This however may have been fortunate, since the absence of activity in front led the enemy to neglect that part of his position and when the infantry finally did attack the opposition was less than might otherwise have been the case.
(Les flèches d'affût des deux canons d'Otter, canons de 7 livres de la Gendarmerie du Nord-Ouest, s'étaient brisées sous l'effort du tir.) Quant à la colonne du général Strange, elle arriva saine et sauve à Edmonton et descendit la Saskatchewan nord.