Q. Yes, up to that point, the Market Square and the streets were practically clear up to that point ?
A. The Market Square is what ?
Q. I mean Jacques Cartier Square ?
A. Jacques Cartier Square. There was no great throng there. There were people there who …
Q. … had been dispersed ?
A. … who did not stand around ; they kept moving. There were people there but not sufficient to cause any great congestion.
Q. You got to the corner of the Boulevard. And how many officers and men did you find there ?
A. At the corner of the Boulevard ?
Q. Yes.
A. When I got to the Boulevard. As I stated before I did not make a practise of counting the actual number of men there.
Q. Approximately, gross figures ?
A. Simply sufficient to let them — that corner they were distributed right along the … they were extending from the corner of … they were extending along the Boulevard to the other side of St. Joseph Street. How many troops were there I could not say. Quite sufficient.
Q. A rough guess ?
A. No, I am not in a position, as I say, just at one point to make even a guess.
Q. No shooting took place there ?
A. Yes, there was shooting there.
Q. By the rioters ?
A. Yes.
Q. On your men ?
A. Yes.
Q. You then proceeded to clear Bagot Street ?
