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Set sail from Sandy Hook I'ov Louisburg with a fair wind, under convoy of the Nightingale, Captain Campbell, the fleet consisting of about twenty eight Sail ; the greatest part of which is to take in the Troops from Nova Scotia, and the rest having Colonel Frasers Regiment on board. Thursday, 17th. May. We came into the harbour of Louis- bourg, having had a very agreable and quick passage. \\'e arc ordered ashore every day while here, to exercise along with the rest of the Army. On the 21)th. May, and some days before and after, the Harbour of LoiMsbourg was so full of .shoals of Ice that no boats could go from the Ships to Shore. There is still Some snow in the hollowB, on shore, 1 siipposn the jec ccmoK I'rt'in tli'_' (Julf and river oC St. Jjawrentv. fc I li.Mi' ,. Li.'ut. iMiit. on board oiifi of the iMcn onVar, lias shot liiiiisclf, for Icar I suppose, the French should do it. If he was wearied of lilo, l,e might soon -ct quit of it in a more honourable way. l«t, .June, The Eegimonts arc all arrived, and I hear wo >Iiall soon sail. Monday. 4th. ,lunc, the Fleet set sail. I take it to consist or about J.-iOsaih including ten of the line of battle, besides IVi.i^'ates, bomb ketches and lire ships; the rest are Transports ••ind Store Shlps-Ou the Sth. we got si.^ht of the Island of Xowfuundland ; very high land, a great part whereof covered with snow-Tho yth. we entered the Gulf of St. Lawrence— The II th came ill sight of land nigh the Bay of Gaspd. This niglit it blew a pretty hard gale at N. W. itegiincnts on the Expedition : J5th.Amherst\s 500 Men. L'Slh. Hragg-s ggg » ;!5th. Otway's qqq „ 4.iid. Kennedys g-g „ ITtli. Lascelle'.s jjqq ,, ■18th. Webb's gQQ ,( oSth. Anstruthers gny ^ ,.„,. ( 2nd. Battallion ) „ , . ^•(:^rd.Battallion.l^''^^^'^^"'^'-''^=^°^''^«00 " bord. Frazcr's jjqq „ Grenadicra of tlie 22nd. -Kith, and ] ■loth. Hcgimcnts from Louisbourg.. j -^'•^''Ky- 300 « '''inj;<^'>'r 400 " Liurht Inlhntiy. OOO " ^^aiines," lOQO «« In gro.-s supposed at most, soOO ?. ^ On the 1:5th. June, wc entered the Puvor Si J.nwrcncT ,it night 18th, came to anchor at the Isle of Bic : lUtli. anchore.l at Isle Verte20th. at Isle Kougo ; here wc had a contrary wind and strong tide runninn; about six knots an hom-, which retards us very much as we arc obhged to anchor wlien tiio tide begins to ebb. I observe the banks of the river here, and for some leagues below, are inhabited, mostly on the South Sido. Saturday, 23rd. Junc.-The whole of our Division anchored nigh the Isle aux Coudres. Two Boats having gone from our fleet to sound near the shore, were fired on by the Indians, as they say, with two pound swivels ; they came pretty ni-h them, but nobody was Imrt. Wp Ibund Admiral Durell wiU; most part of his Squadron atCoudres. We are told there are three large ships of his Squadron at Orleans Isle. Sunday, 24th. fune.-A New England Schooner run en the rocks at high water ; and it is (four pages wanting here) and The 15th. 43rd. our Regiment were ordered to strike our Tents and cross to the south side of the River, The i.-.th crossed, but ^ it came on night, the i^rd.Jand ours ren.ained" lying on our arms all night. Saturday, 30th. Junc.-The 43rd. and our Regiment crossed and joined the 15th. and some Rangers wo arc told, had a skirmish with some Canadians and Indians they killed three and took three prisoners of the Enemy. We marched throu-h the wood along a good road, towards Point Levy, for about three or four miles, when the Rangers in front were lirod n„ from the woods they skirmished for some time, and the troop. were ordered to halt. Some of our Rangers were wounded but the Enemy were obliged to retire. We then marched on' till we came to the church of St. Joseph at Point Levy who,, ' we wereagain at tucked in front. Brigadier Moucktou ordered the troops to march in the open field by the River side and n.e ..angers, Light Infantry and advanced parties .■ontimicd y^ ]Mmpin<: witii the enemy most pml of the cvcnin;:, till Captain Campbell of Colonel Frascr'.s licKimcnt, who was posted with liis Company in the chinch, ordered a part of his Company to fire a volley at thcni, wlicn the firing almost eoasod, and 1 suppose most part of the enemy retired as we hear but few flints thcroafter-bnc I hear we lost a few men. We lay on our arms all this night. Sunday, 1st. July.— The French sent some floating batteries from the other side of the river to play upon us ; the Regi- ments were ordered to stand to their arms. I was ordered with Ensign I\Ic. Kenzic to the colours, and they cannonaded us for about half an hour. There were four of our Regiment killed and eight wounded ; and one Sergeant of the 15th. Regiment and eight of the Colour's Company were knocked down with one ball, oehind the Colours, and all wounded, two I believe, mortally. This day, we pitched our tents at Point Levy. Monday, 2nd. July. — A detachment ordered out with General Wolfe to reconnoitre the high ground, on the South Side of the river, opposite to Quebec. They fired some cannon shot on us from the Town, and there was some popping shots on our Ransers from the wood, but no execution — we returned before night. I found our Company in the Church, having been or- dered to relieve Captain Campbell's. While we were out, I ob- served several dead bodies on the road, not far from our Camp ; they were all scalped and mangled in a shocking manner. I dare say no human creature but an Indian or Canadian* « It is doubtless praiseworthy in the brave Colonel to try and palliate the atrocities committed by one of the armies during this campaign. That the Indians fightinK for the cause of France, scalped freely, we find admitted on all hands : that the soldiers in the IJiitLsh army occasionally did the same, it would be useless to deny, in face of history and of the many entries to thatctfoct in the piiucipal Englifh account of tlie campaign, Capt. John Knox's Journal The scalping scrvico according to Knox, seems to Imvo conia boouilty of sii.li iiihumaivity as to iiisuh n (lead boiiy. \Vo are busy ibrtifyinp; our Cfinip viih rndoiibrs c\:c. Thursday, rith.July. Colonol Burton witb tho 18th. Ropi- luont n.archcd and took post alonf? witii some UanRcrs and Light Infiiiitry on tho hill, whore tho (iunoral w.^s rccon- noitorins on tho 2m], T hoar thoy wa busy fbrtiCyini,' their Camp. Friday, (Uh. July.—T hcarwcliavo bcpun (oorect two Bat- teries, one of His guns and another ol' (ivo mortars, near Colonel Burton's post. Saturday, 7th. July.— \ory busy at the works at Colonel Burton's post. Sunday, Sth.^Thc three Kogimont.s, (15th, 43rd. and <33rd.) encamped at Point Levy received orders to strike their tents by one o'clock to-morrow morning. Admiral Holmes in the Dublin, with some frigates and bomb vcsel.s came to anchor opposite to tlic French Camp, on the west side of tho Fall of Montmorency, and began to cannonade and bombard their camp. ^londay, 9th. Before day light, we struck our tents at Point ham.\'ol''l"lS°^na''*' ^''^^'^^^ ^o^nmanded hy ti Captain Gore- ham . A ol, I Pa,!^o 309, we read of Capt Gort;L;un and his raiiKers lymg in ambush ami "scalping nine Indian..." Pago 348 Knox says < we took eleven scalps" << at An,'e Gnrdien" Pap, ''i' we find tliat scalping was getting so cornniou that tho Oenurai .