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 No. I.— A Journal of the Expedition up the River St. 
 Lawrence. 
 
 No. 2.-GeneraI Orders in Wolfe's Army during the 
 Expedition up the River St. Lawrence, 
 1759- 
 
 No. 3.— Journal du Siege de Quebec en 1759,— Par 
 Jean Claude Panet, N.P., temoin oculaire. 
 
 No. 4.—Journal of the Siege and Blockade of Quebec 
 by the American Rebels, in Autumn 1775 
 and Winter 1776,— (by Hugh Finlay ?) 
 
1875. 
 
 the River St. 
 
 ly during the 
 5t. Lawrence, 
 
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 de of Quebec 
 Autumn 1775 
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 The Original of this MS., now in the possession of J. M. LeMoine, 
 Esquire, of late President of the Literary and Historical Society, was 
 presented to him on ijrd October, 1867, by Charles Aylwin, Esquire, N.P., 
 of Cap Sante, a brother of the late Mr. Justice T. C. Aylwln, J.C, Q.B. 
 It was found amongst the papers of the Allsopp family, with whom Mk. 
 Aylwin is connected by marriage, and was originally the property of the 
 lat» Honb. George Allsopp, rheir atu^Citor, who had at one time been 
 Private Secretary to Oiiy Oirlcton, afterwards Lord Dorchester. OoJ. Ouy 
 fr' Carleton was Quarter- Mastcr«Gencral to Major-General Jas. ^olfe, at 
 Louisbourg, and was present at the battle of the Plains of Abraham. 
 
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 EXPEDITION UP TUE RIVER ST. LAWRENCE. 
 
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 Perth Amboy, May 8th, 1769. 
 
 The regiment embarked and mailed aboot 5 o^clock. Capt. 
 Coxe'8, Capt. DaroeyS and Capt. Gardner's company on 
 board the Lawrel transport gd aground abom two miles from 
 the loWD. 
 
 May dtb. — Fleeted at 6 o'clook m' ^'^'^^U fame to an anchojr 
 in Prince'8 Bay. 
 
 May 10th.— Came to «ail at 6 o'clock, grounded in about 
 tn hoor in attempting to torn to windward. Fleeted at 5 la 
 the afternoon. 
 
 1 1th.— Sailed in the morning. Came to anchor %i the Hock , 
 the ^carboring with a narabcc of trqpsports for Boalon. 
 
 12th. — CouUnne at ancUiMr. t^th. — Tha Pnana eacn.6 frorn 
 N. York to an anchor* 
 
 14th, — Remain at aachoi», the Airiad contrary. 15lh» — 
 Continue at anchor. 
 
 16th. — At six in the morning came to sail \2 ships under 
 the convoy of the Diana frigate ; 24th arrived at Louisbourg. 
 Capt. Mercer died at sea the 16th instant. 
 
 June 1st. — An accident arrived, that Guadalonpe is intirely 
 in the English possession. 
 
 4th. — Sailed from Louisbourg. 1 1 th.— -Entered the mouth 
 of the River St. Lawrence. 
 
 18th. — Came to an anchor at the Isle of Die. 
 
I'.Ub. — Weighed and came tu anchor again ; iho wind blew 
 very hard. 
 
 2()l\\. — VVfiglied, gained about 10 
 anchor near Green hiand. 
 
 leagues ; came to 
 
 21.SI. — Blew fresh and a strong tide of ebb; continue at 
 anchor. 
 
 22nd. — Weighed, came to anchor under Hare Island. 
 
 23ril. — Weighed, came to anchor at three or four leagues 
 short of the Isle of Coudre, 
 
 24lh. — Came to anchor near the Isle of Coudre. 25th. — 
 Weighed at 3 o'clock, gained about 2 mile, anchored on the 
 tide of ebb. The tide excessively rapid. Weighed with a 
 fair wind, passed the Isle of Coudre, come lo anchor towards 
 evening near Cape Torment. 
 
 June 2()th. — Weighed and camo to anchor under Cape 
 Torinenl. 
 
 27lh. — Weighed with a fair wind, came to anchor opposite 
 the Isle of Orleans, about three leagues from Quebec. The 
 whole army landed. A violent gale of wind and rain which 
 did great damage to many of ihe transports ; they lost above 
 ninety anchors and cables. One ship, with some baggpge of 
 Kennedy's regt., went ashore and was lost ; the baggage saved* 
 A Ranger killed and scalped, and a stake drove through his 
 body. The whole army encampt. 
 
