Talk:Battle of Saint-Eustache

Vandalism?

Someone needs to examine the revisions made 2006-11-02 for possible reversion. They look fishy. — Loadmaster 23:32, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I reverted to the previous version. Thank you. --Liberlogos 09:40, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Pillage?

I won't change it, but what does pillage mean here? Vincent 05:36, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

"Proceeded to pillage" isn't exactly the most compelling prose, but it's basically true, according to the Canadian official history:

“ The regular troops and volunteers then burned down the houses that had sheltered the Patriotes. After nightfall, they gave vent to terrible sacking and pillaging. The sacking of Saint-Eustache was so violent that Captain Swinburne of the 83rd Regiment would recount that it "equalled if not surpassed ... what he had witnessed at the sack of Badajos." The following day Colborne and his troops invaded the neighbouring village of Saint-Benoît. The Patriotes surrendered without resistance, but this did not prevent Colborne from burning down the village as well as the village of Saint-Hermas (today Mirabel). In the days that followed, other corps of volunteers who had arrived on the scene after the Battle of Saint-Eustache pillaged the neighbouring farms. The usual practice after taking everything they could carry was to "make the men, women and children undress, leaving them virtually naked at the doors of their burning houses." ”

Yikes. Albrecht 07:12, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

GPS coordinates of images

The GPS coordinates of the images are coming up in Kazakhstan. Not Canada. Adamdaley (talk) 05:27, 27 May 2013 (UTC)