-I'rict- ly forbids the inhuman pruct ire of sea! pin u;, except when the cncnuj are Indian., or Cmiadians ,!r,.srd ///re yX,rv. In v ow of th s order a wounded regular of Montcalm's corps ialling in t\m hands o Capt Goreham mu.st frequently ha'-., had itanon to exclaim ,n the words of tho French play " Oh ! nion habit oieb vous remercie I Page 302, wn read of '< ,s..ven of tlu, t wof tl e colony being scalped" by Wolfe's rangers. Vol.Il.pi^fn lo ubiquitous Goreham !Mid his rangers are at uorl aLin' thl Captain "sends .an express to the General to acquaint him,' that he has burnt a largo settlement, and made son e prisoners • It his rangers met some Canadian. dres.sed like Indians, had routed them and took a few Hculp..>' Query? were thej' obliged to droRS at all to belike ludi.ans? The punctiliou.sno.4 of the -aptam on the score of dress appears great!! These out of many other instances are adduced to show what w-tJcrr'n^i ot the ^-.irfare in use in those days, and that the barlmous ^y^U'in of scali-u.,., was p.uc.isHl by (be u!,i(, u.,u ,,, „ell The teil man oi the woody, rt M f ■ () T.ovy, nnd in;iivlic.1 Muml a little liill ni.,'h tho Camp, and out of fii^rht of tlu Town, wlicrc we hj' on our arms till to- wards ovoning. Thn French liavc lilcow^se struck their tents in the Camp which was cnnnonadcrl by our ships last night, and wo observed some tents pitched on the East Side of Mont- morency this mornin*,', which wc arc told is the Brigade of our Army under the command of Brigadier Townshend, who crossed over to that place last night from the Isle of Orleans. In the evening, wc returned to our camp at Point Levy, and pitched our tents as formerly. Tuesday, 10th. July— The Town has begun to bombard and cannonade our works on the south side of the river, at Colonel Burton's post, very briskly, but h:tve hitherto done us no hurt. I hear one of the 48th. Regiment (Webb's) has deserted this day to the Enemy (An Irishman.) Last night the French began to throw shells at our Fleet, and this morning the Ships who lay nearest them thought proper to remove further off. I hear there were twelve of Capt. Goreham's Company of Rangers, killed by the Indians close to Brigadier Townshend'a camp, in an ambuscade. The Indians were at last beat off having left three dead. A party of our Rangers having been sent out on this side of the river, (the south) on the 9th they took one man prisoner and two boys (his children) having followed him a little way, making a great noise, were in a most inliuman manner murdered by those worse than savage Rangers, for fear, as they pretend, they should be discovered by the noise of the children. I wish this story was not fact, but I'm afraid there is little reason to doubt it : —the wretches having boasted of it on their return, tho' they now pretend to vindicate themselves by the necessity they were under ; but, I believe, this barburous action proceeded from that cowardice and barbarity which seems so natural to a native of America, whether of Indian or European extrac- t.c„. Tn other. n,stancc,s.tho.o Kan^cMs l.,uc Imh.rto b.o.i of «o.nc use, and shewed in general a better spirit than usual. 1 hey arc for most i.art raised in I ^ew Knj^^iand. The French have again pitched their camp r- ar the Fall of Montmorency hoy l^vo other can.ps all the way between .hut, and the luvor St, Charles, which wo hear they have fortified with redoubts and breastwork., with batteries at different places onthenversidc, besides the floating batteries which move Ironi place to place. W«dne«iaj lUU J„i,._T,„ fc,!,,,;., „, post-ot jct a-ishod : a furiou» too olsmt »u„, ft„„,™ , town .U2 o'cl„t . «.„ Gcoral went „p th« „./;;. ago threo mo- of „„. Kegi„„„, „„„j^j Thursday. 12.h J„1,._T,„ six groa. g„„„ and five Z tars m .ho la.lcry, near Bu«„„'» p„„, b„,.,„ ,„ , „„ Tow„ about „i„ „,,„„^ ,. „,.g,„_ ^„j ^^ ^^^ ^ J ^y_^ a at M„„,„ore„cy, where I had an „ppe,,u„i,j. „f ,«i„,J own, and the Irench posts nigh the Fall. The river i. fL. He below the Ml at low water ' •'""'"'■■» fada- Monday. lOth J„ly._Th„ sitlerlaud a 00 gun ship, with . %ato,.„dtwo transport.,, n,„„nted .i , g„„s wer ordered to pa,s the Town this „i,.ht, about t=„ oVIoe Lghwate, but it see„s, they were no. ready belore tll curnofthetide, aad by that ,„e,„s the thinl, , ^r.„.„.sh,. It we. thought .hey n,y,t have plllas I wind and tide was for them. Wednesday, 18.h J„ly._The Sutherlun.l viu, ,he Souirrel Fngate two oatts and t„„ar„,ed sloops passed the iL, „ « out «e.v.„g any hurt. There was a few sho. Hred Zll aZl "\^"°'' ''"»>"= ""'"cfeily run ashore, but it is r.f!'.,''=/°'°'!-;"-''™- Battalion of the Hoyul Americans. >yith tlircc CGii.patiit« of Grenadiers (Am .s lici'SlH, Wobi>H, and l<'ia>icr.s) on lioanl tlic sliip,( \vlii(li pnHdcd. Kennedy's (jronailior.-j were on board tlic Diuiui, but obliged to bo landed when slio run aqround. TliuisJiiy, iJHb .July. — The Diana has got off, having Leon obliged to l'\nd her i^uns. It is said slie is not much damaged. Friday, ?Ah\i July. — A man of (Ltpt. Witnon Frascr's (!oni. pany of Light Infantry (of 63rd llcifimcnt) was killed by ti Canadian whom, wiih his son, they made prisoners. Saturday, 2!st July. — Thv; three companies of Grenadiers, 15th, 48th and G.'Jrd. with tlic Battalion of Itoyal Americans wlio passed the Town, landed ubout twelve miles above it, when llicy were opposed by .some Indians and Canadians whom they soon obliged to retire, and having taken about sixty prisoneis, mostly women, and killed some of the Indians, they ngiiin embarked, without having auy killed on our side ; but, I hear Mnjor Piovost, of the Koyal Americans, is dangcrouhly wounded, in the hciid, and Lieut. Charles Wacdoncll, of oui- Grenadiers, wounded in the thigh, not dangerously. It is said, there were about fourteen privates wounded, (all Iliglilander.s) by a fire from the Americans, who, mistook thorn for [\vi Fiiejiiy in the wood ; it baing in the evening, and dark. Sunday, 2'2nA July. — The Lcostoff frigate and Hunter .sloop of war attemplod to sail past the Town of (Quebec, but the wind having cuuiu alio;id wiicn (hi;y had just got abreast of the batteries, and the French having begun a smart canonade, they wore I'oreed to return, but vathout receiving any damage, wliicli was more than we expected. 3Ionduy, Liiird July. — Things remain as yesterday. TuL'.^day, ;M July. — Col. Fraser, with a detachment of ahout 350 men i.l" his Regiment, marched this night down the lliver in order as we hear, to take up what prisoners and cattle ihey can lind. Major Daliing witii tlie Light Infantry, manjliod at the -'ihic tiiio';'! ihi' river on tlit'samc errand. 9 Wednesday, 25 July.— Major Balling's party returned with •bout two hundred prisoners, mostly women and children, and about thirty Canadian men, with about three hundi-cd head of cuttle, horses cows, shoop, &o. A now battery of six 24 pounders and three, sea mortare ready to play on the Town. Thursday, 2Gth July.— Lieut. Alexander Frasor, Junior returned to camp from the dotachmont which marched with the Col. of the 24th. lie brings news of the Colonel's having been wounded in the thigh, by an unlucky shot from a small party of Canadians who lay in ambush, and Bred on the detachment out of a bush, and then retired. lu the evening, the Col. came to camp with Ciipt. McPherson, who was wounded by the same shot, and the ball lodged in his thigh ; but it is thought neither of their wounds are dangerous. There was not another man of the detachment touched. We did not hear of Capt. McPherson's being wounded ti'l he came to camp. I hear the General went out this day with Otway's Regiment and was attacked by tne Indians ; they killed two Officers and thirty of his men, but at hit took to their heels, and when they were crossing the river 3Iont- morency our people fired three rounds at them, by which, I am told they killed sixty-two Indians, which they reckon a very great loss. Friday, 27th July.