 28th. — At 4 o'clock a violent squall of wind ; further damage 
 done to the transports, 
 
 29lh. — The enemy sent down at 10 o'clock in the morning 
 five large fire ships ; but by the vigelance and good 
 management of the Navy, they were towed ashore, that none of 
 the fleet sull'ered any damage. At 12 o'clock at night, Genl. 
 Monckton crossed the river to the main with the 1st Brigade 
 to take post at Point Levi. Marched in the morning the 3 
 Louisbourg Grennadier companies to the point of the Island 
 
opposite to Quebec. The Genl. publislieil a manifesto 
 inviting the Canadians to lay down their arms, promising 
 his protection and the Iree cxcercise of their religion. 
 
 June 30'di. — Tlu' Hungers with Col. Moncktoii killc<l and 
 scalped thn-e ol tin- enoniy and took throe prisoner ; had one 
 ol ours mortally wouiuled and two ^4lighlly. 
 
 July Ist. — Marched ; Tovvnsliend's Hrifj^fide had two or 
 three nien wounded by a parly of Indians Irom a copse of 
 wood ; came to our encampment al)oul \2 o'clo(!k ojjposite 
 Quebec. This morning their was a ^kirmi^sll with a party 
 of G»^nl. Moncklon's Brigade, in which we lost a few men. 
 The Indians kiled mid scalpi-d two of VVhitmoro's Grena 'iers 
 out on a loragiiig parly. 
 
 The French encarnptnonl.s appear very exicnt^ivc. They 
 fired from ^ome lloating-batteries on Genl. Monckton'S 
 encanipment by which several men were killed ; some frigates 
 who got inloihe Basen soon silenced them. 'I'he Admiral with 
 some capital ships near the entrance of the Bascn. A shot 
 thrown from l! e town to Genl. Monckton's post, by which it 
 
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 appears a Mortcr Battery at Point Levi would annoy thvm. 
 
 July 2nd. — A skirmish near Genl. Monck'ton's encampment, 
 in which the enemy had the disadvantage. Capt. St. Leger, 
 a Capt. of 1-ight Infantry, behaved remarkably well. Two 
 redoubts thrown Up for the defence of their encampment 
 
 3rd. — A strong Fort begun on the Isle of Orleans for the 
 security of the magazine of provisions and stores. The 
 enemy fired from the town and from their floating batteries 
 on a boat reconnoitring yesterday. Some old men, women 
 and children brought in, which were taken prisoners on the 
 south side of the river. Numbers of the inhabitants, especially 
 the women and children, are gone back into the woods 
 where they have driven their cattle by order of the 
 Commander-in-Chief; as appears by some intercepted letters 
 from Monsr. Vaudreuil ; they live on flesh and milk, but 
 
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 without bread. Geol. Wolf gives these prisoners liberty to 
 go where they pleasle. Otway^s regt. joined us this day. 
 
 July 4th. — A Flag of Truce went to Quebec with a 
 number of prisoners. 
 
 5th — Four morters and 6 thirty*two pound cannon were 
 landed at Monckton*s encampment. 
 
 6th. — A boat that went to sound between the Island and 
 the South Shore, belonging to one of the Bombs, with a Lieut, 
 on board who soundted the narrow pass between the Island 
 and the enemies encampment, was cut off by a party of about 
 40 or 50 Indians in four Biroh canoes, and carried ofFone sailor 
 who was wounded ; they landed and took before any 
 aesistance could arrive, the Lieut, and the rest escaped. 
 
 The enemy's floating-bailerieK fired on the Bombs and ft 
 frigatt, who hailed as near the shore as the shoals «rould 
 permit, in order to tl'struy a floating-battery, but no execCitiort 
 done on either side. The Porcupine sloop-of war went down 
 dA low water and anchored near t!ie Falls of MotUmorqncy, 
 Vai* fired ai from «ome batteries the French had on the beach, 
 but did no damage. 
 
 July 7!b — A deserter from the ^IH^my, a Canadian. 
 
