Battle of Châteauguay Memorial Obelisk

This memorial, dedicated to the Battle of Chateauguay, 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 Allans 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 Châteauguay 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 Châteauguay.

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.

Ce monument commémorant la bataille de Châteauguay a été érigé par le gouvernement du Canada en 1895.

Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.