— The detachment returned with three Women and one man prisoners, and above two hundred head of cattle. Saturday, 28th July.— This night the French sent down a large fire raft which they did not set tiro to till they were fired on by some of the boats who are every night, on the watch for them above the shipping. Our boats immediately grappled it, and tho' it burnt with great violemie, they towed it past all the shipping without any damage. Sunday, 29th July.— Nothing remarkabio; I had a lucky escape at Moatmoreucy, ; i ■ i ;ii 10 Monday, 30th July. — ^We are ordered to be ready to march at a moment's warning. Tuesday, 31st July.— The 15th (Amhert's) and Col. Fra- Ber's Regiments embarked in boats aboutll o'clock, at Point Levy, and rowed, as if we were intended to land on the opposite shore under the French intrenchments ; when we had got more than half across, Brigadier Monckton, who com- manded us ordered us to row up the river, but the tide being against us we made little way. In this way we continued going sometimes up, sometimes down the River, the enemy throwing a shell at our boats almost every ten minutes, which luckily did no execution, till r.bout five o'clock, in the evening when the Grenadiers of the Array under the command of Col. Burton having landed, v.nder the cannon of two large catts, which had been nm ashore afc high watev in the morn- ing and had play'd briskly on the French works all day, we were immediately ordered to land, which we did, and drew up on the shore. The Grenadiers ?,ttacl:ed and tooi a french battery of fou? guns, and a redoubt, but having fallen into a little disorder, and the eneriy keeping an incessant fire at them from the trenches, the Grenadiers were obliged to retire with some loss, behind the 15th j— our llegimeni and the French did not think proper to pursuo them. In the mean- time, Brigadier Townshcnd with the part of our army posted at Montmorency, crossed the river below the falls, and Btood on the beach at the confluence of the Montmorency and St. Lawrence Rivers, about a quarter of a mile to the right of our Regiment. In this situation we continued till the Grenadiers and Amherst's regiment had recmbarked, when General Wolfe having put himself at the head of our Regi- ment ordered them to face to the right and we marched in the rear of the army under Brigadier Townshend, who had by this time begun to recross the river Montmorency. Thus 11 •ttr Regiment had the honour to cover the retreat* of the wholfl irmy, without receiving any hurt, tho' they were exposed, aa well during the retreat, as while they stood on the shore, to a battery of two cannons, with which they kept a very brisk fire on us all the time ; but I believe they were a little disturbed by our batteries at Montmovency, as well as the guns of the two ships which were run aground in the morning ; and I dare say, tliey must have lost a considerable number, as the works were very strongly manned (I mean our great guns). This, I believe, likewise, was the reaso ay they did not attempt to attack our rear as I believe they were greatly superior to us in numbers tho' our whole army was there : whereas Kennedy's and Webb's with the Marines, and Dall- ing's Light Infantry and the Hangers were left at their former posts. I have not yet got any certain account of the killed and wounded. I observed some men coming down from the trenches where some of our people lay killed; we imagined they were Indians who were sent to scalp them, after the whole had retreated, our people in the two Catts set them on fire and left them. * Wednesday, 1st August.-Our Rcgt. which was ordered to the Island of Orleans after the affair last night, were this day ordered back to their former Camp at Point Levy— This day Genl. Wolfe in his orders, had the following paragraph :_ " The check which the Grenadiers met with yesterday will, " it is hoped, be a lesson to them for the time to come. Such "impetuous, irregular and unsoldier like proceeding destroys "all order, makes it impossible for their Commanders to form " apy disposition for an attack, and puts it out of the Generals "power to execute his plan. The Grenadiers could not '« suppose that they alono could beat the Fronch array, and «• therefore it wusi neoeasary that tho Corpi utidor Qmm\ ' Odumonlyknownaaih* AtriiAnf «;i.««/i.....^.4«ii.*. 1 ... mu ioit ubo'ut ?co mtakiiiVd wa woVnTidf "" *" '" "''"'* l':|| 12 " Monckton and Bn'gadier Townshend could have'time to join, " that the attack might be general. The first lire of tho '■ Enemy was sufficient to repulse men who had lost all sense " of order and military discipline, Amherst's and the High- " land Regiments alone, by the soldier like cool manner they " were formed in, would have undoubtely beat back the " whole Canadian army if they had ventured to attack them. " The loss however is inconsiderable and may be easily repair- " ed when a favourable opportunity offers, if the men will show " proper attention to their officers." Thursuay, 2ad August. Nothing extraordinary. Friday, 3rd do. Things remain as formerly. • Saturday 4th do. Nothing remarkable. Sunday, 5th " do. Amherst's Regiment marched from their camp at Point Levy this night, and I hear they arc to embark on board our ships above the towfl, along with Major Balling's Light Infantry, and a Battalion of Royal Americans, with a Lieutenant and twenty Rangers, and two hundred marines, in all about one thousand three hundred men, under the command of Brigadier Murray, to proceed on some expedition, up the river, where the French have three Frigates and several other vessels. i Monday, Cth August.— Tuesday, 7th August. — I hear the General has gone out on the other side (north) with the 47th Regiment and Light Infantry, in tjuest of some parties of the enemy. Wednesday, 15tli August — Captain John McDonell, seven subalterns(of whom I was one)eight Sergeants, eight Corporals and one hundred and forty four men of our llegt. crcsed over from Point Levy to the Island of Orleans, and lodged that night at tho Church of St. Peters.(St. Pierre) Thursday, 16th August. — The Detachment maroJied to the east end of the island of Orleans, opposite to the Church'ijf St. Joachim. 13 Friday, 17th August.— Crossed from the Isle of Orleans to St. Joachim. Before we landed we observed some men walk ing along the fences, as if they intended to oppose us ; and on our march up to the Church of St. Joachim, we wore fired on by some party's of the Enemy from behind the houses and fences, but upon our advancing they betook themselves to tho woods, from whence they continued popping at us, till towards evening, when they thought proper to retire, and we kept poss- ession of the Priest's house, which we set about fortifying in the best manner we could. Saturday, 18th August.— Remain at St. Joachim. Sunday, 19th , •' do. Monday, 20th « - do. Tuesday, 21st " do. Wednesday, 22nd '< do. Thursday, 23rd.