 8th, — M;irehe(l at 9 o'clock ai night, Townshend'a Brigade 
 ' ^iVn the Light I?i(aniry of the ajrmy, the Grenadiers, except two 
 Qompanies, and some companies of Rangers, oppo-ite to the 
 Montraoreuey, wh -fe we iouiid the Hat-bottomed boats that 
 had been sent round in the afternoon ready to receive us, 
 began to embark about eleven o'clock, and lauded the whole 
 just at day break ; and to our great surprise, met with no 
 opposition. Took some few prisoners in the skerl of the wood 
 with a number of ?heep. 
 
 July 9th. — About 11 o'clock, the Indians attacked Capt. 
 Dauks's company of Rangers, killed and wounded twenty odd 
 of them ; the Capt. himself slightly wounded. Capt. 
 Armstrong, like to loose his leg; some of the Light Infantry 
 
who pursued were likewise killed and wounded ; we had 
 killed and wounded about thirty. Three Indian scalps were 
 taken from the enemy. The enemy, from a mortar battery at 
 Beanport, obliged our men-of-war to hall farther off. 
 
 10th and 11th. — Otway's and An8truther*s regis, joined us. 
 Made a strong redoubt opposite the Fall of IMontmorency. 
 A very hot fire from the town on our battery at Point Levi, 
 which has not yet began to play. Three men wounded by 
 a shell. 
 
 12th. — Began a redoubt near our encampment on the edge 
 of the hill, capable of containing about a hundred men. The 
 French and Indians from the other aide of the Fall kept a 
 constant fire of small arms; one of the Light infantry only 
 wounded. 
 
 July 13th.— The battery of cannon and mortars began to 
 play at nina o'clock at night from Point Levi ; the town 
 appears to have suffered considerably from it. Little damage 
 done? from the fire of the town, some few wen wounded. 
 Discovered a battery on the opposite side of the MontmoreiA;y, 
 which enfiladed the whole eocampment ; the guns not 
 mounted ; some field artillery was brought against it, which 
 goon rendered it unfit for service. 
 
 14th. — Begun a battery to oppose that of the enemies on the 
 hill, of five guns. Another of five guns, in a line with the 
 enemies on the v^'ler side, but a little above them ; both of 
 them finished. Employed in hailing up cannon and stores. 
 The enemy began to work again on their battery ; our cannon 
 and Howitzers, after playing about an hour, have entirely 
 demolished it. 
 
 July I5th, — The enemy in their floating-batteries, with 
 some Indians in canoes, attempted to cut off some boats that 
 were passing ; the five from our cannon on the pitch of the 
 hill of Montmorency, from Point of Orleans and from a frigate, 
 obliged them to retreat. Two of our boats were a little 
 damaged, and an ofiicer of the Navy had his leg broke. 
 
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 crossed lo Point of Orleans. Anstruther's regt. removed to 
 their encampment. Lascelles took up Anstruther's ground, 
 Otway's divided, and part took up the ground of Lascelles. 
 
 July 22nd. — This morning the town was on fire from a 
 carcase thrown the last evening ; it burnt furiously all night ; 
 about 100 houses burnt in the town. 
 
 23rd and 24th. — Eight Canadians brought in prisoners by 
 the company ol Rangers, with a number of cattle and sheep. 
 
 25ih. — About 200 prisoners, men, women and children, with 
 a priest, brought into Monckton's encampment. Grenl. Wolf 
 sent a note to Monsieur Vaudreuil, intimating that he acted 
 the part of an assassin in employing Indians lo pick off his 
 sentries ; an answer came that h°; could not suppose that 
 note came Irom the Grenl., as both armies employed savages ; 
 a report was spread ihat the Indians intended to burn three 
 Royal American soldiers. A Flag of Truce was sent in 
 threatening reprisals ; no answer as yet arrived. Landed 
 two hundred of the Light Infantry. A Ranger taken prisoner. 
 
