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FENIAN RAID OF ‘66 (Part 4)
EXTRACTS FROM THE TRIBUNE OF FORTY-TWO YEARS AGO, TELLING OF THE NOTED INVASION.
[People's Press, 19 May 1908]
Friday-“Friday appears to have been spent by the Fenians in scouring the country for five or six miles round, apparently for the sole purpose of securing horses, as other property, both public and private, was not destroyed with the exception of Sauerwine’s bridge on the G.T.R., which was burned. Had they wished, they might easily have taken possession for the time being of the Welland canal, either at Port Robinson of this place, or at Port Colborne, there being no troops to prevent them, and the citizens having no arms. While O’Neill sauntered through Bertie, our authorities were speedily concentrating troops at Chippawa and Port Colborne. On Friday night a portion of the Fenians encamped on the road, leading east from New Germany.”-Taken from the Welland Tribune, June 7 1866.
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