— We were reinforced by a party of about one hiindred and forty Light Infantry,t and a Company of Rangers, under the command of Captain Montgomery of Kennedy's or forty-third Regiment, who likewise took tho command of our detachment, and we all marched to attack the village to the west of St. Joachim, which was occupied by a party of the enemy to the number of about two hundred, as we supposed, Canadians and Indians, when we came pretty near the village, they fired on us from the houses pretty smartly ; wo were ordered to lie behind the fences till the Rangers, who were detiichcd to att:ick tho Enemy from the woods, began firing on their left flank, when wo advance '^ briskly without great order ; and the French abandoned the houses and endeavoured to get into the woods, our men pursuing close at their heels. There were several of the enemy killed, end wounded, and a few prisoners taken, all of whom the barbarous Captain Montgomery, who command us, ' r> ^' '^^u '"»3'* °^ *^^ forlorn hope who fell at Prog Du VlUo 3l8t. Ij^ceniber 1775. ')-' i 14 ordered to bobuclicred in a most inliaman aria cruel manner • partieubrly two, gwho I sent prisoners by a sergeant, after pivinj/ them qur.rter, and engaging that they should not be k'lk; were one shot, and the other knocked down with a Tomahawk (a little hatchet) and both scalped in my absence, by fho rascally sergeant neglecting to acquaint KontgOKery that I wanted them saved, as he, Montgomery, pretended when I questioned Mm about it ; but even, ibat was no e-cuse for such an unpnralelled piece of barbarity. However, as the affair could not be remedied, I was obliged to let it drop. After this skirmish we set about burning the houses with great success, setting all in 3ames till we came to the church o"f St. Anne's, whore we put up for this nighi, and wove joined by Captain Ross, with about one hundred and twenty men of his company. Fridi.>y, o.lth August. Began to march and burn as yeste-.-LS'', ti.'l we came to Ange Gardien where our detach- ment and Captain Ross, who had been posted for some days at Chateau Richer, joined Colonel Murray with the three compa-ieao^ G:-eradicr3 0fthe22nd, ^iOth and iSth liegi- nients, w':erc we r.ro posted iu four houses winch we have fortified so as to be able, wo hope, to stand any attack which we can espect with small arms. Saturday, 25th. Busy felling the fruit trees, and cutting the wheat to clear round us. Gu^aday, l^Cfj. ^ho same. luoaday, 27th August.— I hear Brigadier Murray has re- turned wiih his detachment, having had all the success expect- eci o: tiio detachment. Wc received orders to march to-mor- row to Cliateau Richer. Somo men were observed skulking m the corn, round the houses wo possessed ; upon which, some of our people firel from one of the houses, when the whole took tlie alarm nnd continued firing from the windows and loop holes for about ton minutes. For my o\rn part I oan't 33 j,^ 15 iould observe any of the Enemy, bufas we had one tnnn killed and most of tho men affirmed they srw men i„ the Corn I can t doubt but there were a few of :he E-^niy vou- us Kos . and the rest of tho i^etaehmenc marched, and took post at Chateau Riche/. ■^ tZt.TT :''' ^"^^^^-^'^^tain Bos, .ith tho Subal. te ns and about one hr.rdred men went out reeo.noitrin. returned about eleven o'c.Wk with a Canadian,, whom they tool' c::othi^;^^^^^^^^^^^^^-^-^-^-^^^-=-,but Thursday, 30th August.-ilep^aln atChaieau Eicher forti- ^.ng^o«rse.ves in the uouse and Churcu in the bo., manner at ^Cha'iu' V f"""^-^^''--^ -^- to burn the houses at Chateau .tioher, Dut not ihe Churcn, and return io .^.ont- morcncy to-morrow mo'-ning. "^n lo .uont- Saturdny, 1st Seotemhnr r\,,., -n . , .0.= Lou.es and bam, ha '^r J' ,"'„?" ""'™'" '" n 1 1 T'- ""-s" JeeujOviiOu oa our maro i hv Colonel luurray, with the three Companies o, .readier Lm Louisburgat Ange Gardiec. Vfc burni .Un , ''' ^7°^ between that and the Camp. " '^' ^'''''' ^'' Sunday, 2nd Senieraber.— :.^hc Lmn~h,.. n Monday, 3rd Scolcmber.— Tho Arm, ,. it , oamped this dav «,",H „ j ^ ' Moulmorctoy de- French, .1 'J ^ ,f I'^;; r"''™' -'-'«- '-■ the intended .0 nbandonttL';:: *™ "■™ "^° '"»' "« li-da, dM,.y wonh. Captain, Alexander Ca«„. IG of DungiUon, universally rcgreted by all those who knew him as a fine gentleman and a good soldier. Tuesday, 4th September. — Arrived Captain Alexander Fraserof CulduthcU with a 14th. Company to our Regiment; Capt. Cameron was intered in front of our Colours, with the usual solemnities. Wednesday, 5th September.— I hear the 28th, 47th, 35th. and 58th. Regiments, with the whole of the Light Infantry ; have marched on the south shore, above the town, and em- barked on board the ships above the town ; the 15th. 43rd. and a detachment of six hundred of our regiment arc ordered to follow them to-morrow. Thursday, 6th September.— The 15th, 43rd. and a Detach- ment of six hundred of our Regiment marched about five Or six miles above Point Levy, when we crossed the river. Tres- Chemins, (Etchemin) and embarked on board the ships above the town. We are much crowded : the ship I am in, has about six hundred on board, being only about two hundred and fifty tons. Friday, 7th September. — The army above the town being about four thousand strong, continue on board the ships, most of the men above deck, tho' it is v«ry rainy weather. Saturday, 8th September. — Remain as formerly on ship board ; very bad weather. Sunday, 9th September. — About fifteen hundred men were ordered on shore, on the south side of the river. We hear we are to land soon on the north side. AVe see a number of the French intrenched there, on a beach,where they have got some floating batteries. Monday, 10th September. — As above. Tuesday, 11th September. — The troops landed on the south shore, ordered to reembark to morrow morning. " Ordered 't also : — That the Troops do hold themselves in readiness to " land and attack the Enemy :— As the Leostaff and Squirrel 17 " FrigatL's nrc ordered to follow the flat bottomed boats, the " Troops belonging to those ships are to remain in them, " and the boats intended for these Corps are to take ia othera " according to the following distribution :— " Distribution of the Flat bottomed Boats. ;; Stirling Castle, 21 To take 50 into each of Bragg', „ ?"H'"' ^ Regt. out ofthe Ann & Elizabeth '^'°'-'®' Ij instead of the Amherst. " One hundred and fifty Highlanders to be removed from the " George transport, into the Seahorse frigate. One hundred « Highlanders to be removed from the Ann and Elizabeth " Trnnsport, to the Seahorse to morrow morning, after the re- " -.rbarkation of the first body of the Troops from Brigadier " General Monckton's Corps. '• Order of the Troops in the line of Boats :— " Ist. Light Infantry lead in 8^ " 2nd. Bragg's Regiment in 6 I " .3rd Kennedy's Hegiment in 4 I Boats. *• 4th Lascelle's Regiment in 5 •' 5th Anstruther's Regiment, in 6 J •« 6th Detachment of Highlanders..)