 July 26th. — At 2 o'clock this morning the Light Infantry, 
 Bragg's and Otway's regts. marched to reconoitre the country. 
 Otway's, with Genl. Wolf and Brigr.-Genl. Murray, went up 
 the river Montmorency, and Bragg's down the village towards 
 St. Joachim. Landed about 200 Marines. By accounts from 
 deserters, the Indians have lost eight men killed and twenty 
 wounded, since our landing. A volley of small arms fired 
 from thn other sid(; of the water; Mr. Bel!, the Aid-de-Camp, 
 was shot through the arm very near the Grenl., and an officer 
 of Otway's shot through the body ; it is feared his wound will 
 prove mortal, besides several soldiers wounded. About 12 
 o'clock the regt. was attacked at the ford wnere the enemy 
 have thrown up entrenchments. The enemy were driven back 
 with a considerable loss. Our loss was about 40 killed and 
 wounded, among whom, was Capt. Fletcher and Lt. 
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 July 27ll). — Bragg's regt. that went towards St. Joachim 
 returned ;nd brought with them about 70 head of cattle and 
 near 200 sheep. Their flanking party that were in the 
 woods were attacked ; they had two killed and three wounded. 
 The party took two Canadians prisoners. The Royal 
 American picquet on the left had one killed and one wounded 
 from the other side the water. A large number of fire floats 
 were sent down by the enemy, but no mischief done by them. 
 A new six gnn battery opened at Point Levi. It is reported 
 that Mons'ieur Vaudreuil threatens to give no quarter loofficers 
 or men that fall into his hands, if his Canadians are ill-treated. 
 
 28th, 29th and 30th. — Nothing very material. A deserter 
 who had been in the Pennsilvania Provincials, taken prisoner 
 last year and obliged to serve with the French. He says the 
 Canadians are greatly distressed on account of their hay 
 harvest which they expect to loose. 
 
 July 31 St. — About 12 o'clock the Centurion, a 50 gun ship, 
 came down at high water with two transports, which last 
 were laid ashore opposite the enemies' batteries. A 
 cannonading began from our enca mpment at Montmorency on 
 the enemies' lines, and from the shiping on their batteries ; 
 the Grenadiers of the army, with two battalions of Monckton's 
 Brigade, and a detachment of 200 men of the 2nd battalion of 
 Royal Americans, were ranged in boats ready to push ashore 
 at low water. The five regiments here were under arms. The 
 enemies fire from their batteries on the beach did considerable 
 damage to the boats ; they wounded several officers, and 
 killed and wounded a good many men. About 5 o'clock the 
 Grennadiers landed, and the troops followed ; we marched 
 across the Falls, viz. : Townshend's Brigade, Otway's, 
 Anstruther's regts., with the Light Infantry, who first had 
 reconnoitered the ford and found no enemy there. On our 
 march a heavy clap of thunder brought on a violent shower 
 of rain with a high wind directly in our faces, which 
 retarded the part of the army from this place for about a 
 quarter of,. an hour; when ^^ cleared up, it appeared the 
 
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 Grennadiers marched before the rain and took possession of a 
 battery and a redoubt on the beach ; but the heavy fire from 
 the entrenchments on the top of the hill obliged them to retire. 
 The rain had made it impossible to mount the hill, or rather 
 precipice, in the face of their lines, on which the Greneral 
 ordered a retreat. The enemy cannonaded us in our retreat, 
 but with little damage. The two armed transports were set 
 on fire. We lost in the whole action about 30 officers, one 
 only of whom killed on the spot, an! 400 men killed and 
 wounded. The impetuosity of the Grennadiers and their not 
 waiting for orders, it seems, in the opinion of the General, 
 occasioned our repulse. 
 
 August 1st — A deserter from the French regulars came in, 
 had left their camp a day before; the action. 
 
 2nd and 3rd. — A Flag of Truce fiom the town with a 
 letter from Monsr. Vaudreuil, giving an account that he had 
 buried 50 ol our m<^n, had taken an officer, Capt. 
 Ouchterlony, prisoner, badly wounded. A letter from Capt. 
 Ouchterlony, in which he says — " he owes his life to a 
 French Grrennadier, who saved him from 'he cruelty oi the 
 Indians- that he is taken good care of " The officer who 
 came with the Flag of Truce, acknowledges that they had 
 thirty-two killed and mortally wounded by the cannonading 
 the 31st of July. 
 
 4th. — Lt. Meach of the Rangers, and one man killed and 
 another wounded, on a marauding party. A deserter 
 came in. 
 
 5th. — The Geal. sent 20 guinies to the soldier who saved 
 Capt. Ouchterlony's life, Last night Otway's regt. marched 
 and marauded ; returned this day with 4 prisoners who had 
 got, each of them, a back burden of powder and shot, which 
 they were carrying to a party ol 150 men left in the woods 
 to observe our motions, and to take care of the women, 
 children and cattle in the woods behind us. Brigr. Murray 
 with 1400 men passed by the town on some design up the 
 river. A great fire from the town without damage. 
 
