the site of the historic Battle of Batoche, the last battlefield in the Northwest Rebellion of 1885. The battle resulted in the defeat of Louis Riel and his Métis forces by Major General Frederick Middleton and his NWMP force.


The Métis settlement of Batoche (named after Xavier Letendre "dit Batoche") was established in 1872. By 1885 it numbered 500 people.


Batoche was declared a National Historic Site in 1923


External links

  • Guide to the battle site (http://www.virtualsk.com/current-issue/batoche.html)



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Batoche - Welcome to Saskatchewan, Canada on The Worldwide Traveler (542 words)
Batoche is 11 km north of this junction.
Gabriel Dumont, the leader of the Batoche community, had gone south to Montana and convinced the exiled Louis Riel to return to the Northwest to provide leadership to the Métis in their pursuit of representation and land rights from the federal government.
Later at Batoche, the Métis fought bravely for several days but in the end were defeated, outmatched by the government forces' superior numbers and weaponry.
Battle of Batoche - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (721 words)
Fought over the week of May 5 to May 12 at the ad hoc Métis capital of Batoche, the siege was noted as the first true demonstration of tactical excellence and professional conduct by the Canadian army in 1885.
However, due to the difficulty of the terrain and Middleton's penchant for prudence, his force lagged behind schedule, and when the Northcote appeared adjacent to the town on May 9 it was spotted by Métis who had not yet come under artillery fire.
Straubenzie's soldiers performed brilliantly, charging into Batoche in the face of heavy fire and driving the remaining Métis clear of the town.
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