! fla- and the men of and Royal American Grenadiers.. | war boats, " Captain Shade has received the Generala'directions in " respect to the order in which the troops move, and are to " land, and no Officer must attempt to make the least altera- " tion or interfere with Captain Shade's particular province, " least (as the boats move in the night) there may be con- " fusion and disorder amongst them." " The troops will go into the Boats about nine o'clock to- " morrow, night, or when it is pretty near high water, but " the Naval Officers commanding the diflfcrent divisions of '' boata will apprise them of the fittest time, and aa there wUl " be a necessity of remaining some part of the night in tha " boats, the officers will provide accordingly, and the soldier* " will have agillof rum extraordinary to mi* with their watar 18 " Arms, aitiraunition and two tlay's provisious, with their *' rum and water is all the Soldiers are to take into the hoats, " The Ships with the blankets, tents, necessaries, &c. will •' soon be up. Signals. — " 1st. For the flat bottomed boats with the troops " on board to rendez-vous abreast of the Sutherland, between " her and the South Shore, keeping near her, one Light in " the Sutherland, main top mast shrouds. •' 2nd. When they are to drop away from the Sutherland, *• she will show two liglits in the main top mast shrouds, one " over the other. " The men to be quite silent, and when they are about to " land must not upon any account tire out of the boats. " The Officers of the Navy are not to be interrupted in " their part of the duty, they will have received their orders, " from thcotHccr appointed to superintend the whole, to whom " they are answerable. " Officers of Artillery and Detachments of Gunners are put " aboard the armed sloops to regulate their tire, that in the " iiurry our Troops may not be iiurt by our own artillery. " Captain Yorke and the Officers will be particularly care- " ful to distinguish the Enemy, and to point their fire against " them. " The Frigates will not fire till brond day light, so that no " mistake can be made. " The Officers Commanding Floating Batteries will receive " particular orders from the General. " The Troops to be supplied with provisions to morrow, till " the Uth." Wednesday, 12th September. — We were busied in cleaning our arms and distributing ammunition to our men. This day our brave General gave his last written orders in tlie iuilowing words : in •' On itoAtu) ruK PfxriRnLANP, " 12th September, 1753, " 'ihn Enemy's foioo is now divided ; great scarcity of pro- " vi.Hijns in their Camp, and universal discontent jimoug the " Cftnalians. The second Offiior in command (Levi) is gone to " Montreal or St, John's, which gives reason to think that " Cenoral Amherst is advancing into the Colony. A vigorous " blow struck by the Army at this juncture may detorniinc the " lull of Canada. Our troops below- are in readiness to join " UK. All the Light Artillery and *ools are, embarked at the " ro'ut of Levy, and the Troops w -md where the French " seeiu least to expect theiu. " The first body that gets 6n shore is to march directly to " the I'lnemy, and drive them from any little post they may " occupy. The Officers must be careful that the succeeding " bodies do not, by any mistake, fire upon those that go on " before them. " The Battalions must form upon tho upper ground with " expedition, and be ready to charge whatever presents itself. " When the Artillery and Troops are landed, a Corps will " be left to secure the landing place, while the rest inarch on " and endeavour to bring the French and Canadians to a " battle. '•' The Ofticcrs and men will remember, what their Country " expects from them, and what a determined body of soldiers, " inured to war are capable of doing against five weak French " Battalions, niingled with a disorderly Peasantry. *' The Soldiers must be attentive and obedient to their " officers, and resolute in the execution of their duty." About 9 o'clock, the night of the 12th. wc went into the Boats as ordered. Rendezvoused abreast of the Sutherland ; fell down with the tide about 12 o'clock, and a little before four in the morning, were fired on by a French four Gun Battery, about two mile- abovt; the Tt at day break on. *u.sLeJ towards the short 20 Thur.rlay, 13th Srptciur 17 50. The Light Tnlantry under the command of Colonel Howe, immediately landed and mounted the hill. Wc wore fired on in the Boats by the Enemy who killed and wounded a few. In a short time, the whole Army was landed at a place called " Le Foulon,"(now Wolfe's Cove) about a mile and a half above the Town of Quebec, and immediately followed the Light Infantry up the hill. There was a few tents and a Picket of the French on the top of the hill whom the Light Infantry engaged, and took Borne of their Officers and men prisoners. The main body of our Army soon got to the upper ground after climbing a hill or rather a precipice, of about three hundred yards, very steep and covered with wood and brush. We had several skirmishes with the Canadians and Savages, till about ten o'clock, when the army was formed in line ef battle, having the great River, St. Lawrence on the right with the precipice which we mounted in the morning ; on the left, a few houses, and at some distance the low ground and wood above the General Hospital with the River St. Charles ; in front, the Town of Quebec, about a mile distant ; in the rear, a wood occupied by the Light Infantry, (who had by this time taken possession of the French four gun Battery) and the third Battalion of the Royal Americans, In the space between which last and the main body, the 48th. Regiment was drawn up as a body of reserve. The Army was ordered to march on slowly in line of battle, and halt several times, till about half an hour after ten, when the French began to appear in great numbers on the rising ground between us and the Town, and having advanced several parties to skirmish with us ; we did the like. They then got two Iron field pieces to play against our line. Before eleven o'clock, we got one brass field piece up the Hill, which being placed in the proper inter- val began to play very smartly on the Enemy while formioir on the little eminence. Their advanced parties continued to uuuoy us and wounded a great many iren. About this time, wo ob- 21 lervcd .ho Kncny formrj, having a bush of Hhort brush wood o"- thc.r right, which straitened them in room, and oblij^od then, to form in columns. About eleven o'clock, the French Army advanced in columns till thoy had got past the bush of wood into tho plain, when they endeavoured to form in line of Battle, but being much galled by our Artillery, which consist- ed of only one field piece, very well served, wc observed them in some confusion. However they advaaced at a brisk pace till withm about thirty or forty yards of our front, when they gave us their first fire, which did little execution. We returned .t, and continued firing very hot for about six, or (as some say) eight minutes, when the fire slackening, and tho smoke of tho powder vanishing, wc observed the main body of tho Enemy retreating m great confusion towards the Town, and the rest towards the River St. Charles. Our llegimont were then ordered by Brigadier General Murray to draw their swords and pursue them; which 1 dare say increased their panic but saved many of their lives, whereas if the artillery had been allowed to play, and the army advanced regularly there would have been many more of the Enemy killed and wounded as we never came up with the main body. In advancing vre passed over a great many dead and wounded, (french regulars mostly) lying i„ the front of our Regiment Xo -I mean the riighlanders,.