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- Two army detachments came from Montréal to attack St-Charles, one led by Col Wetherall and the other led by Colonel Charles Gore.
- In mid-Nov 1837 the government of Lower Canada decided to send out the army against the Patriots and issued orders for the arrest of their leaders.
- General Gore’s troops marched through the night in horrible weather conditions. They arrived at St. Denis on the morning of November 23rd and attacked the rebel.
- Gore had to sound the retreat at about 3:00 in the afternoon when reinforcements for the besieged patriotes were beginning to flock to neighbouring villages and threatened to cut him off from Sorel.
- RETREAT!
- the Battle of St-Eustache was fought on 14 December 1837, the army attacked the patriote camps to the north, there were 1200 regular soldiers, an artillery with a dozen cannons and more than 200 volunteers from Montréal and St-Eustache.
- Jean-Olivier Chenier managed to prevent the troops' demobilization and took command of the men who were dug into positions. Colborne's victory was decisive. Nearly 100 rebels were killed, including Chénier, and even more were taken prisoner. The village was burned to the ground. The Patriots lost twice, which ended the conflict between them in Lower Canada.
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