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 August 6th. — Lasceiles' regiment marched at 9 o'clock at 
 night, went to the village Chateau Richer, where they burnt a 
 number of the enemies' buttoes ; the country finely improved 
 for ten or a dozcMi mile:?* on this shore. 
 
 8th. — An Indian at night came across the Falls at hii;h 
 water, advanced upon a sentry on the beacli with a scalping 
 knife in his hand ; the soldier prestMited his bayonet to him, 
 wluMi 111' fc.l upon his knees and made a sign for quarter. 
 No body understands his language. 
 
 9th —At one o'clock this morning the lower town on fire, 
 an 1 burnt luriously till ten. Last night a parly of about 80 
 men made u lein' to pass the Falls, and drew a large body 
 of the enemy into the entrenchments, when a canonnaditig 
 began from our encampment, which must have killed a 
 number of the enemy. The ships above the town gone up 
 llie river with Brigr.-Genl. Murray. 
 
 lOth. — The General, with the 2 Grenadier companies of the 
 Ro}al Americans, went by water to the village St. Joachim ; 
 there wore about 70 men in arms on our landing ; and 
 preparing to attack them, they fired and wounded four of 
 Capt. Porter's Grennadiers, and then fled inio the woods. 
 
 Augus' lllli. — At about seven o'clock this morning the 
 working party were attacked ; ou. loss virus about 40 killed 
 anfi wounded, among the woun;led was Lieut. Mountain 
 in the arir.. A serjeant of Otway's missing, supposed to be 
 made prisoner. One of the enefuy, a Canadian, was killed; 
 and not more that we know oti. Genl. Murray, by advice 
 from hirn, has had three diflferent skirmishes with the enemy 
 above the town, in each ol which he had the advantage ; our 
 loss is about 100 men killed and woii.iJed ; among the latter 
 are Capt. Uelaune, Major Irwin ; and Major of Brigade 
 Maitland, Brigadier, was opposed by Crenl. Levi with 4000 
 men. The LeostafF frigate, and Hunter sloop, with some 
 transports and some armed sloops, were to have passed tho 
 
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 lown, and neglected the finest opportunity they could 
 possibly have had ; there was only a small schooner passed, 
 at which the town fired from all their batteries. 
 
 August 12th. — A gale of wind at N.E. with much rain. 
 Received advice that Capt. Gorham's detachment had burnt the 
 village St. Paul, about 50 houses, with the loss of one killed 
 and two wounded. A deserter from the enemy says there is 
 ^reat dissaiisfaclion among llie army ; that our shot did great 
 execution when the lown was on fire. 
 
 15lh. — A shot from the battery below the hill set fire to the 
 powder in a floating-battery, by which she was burnt ; as she 
 burnt down a number of shells burst. A brjgantine fell down 
 the narrow pass betwixt this and the Isle of Orleans towards 
 St. Joachim. A detachment of 200 men from Point Levi 
 attempted to join Genl. Murray, but did not succeed; about 
 9 o'clock the town was on fire, but soon extinguished. 
 
 16ih. — A corporal came into the French camp; he says 
 their allowance of bread is reduced ; confirms the uneasiness 
 and distress of the Canadians. 
 
 Mr. Cameron, a volunteer in the 47lh Regiment, with a 
 party of 1 seijeant, corporal, and 20 men, was attacked by 
 about 200 Indians; he retired to a house and defended 
 himself tiil relief came ; he had one killed and one 
 wounded ; he killed four of the Indians, one of which, 
 supposed to be one of their chiefs, was scalped. 
 
 August 18lh. — A few houses burnt on the Isle of Orleans 
 and at Point Levi every day for these two days past. A 
 detachment of the Highland regiment have taken post at St. 
 Joachim. 
 
 19th. — Two companies of the Louisbourg Grenadiers joined 
 us, relieved by Capt. Porter's company and some Marines. 
 In the night the other company of the Louisbourg Grenadiers 
 came over. 
 
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 20th. — Marched the Grenadier companies above to take 
 post at L'Ange Gardien and along this shore, to prevent the 
 peasants getting in their harvest. Yesterday five men were 
 killed at Point Levi by the fire from the town. Working at 
 a new battery of eight pieces of cannon. 
 