-to do them ju.stice, behaved extremely we,l all day. as did the whole of the army. After pursuing he French to the very gates=i= of tho Town, our Regiment wa: i rench formed first. At this time, the rest of ,ho Army came upingooaorder. General Murray having then put himself a the head of our Regiment, ordered them to lace to the left ^nd march thro the bush of wood, towards the General Hospital, when they got a great gun or two to play upon us tb: bridgl?bl::S^t'S:„^fa??r ';"!'' making toward, tamp at ^c-ttuport. ''°''*' Hosp.t*! and regained t^c Ov fidiii tilt; l.,iM, wl.irli l.f.wcvrr did no ditin.i[;c. luit wf Imd a few iiiiMi killed and Ollicor.s wutindc I li>- N.niic.Mkulkin^ fellows, with small urnis, from tliu hu.xhos and boliind the houses in the suburbd of 8t. Louis aud St. Joliu's. AfK-rniaiThin-^ a short way throu-h the brush, Urigjidier 31 urray thought proper to order us to return a;,'iuti to tho high road loading from I'orti' St. Louis, to tho lieij^hts of Abraham, whore the battle was fought, and after nKuvhin-,' till wa -ot clear of the bushes, wo wore ordered to turn to the ri^ht, and go along tho edge of them towards the bank, at tho deseont between us and the General irospicil, under which wc understood there was a body of tho Knciujy wiio, no sooner saw us, than tliey began tiring on us from the bu^Oies and from the bank ; wo soon disposs- essed them from the bushas, and from thcuoo kept firing for about a tjuartor of an liour on those under covc r of tho bank ; ]|jUt^ as thoy exceeded us greatly in numbers, tliey killed and wounded u groat many of our men, and killed two Officers, whieh obliged us to retire a little, and form again, when tho 5Sth. llogimeiit with the 2n(l. JJ.xttalion of lloyal Americans having come up to our assist.rncc, all three making about five liundrod men, advanced agaimst tho Enemy and drove them first down to the great meadow between the Hospital and town and al't'u>\'arJ.s over the lliver St. (JharlcK. It was at this time and while in the bushos that our Iicgimeutsufterod most. Lieutenant Jloderick:, Mr. Ncill of JJana, and Alexander McDonell, and John McDonell, and John McPhcrson, Volunteer, with many of our men, were killed before wc were reinforced ; and Captain Thomas Koss havinti; gone down with about one huudred men of the iird. Regiment to tho meadow, aft. iho Kuomy, when they were out of roach, ordered me itp^ . .'■x-''; thcne on the height would wait till he would cou' ; 'x\. «i»i]I ioic them, whieh I did, but before Mr. lloss cou'U p.- lip, he ud.'i 'nnatoly was mortally wounded in the [;')dy, hy -i caimun ball f:om the hulks, in tho 23 tnouth of tho Ilivop St. Charlo., of which ho dk,\ iu ^roal tor- nient, but with .o,„,t icHolatio.i, in about two liours thereafter. In the idUnunn, )[.,„„•. «ouuai„vilIo with the French Grcnidicrsmid von,. Canadians, to the number o!' two thouHanJ who iiadloon (htached to oppose our landin;,' at Oape llou'^c appr nml between our rear and the vilbijc 8t. Foy. Ibrn.cd in a lim- as .Che uitendcd t.. attm-k u.s ; but the ISth llc-iment w.th the Li,ht Infantry and ;5rd Battalion Royal A.uorican.s be.nj,^ ordered a,i,^ai„.t hi,,,, with .son,., lidd pieces, they firod a few cannon .si,ot at hi,,, when he thou^^ht pn.por to retire Thus ended the battle .,f Quobee, the r„-st re-^ular en^ao,. n.ent that we was Ibught in xNorth An.erica, whioh has ,n,ule the king of Great U.it.in n,asternrthe eap.tal of Canada, and It IS hoped ere lo,,.^^ will bo the moan, of ..ubjcotin.4 the whole count,-y to the British Dominion; and if so, this hus been a greater aerjuisiti-.n to the U,-itis!. JOmpire than all tJ,at K„. gland has acf,uircd by Conquest .inee it wt,s a nation if I may except the conquest of Ireland, in the reign of Henry the 2nd. '' The Encn,y\s nn.nbers T have never been abie to eet an exact account of. We imagined them «even or ei.d,ttl,ousand • this has been disputeed since. However, I an. eortai.i they were greatly superior to us iu numbers, as their line was equal to ours in length, tho' they wore in so.ne places nine deep, wl ereas, our.« was no more th,in three deep. Add to this tl ■ . advanced parties aud those in the bushes, on all hands,' 1 tlunk tliey must exceed five thousand. Our stretigth at the ut.oo.t ,!id not exceed two thousand men m the line, exclusivo of the 15tl,. Regiment and 2nd Battalion Iloyal Americans, wiio wore drawn up on our left ft-onting the River St. Ch.rk-. with the 3rd. Battalion Royal Americans an' Light Infantry in tho rea,-, and tho 48th Regiment who we,e draw,i upb-tween our main body and tho L.ght Intantry a. a (Vj. ofRe^eiv.. So, char i a.n p,vfty If 24 certain our nuuibers did uot exceed four tliouaaud men, the Regiments being very weak, most of them under three hundred men each. We had only about five hundred meu of our Army killed and wounded, but we suffered an irreparable loss in the death of our commander the brave Major General James Wolfe, who was killed in the boginiiing of the general action ; we had the good fortune not to hear of it till all was over. The French were supposed to have about one thousand men killed and wounded, of whom five hundred killed during the whole day, and amongt these Monsieur le Lieutenant Gdndral Montcalm, the commander in chief of the French Army in Canada, one Brigadier General, one Colonel and several other OflScers. I imagined there had been many more killed and wounded on both sides, as there was a heavy fire for some minutes, especially from us. We had of our Regiment three ofiicers killed and ten wounded, one of whom Captain Simon Fraser, afterwards died. Lieutenant Archibald Campbell was thought to have been mortally v.ounded, but to the surprise of most people recovered, Captain John McDonell thro' both thighs ; Lieut. Ronald McDonell thro' the knee ; Lieutenant Alexander Campbell thro' the leg ; Lieutenant Douglas thro' the arm, who died of this wound soon afterwards ; Ensign Gregorson, Ensign McKenzie and Lieutenant Alexander Fraser, all slightly, I received a contusion in the right shoulder or rather breast, before the action become general, which pained me a good deal, but it did not disable me from my duty tiien, or afterwards. The detachment of our Regiment consisted, at our marching from Point Levi, of six hundred men, besides commissioned and non commissioned Officers ; but of these, two Officers and about sixty men were left on board for want of boats, and nu Oflictn- uud about tliirty men left at the lauding piace : besides 25 a few loft sick on board, so that we had about five hundred men in the action. Wc suffered in men and Officers more than any three Regiments in the field. We were commanded by Captain John Campbell ; the Colonel and Captain Mc. Phorson having been unfortunately wounded on the 25th. July of which they were not yet fully recovered. ' We lay on our Arms all the night of tho 13th. September. Friday, 14th Scptcmber.-We got ashore our tents and encamped our Regiment on the ground where they fought tho battle yesterday. He we are within reach of the guns of the town. Saturday, 15th Septomber.-We were ordered to move our Camp nigli the wood, at a greater distance from the Town. We are making advanced redoubts within five hundred yards of the town, Sunday, IGth September—Nothing extraordinary. Monday, 17th Septomber.— Monsieur do Ramsay Governor of Quebec, sent out a flag of Truce with articles of capitula- tion for the Town, which were agreed to, and signed on the 18th in the morning, by Admiral Saunders and General Townhcud, after some alteration. That nisrht, the town was taken possession of by the Louisbourg Grenadiers, and a party of the Light Infantry. Wc remained encamped till ^^^ October, when the army marched into Town, which IS to be our Quarters for the winter, most of the houses ar« destroyed, and wc have but a very dismal prospect lor seven or eight months, as fresh provisions are very scarce, and every other thing exorbitantly dear. .