Metis and Cree attack Canadian and NWMP camp, 1885

Canadian Militia, set up a defensive camp near a Hudson's Bay post. The militia entrench themselves.

The Cree warriors prepare to swarm the Canadians.

The left of the Canadian and NWMP post also entrench behind some hastily built defences. The buildings have already been torched by a previous raid.

Ian begins his Metis attack

Eventually, the Canadian tactics of flanking didn't work. The Cree and Metis swarmed both wings of the Canadian position. The survivors fled, leaving the Metis and Cree to loot and then burn the remaining buildings.

Fish Creek 1885

British and Canadian troops form up.

Metis warriors take up positions in rifle pits. 

Canadian militia advance and fire in order to clear out the metis

Cree warriors fall back while firing

Victory for the government seems secure

but a few die hard warriors continue to harass the government force

Battle of Fish Creek April 1885

Canadian Militia, with NWMP help attempt to close in on the Metis lines

The Metis in their rifle pits

Their view of the NWMP and Militia

Dumont gives the order to fire

Crozier orders an advance

The Metis pour fire into the advancing Canadians

Having built well dug in positions, the Metis are oblivious to Canadian fire

The Canadians begin to take Casualties

The cavalry charge hasn't worked

The Rifles deploy in skirmish order 

Metis begin to go down

The Canadian left flank has suffered

and so has the Metis centre

With fixed bayonets, the Canadians charge home

a lone mounted Metis dashes back to Batoche

Dumont tries rally his men

and the Canadian strike home

This was my first Riel Rebellion game in a long time. More will follow

Riel (1979)

 A very well done movie by CBC from 1979. Riel has been the only Canadian MP to have been executed for treason.

The Last Fenian Raid (1989) Bordertown. Richard Comar, John H. Brennan ...

 From a Canadian TV show in the 1980s, using the Fenians raids as a plot for an episode.