 The detachment under Capt. Gorham returned ; besides the 
 village of St. Pauls (Bay ?) they burnt a vi'lage at Malbay, the 
 village of St. Anne (de la Pocati^re ?) on the South Shore, 
 and a number of other houses, and landed upwards of 200 head 
 of cattle and sheep on the Isle of Coudre. The Indian that 
 was taken prisoner made liis escape from the Admiral's 
 ship ; I'is not known in what way. 
 
 August 22nd. — A detachment of IJght Infantry and 
 Rangern, about 240 men, went in boats lo St. Joachim, 
 where the enemy have taken post in a house near the one 
 occupied by the Highlanders. 
 
 23rd. — This morning a field six-pounder and a Howitzer 
 were sent to St. Joachim. The village of St. Joachim 
 on fire. 
 
 24tli. — A Flag of Truce from the town giving an account 
 of Capt. Ouchterlony's death An officer of the Royal 
 Americans badly wounded in the leg as he was mounting 
 the quarter guard. Yesterday seven sailors who were 
 marauding on the South Shore were attacked, two ol which 
 were killed and scalped and five wounded. 
 
 The party that went to St. Joachim under the command of 
 Capt. Montgomery,* met the enemy and had a skirmish with 
 them, of whom they killed and scalped about twenty ; we 
 had three men slightly wounded. From thence they marched 
 by land along the shore towards our camp, and burnt all the 
 houses, viz. : the village of St. Anne, Chateau Richer, 
 L'Ange Gardien is now burning. The corn is too green to 
 take fire. : , 
 
 • Capt. Alexander Montgomery, of the 43rd, (see M. Fraser's Journal.) 
 

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 August 26th. — A messenger from Genl. Murray with an 
 account that on the 20th instant he attacked and, without 
 any loss, took possession of a magazine of ammunition and 
 provision at (Des) Chambeau, to which he set fire ; the baggage 
 of five battalions which was lodged there was likewise 
 destroyed ; he burnt the village of St. Antony with many 
 other houses, and is returned to Point Levi. He took some 
 prisoners with a great number of cattle. The prisoners 
 report that on the lOlh of July, the Fort at Niagara fell into 
 our hands ; that the French attacked the camp ; that 1300 of 
 them were killed and scalped, and we had made about 700 
 prisoners ; that 500 Indians in the French interest had joined 
 us, and scalped their commanding officer, Montigny ; they 
 say that Genl. Prideaux and Col. Haldimand are killed. A 
 deserter ol Ot way's passed the Falls in broad day light and 
 got clear, notwithstanding the fire from the cannon at the 
 lower battery with grape shot and the musketry from the hill. 
 Eight pieces of cannon with ammunition were carried off 
 this evening. 
 
 August 27ih. — At 9 o'clock at night the LeostafF frigate, 
 and Hunter sloop, with three transports with provisions and 
 ammunition passed the town. About 11 o'clock at night 
 some of the enemy fired on the church and some houses near 
 it, where the Louisbourg Grenadiers and detachment of 
 Highlanders were posted ; one man killed and another 
 wounded. 
 
 30th. — A detachment of 200 men left this camp to join 
 Capt. Gorham at Point Levi, who is to be employed on the 
 South Shore to burn and destroy the country. 
 
 August 31st. — A deserter came over the Falls at 9 o'clock 
 this morning ; he had got far on his way unperceived by the 
 enemy, who thereupon did not fire at him ; he says that the 
 allowance of bread in their camp is reduced, that many of 
 their Indians have left them. That two officers and four 
 Indians with a message from Genl. Amherst were intercepted, 
 and are now prisoners on board a frigate up the river. 
 
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 Sept. iMt. — Last night and this morning all the cannon and 
 stores shipped off except two pieces. About 9 o'clock last 
 night, the Sea Horse man-of-war, some transports and some 
 armed sloops passed the town ; the fire from iheir batteries 
 was very great, but did no damage. 
 
 2nd. — About 1200 men passed the river to Orleans at night, 
 all the tents were sent off, an<l the remainder of the army here 
 lay upon their arms in the redoubts. 
 