^''^°^°'' *^« Admiral Saunders sailed for England with the men of war and transports ; and on the (general Monktou with the last ships sailed, having appointed Rngadicr Murray, Governor of Quebec. About the bogining of November, u dotachmont of about «cvcn hundred men went from tho garrison, and murehed to 26 Cap Rouge, about nine miles from Town. In a day or two Colonel Welsh was sent to take the command of that Detach- ment and to make an attack upon the enemy's post at Pointe- aux-Trembles, but this attempt not answering as the enemy were alarmed, they returned and took post at Lorette and St. Foy, the first about three, and the last place about one and a half leagues from Town. The design of that post is, *£ imagine as well to protect the party to bo employed in cutting wood at St. Foy, as to hinder the enemy from insulting the garrison by their Indiana or other parties, 22nd. November. — The French ships and frigates which lay all .summer in the river Richelieu near Three Rivers came down in sight of the Town. On the 24th. four of those ships were drove ashore, and entirely lost. Captain Miller of the Race Horse Frigate, vwhich with the Porcupine Sloop were left by Admiral Saunders to winter here) and his Lieutenant with about fifty men went in a Schooner to reconnoitre the Ships, drove ashore. Tho Captain, Lieutenant and between thirty and forty men, boarded the nearest, which was aground on the East Side of the River Etcherain, after staying some minutes on board, tho Vessel blow up, and it is thought all the people on board perished. Our Schooner was soon thereafter boarded by Boats from the French Frigates, and taken, after a stout resistance. Captain Miller and the Lieutenant were nest day carried to Town but died in a few days of their wounds. 28th November.— At night eight of tho French ships passed tho Town being smartly fired on from our Batterief, but as the night was dark, it is thought wc did them no great damage. December, 1st.— The Governor ordered two weeks wood to be issued to tho Garrison. It is thought wc shall have a great deal of difficulty in supplying ourselves wiUi fuel thia fyiiitcr. The winter is now very severe. 27 Deeciubci' 20tli.— The wintof is become almo.st insupportably cold. The men are notwithstanding obliged to drag all the wood used in the Garrison on sledges from St. Foy, about four miles distance. This is a very severe duty ; the poor fellows do it however with great spirit, tho' several of them have already lost tho use of their fingers and toes by tho incredible severity of the frost, and the country people tell us h is not yet at the worst. Some men on sentry have been deprived of speech and sensation in a few minutes, but Vithcrto, no person has lost his life, as care is taken to relieve them every half hour or oftener when the weather is very severe. The Garrison in general are but indifferently cloathed, but our regiment in particular is in a pitiful situation having no breeches, and the Philibeg is not all calculated for this terrible climate. Colonel Fraser is doing all in his power to provide trowsers for them, and we hope soon to be on a footing with other Ilegiments in that respect. January, 1760.— Nothing remarkable during this month. Tho duty is very severe on the poor men ; wc mount every day a guard of about one hundred men, and the whole off duty with a subaltern officer from each Kogimcnt arc employed in dragging fire wood ; tho' the weather is such that they arc obliged to have all covered but their eyes, and nothing but the last necessity obliged any men to go out of doors. January 16th. 1 went on command to Lorette, one of the out-posts established in November. The French have a post at St. Augustin, about three miles distant, I returned OOth January, nothing extraordinary while at Lorette, a few deser- ters came into us from the French posts. About the 5th or 6th February the River St. Lawrence was quite frosen over at Quebec. Wc are told there is an officer's and frcnch party of about two Imndrcd men at Point Levy. On the 13th February, 1760. The Light Infantry and two hundred men from the Battalions were sent over to drive the French from Point Levy. They opposed the landing at f 28 one place, but Iho Liylii liilimlry in (lie luc.ui liii.c hntliiig at another place, they retreated in great liastc. Wo :ook an officer and some men prisoners, with the loss of one sergeant killed, Lieutenant McNeil of our llegiment and some men wounded. We have established a post at the Church of St. Joseph at Point Levy. 24th February 17G0. Monsieur St. Martin who conunanded the former French detachment at Point Levy having returned with eight hundred men to attack our post at the church, the General went to attack him with the 15th, 28th and Colonel Frascr's Regiment, together with the Light Infantry, and two pieces of cannon. The Light Infantry having landcJ, the French retreated, and the General ordered the 28th and Colonel Fraser's Ecgimcnt to march upon the ice as quick as possible, and intercept them ; wc marched about five miles, and wc were within five minutes of cutting off their retreat. Wc returned in the evening with about fifteen prisoners, and without any loss on our side, the' I hear some of the Enemy were wounded by our company of Light Infantry, which was very nigh them and exchanged a great many shots with their main body. 2nd. March, 1760, Captain Cameron of our Regiment was pitched on by the General as a proper person to command at Lorette, as he spoke French, and by that means , lay the more readily procure intelligence of the enemy's motions. They have threatened to attack us all winter, and the General seems now to think them in earnest. On the 17th March, 17G0, Captain Donald McDonald of Colonel Fraser's Regiment with the Light Infantry and other detachments, making in all about five hundred men, went out to the advanced posts of Lorette and St. Foy, and next morning, ISth March, attacked the French post at St. Augustin, where they took about eighty prisoners, without any loss on our side, and returned that night to Town, having Buifored very much by the excessive cold of the preceding 20 tiiglit : scvci'al liaviii^i; lost (ho use ul ti. The Sciu'vy, occasioncJ l.iy ,salL ;uu to iiiako fierce havock in tl 11 llll-Ol';, aijJ I, .Ufo. piovi.sioii3 iuid cold, ha.s 'ic giUTL-jon, and it becomes bpj every day :norc genera!. T„ sLor^ I believe there is scarce a man of the Army entirely irco from it April 17C0.-About the 23rd or 21ih of this n.ontl, the Tee on the Ihvor St. Lawrence broke, and began to come down he nver in great sheet., extending Horn one .side to the other of the nver. A few days ago, the General despatched a «mall sehooner down the river to meet the Fleet and huny them up as he cxpect.s to be attacked as soon as the river i. clear of I e' above the Town. The Ice below, has been broken some time "go. 24|h ApU 17C0.-Cireat havock amongst the Garrison occusioncd bv the Sfiirw v-,. . *i • • ,, iho o ^ ' '''' " ''"'' "^°''*^ alarmin- as the General seems certain that the French are preparin:.. to come^and attack the pla^ The following is a state of the Garrison of Quebec : Amherst'H Bragg's OtWHy's. , Kennedy's ..,,.,, Lascelle's '1' ' Webb's :::■■■■ Is Ansthruther'a ' '"Usth Monkton's COth Ke-imc'ntV.' 2d But Laurance's 60th [oa ,,^1 l-'raser's ,"^™ Koyal Artillerv Total. 323 304 3r.5 272 305 433 324 237| 253 314 IVl 109 200 285 104 17.) 214 \5S 163 215 580 24 ^A:;;-llJ_J^*^' 23121 5653 432 2(3 504 29 tJ40 06 4Gij 130 475 04 007 85 482 10 400 61 408 58 SDi 100 194 17 682 30 On the uii^lit; of the 20th Apii!, a man of the French ai'iuy who, with soiuo others Iiail been cast away in a boat that night, came down the river on a piece of ice, and being taken up next mornin:^ at the Town, gave the General infor- mation that the chevalier do Levi, was within twenty miles of us, with an army of about twelve thousand men, made up of regulars, Canadians and savages. 27th April, 1760. The Governor marched out, with tho Grenadiers And Piquets of the garrison, to support the Light Infantry which had taken post some days before near Cap Kongo. By tho time he got out, the vanguard of the French army appeared ; upon which, he thought it adviseablc to withdraw the Light Infontry, and all the other outposts, and retire to Town ; and for that purpose he sent orders to the 28th, 'i7th and 5Sth and Colonel Frascr's IlOj^imcnt to march out to St. Foy and cover his retreat ; the 35th Regi- ment, 'Jud Battalion lloyal Americans having been detached in the morning to prevent the enemy, in case they attempted to land at Sillcry or any other place near the Town. Tho retreat was accordingly effected without any losy, tho' the enemy were so nigh as to skirmisii with our rear till we got within half a league of the Ramparts. On the 28th April, 1700, about eight o'clock in the morn- ing, tho whole Garrison, exclusive of tlic Guards, was drawu up on tho parade, and about nine o'clock wc marched out of Town with twenty pieces of Field Artillery, that is, two to cich Regiment. The men were likewise ordered to carry a pick axe or spade each. When wc had marched a little way out of Town, we saw the advanced parties of tho Enemy nigh the woods, about half a league dist:)ut from us. When we were about throe (quarters of a mih out of Town, the General ordered the \jirholG to draw up in line of Battle, two deep, and take up as much room as possible. Soon thereafter, he order- ed the men to throw down the intrenching tools, and the 31 whole Army to advance slowly, dressing by the right, havi '^--nup the 35th llegimont and 3rd battalion Hoyal A draw ,- -™^.vf,,ixiuuu uuu oru oauaiion Hoyal Ameri- cans. a our rear as a corps of reserve, with one hundred men (in a redoubt which was begun by us a lew days preccdin-O to cover our retreat i„ ea.so of necessity. In this order, ^o advanced, about one hundred pac-os, when the canonadin^- begun on our side, and wc observed the French advanced parties retiring, and their main body forming in order of Battle at the edge of the wood, about three Iiundicd paces distant, wc continued canonading and advancing for some minutes. The enemy, on their side, played against the left of our army, where our lloginicnt happened to bo, with two pieces of cannon and killed and wounded us some men. The aflair begun now to turn serious, when the General ordered the Light Infantry, who were posted on the right of our army, to attack live companies of French Grenadiers who they obliged to retire, but they being supported by a lar^e coumnofthc enemy, the Light Infantry wero in their turn obliged to give way, whieli they doing along the front of our hue on tho right (as I am told) hindered our men on the right from firing for some minutes, which gave the enemy full timo to form. On the 16ft, ruatters were in a worse situation. Tho company of Volunteers of the garrison commanded by Captain Donald Mc Donald of our Ilegiment' and Captam Haven's company of Hangers, who covered the' left flank of our army having been almost entirely destroyed were obliged to give way ; by this means the left of the 28th Ilegiment was exposed, and this obliged them to give -round after an obstinate resistance ; Colonel Eraser's Regiment was next them to the right, and being in danger of bcin- sur- rounded, and at the same time extremely galled by a lire from the Bushes in front and Hank, were under a necessity of falling back instantly, when Colonel Fraser who non,man.h-d the Left Brigade consisting of the 2Hth, 47th and his own 82 Regiment, sent orders to the 47th to retire ; they were drawn up with a small riaiui,' f,'round in their front, which till then covered thcin pretty much from the enemy's fire, but as most of the llcgimont to the ri-;ht, as well as the two Regiments to the left of them, had by this time retired, it was absolutely necessary for the 47th to ((uit that ground, otherwise they must inevitably have been surrounded in a tew minutes. Most of the Regiments attempted to carry off tl;eir artillery, but the ground was so bad with wreaths of snow in the hollows, that they were obliged to abandon them, after nailing them up, as well as the intrenching tools. Every Regiment made the best of their way to Town, but retired however in such a manner that the enemy did not think proper to pursue very briskly, otherwise they must have killed or made prisoners many more than they did. Our loss was about three hundred killed, and about seven hundred wounded, and a few Officers and men made prisoners. We had about three thousand in the field, one third of whom had that very day, come voluntarily oit of the Hospitals ; of these, about five, hundred were employed in dragging the cannon, and five hundred more in reserve, so that we could had no more than two thousand in the line of battle, whereas the enemy must have had at least four times as many, beside a largo body in reserve, and notwithstanding their great superiority we suffered very little in the retreat, some Regiments attempted to rally, but it was impossible to form in any sort of order with the whole, till we got within the walls. Our Regiment had about four hundred men in the field near one half of whom had that day, come out of the Hospital, out of their own accord, Wo had about sixty killed and forty wounded, and of thirty nine ofiicers, Captain Donald McDonald who coumianded the volunteer company of the army, and Lieutenant Cosmo (jlordon who commanded the Light IniaiiUy coiupuiiy of our Ri-'giiiieu(, were both killed in the Held ; J.iou'onant Hector McDonald and Knsign Malcolm. Fraser died of theii- wounds, ail very much regretted by every one who knew then.. Wo had twenty-three more (Micor« wounded, of this nun,bor was Colonel Fraser, who eo.nnmnded thoWtw,n,.orthoarmy,andit was with great pleasure we observed his behaviour during the action, when he ^ave his ordeis with great oooiucRs and uny w.iio found the Trenchoi entirely abandoned aud next morning, 37 18th May. 17riU. wc found ourselves entirely f'roqd of Tnry flinnqrccablo noi-libduis, havill^ loit lohind nil their nrlillerT, witii a tiit'dt port of their ainiminition, Cump oqiiipago and bafrgfiKC. What niudc them retreat with sueh precipitation we could not rucss ; but. it soeiiis thoy were seized with a p.'uiie. Itappcara they allowed the savages to .scalp all the killed and mo«t port of the wounded, as we found a great many scalps on the busiios. I have been since informed by Lieutenant McGregor, of our Regiment, who was left on (he field wounded, and narrowly escaped being killed, having received two stabH of a bayonet from two French Regulars, that he saw the savages murdering the wounded and scalping them on all bides, and expected every moment to .share the .same fate, but was saved by a French Officers, who luckily spoke a little En-lish. I! if-