 3rd. — About 10 o'clock in the morning we set fire to the 
 remainder of the houses here, and matle our retreat to the 
 boats with two Royal liowitz"rs in our front, and met with 
 no opposition ; wo past to Point Levi in our boats, about 
 2000 men, and were cannonaded from two batteries of cannon 
 and two uiortar batteries without receiving any damage. 
 Encamp on a hill opposite Quebec, viz. : Bragg's, Ottways's, 
 Lajscelles', Anstruther's. 
 
 September 4th. — A messenger from Grenl. Amherst in 26 
 days from Crown Point which, with Ticonderoga, is in our 
 possession; he, with five other men, came by the Way of 
 Kennebec lliver. A confirmation that Niagara fell into our 
 hands in July last and of the joining of the Indians, 
 
 5th. — The Light Infantry, the Louisbourg Grennadiers, 
 with Bragg's, Ottway's, Lascelles' and Anstiuther's regiments, 
 marched from Point Levi and embarked in the transports lying 
 above the River Etchemin ; they fired from a battery they had 
 on the North Shore as we forded that river. The flat-bottomed 
 boats passed the town last night without being perceived. 
 
 Sept. Gth. — Joined us towards evening — 600 Highlanders, 
 Amherst's and Kennedy's regiments; the whole about 1200 
 men ; all the Generals arrived with this division. 
 
 7th. — Came to sail this morning with the tide of flood ; the 
 wind contrary ; gained about three miles. Came to sail and 
 ran up as high as Cape Rouge. Yesterday a little schooner 
 came up with the tide, the winJ contrary, and passed the 
 
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 whole fire of ihe town with very little damage. This 
 evening's tide, one transport and some small vessels came up. 
 
 8th. — A settled rain ; continue at anchor. 
 
 9ih. — About G o'clock 1500 men landed at Si. Nicholas on 
 the South Short'. Removed our berth about one mile 
 higher up. 
 
 lOlh. — Remain at anchor. In the evening landed at St. 
 Nicholas, Lawrence's battalion and a number of the Light 
 Infantry, in the whole about 700 men. By some deserters 
 who have lately came in,, we are informed that Monsr. Levi 
 has marched with 4000 men up the river. Genl. Wolfe and 
 Moncklon went down Ihe river to reconnoitre. 
 
 S'pt. llth. — The lr<iopson shore ordered to hold themselves 
 in readiness to roembarU to-morrow morning. 
 
 12lh. — Early in the morning the troops reembarked on 
 board the transports. Tiie troops ordered to hold themselves 
 in readiness to altack ihe enemy. A soldier of the Royal 
 Americans deserted from St. Nicholas; a French one 
 deserted tons ; he says he came over the river with 50 others 
 to attack us in the village. About 10 o'clock at night, 2000 
 of the troops embarked and fell down the river in the 
 flat-bottomed boats with the tide. 
 
 13th. — .Tust at day break landed in the face of a five gun 
 battery, and mounted up a hill which being almost 
 perpendicular, was unsuspected by the enemy, who had, 
 therefore, only posted a Captain's guard of about 100 men, 
 (this was about 2 short miles from the town). When the alarm 
 was given, the enemy fired from the hill and the bushes, on 
 the boats, and killed and wounded a few of our people. The 
 Light Infantry, under the command of Col. Howe, led the 
 way ; and on their gaining the summit, the signal was a 
 loud huzza, which was joyfully answered by the troops that 
 followed ; when the 2000 were landed, the boats were 
 dispatched for the remainder on board the transports. The 
 
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 Light Infantry drove the enemy from the batlery, a 
 dt'lac-htnent of whicli took post there. The 48lh llfgiment 
 and Monckton't) regiment, soon joined us from Point Lt^vi. 
 
 When the whole were landtd, tliey amounted to 46U0 men. 
 As soon as it was broad day, we perceived the French in 
 motion ; the part of the armv at Ueauport marched on the 
 first alarm. About 7 o'clock they appeared very numerous 
 between the town and our lilth^ army, and we observed they 
 had artillery with them. The General immediately disposed 
 the troops in order of battle : his right occupying the brow of 
 a small eminence ; the left covereil by a few houses in which 
 were thrown some troops. Two battalions were extj^nded 
 from these houses, and cover«'d the rear and left fiai:k, as 
 8om«' part ol the enemies' army made a motion that way. 
 The eniMiiy soon began to cannonade us ; and ihcir irregnlaie 
 and Indians advancing among bushes and little hillocks in 
 our front, galling us very much. At length we got up two 
 short six-poundors, which played on the enemy, who were 
 by this time formed into three columns in our front, havmg 
 df'tached a large body to fall on our left Hank. 'I he two 
 armies remained in this position lor some time. Gen . WolJe 
 having delayed attacking, in hopes of being able to gel up 8 
 short sixsos which were landed ; but the enemy either 
 willing to deprive us of this advantage, or (earing we might 
 be rt'inlorceil, or perhaps Irom a contempt of our numbers, 
 advanced with their columns, and when within fifty paces of 
 our line, they began to fire from the head and (lanks of their 
 columns. Our troops stood firm and received ilieir fires; 
 nor were the wounded even heard to groan ; with surprising 
 coolness and by commard, they threw in their whole fire, 
 and advancing briskly with their bayonets, soon put the 
 whole of the enemy into confusion. Their flight was 
 precipitate, and they were closely pursued under a conf<lant and 
 heavy fire to the gates oi the town. Those who attacked our 
 flanks were repulsed in like manner and driven over the River 
 St. Charles. A detachment posted in our rear was likewise 
 
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 ended this action, wherein ihe French Conu '^nUer-in-Linpf, the 
 Marquis de Montcalm, received his death vv )iind. Brigr.* 
 General Drsentorgue (Senezorgues) and two others killed. 
 About 30 oilicers killed and wounded, und as many made 
 prisoners ; two pieces of cannon lakcn, and 1500 privates 
 killed and wounded. A glorious advuntugc gained, but dearly 
 purchased by the loss of Genl. VVolle. Brigdr. Monckton 
 wounded, and many other oflicers ; some few killed, and 
 about 500 men killed und wounded. 
 
 The enemy dishearten* d by their defeat, and in want of 
 provisions of all kinds, having made a shew of defence lor a 
 few days, capiliilaicd on the 17lh (18lh ?) instant ; and from 
 their ready submission, had the honours of War allowed them, 
 an<l were trans|)orte{l to France. The broken remains of the 
 army who eseaped the 13lli, have joined Genl. Levi, who 
 still keeps the field about twelve leagues distant. 
 
 A LIST OF THE KILL.KD AND WOUNDEU AT THE BATTLE ON THE 
 HEIOHTHS OF ABRAHAM, NEAR QUEBEC, SEPT. 13th, 1759. 
 
 Genl. Wolfe Killed. 
 
 Brigr.-Genl. Monckton Wounded. 
 
 Col. Carleton 
 
 Major Barry, Adjt.-Genl 
 
 Capt. Smith, Aid-de-Camp. .. 
 
 Brigade Majoi Spittle 
 
 Regiments. 
 
 Amherst's. — Killed 2 Privates. 
 
 Wounded. .... Lieuts. Maxwell, Senr. and Junr. 
 Skirn and Ross. 5 serjeanlsand 
 52 Rank and File. 
 
 Bragg's. — Killed Lieut. Cooper, 1 Serjeant and 3 
 
 Privates. 
 
 Wounded Capt^. Cordy, Span, Milbank ; 
 
 Lieuts. Evans, Ruxton; Ensign 
 Fairfax ; 4 Serjeants, 1 Drum- 
 mer and 39 Privates. 
 
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 Regiments. 
 Ot way 'f^.'- Kil i( d. •••.•• • 
 
 Lieut. Mason and 6 Privau 
 
 Wuundeu Capts. Mansell and Gardiner; 
 
 Lieuts. Gore, Maturin, Allen, 
 Cockburn ; 1 Serjeant and 25 
 
 K'r>.Tr'3,h;'« — KiMfd 
 
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 i.EnsipT! ,'r;n:vs, 2 Suijuanif and ?» 
 
 PiiVLitas. 
 
 Lai^celles'. — Killed Lieut. Seymour and 1 Private. 
 
 Wounded Capt. Gardner; Lieuts. Peach, 
 
 Gwinnett, Kwor, Henning; 
 Knsigns Dunlap and Fance ; 
 1 Serjeant, 2 Drummers, and 26 
 Rank and File. 
 
 Anstiuthor's. — Killed Etisign Tottinham, I Serjeant and 
 
 6 Privates. 
 
 Wounded. ..Capts. Bird and Ruttall ; Lieuts 
 Thomson and Grant ; Ensign 
 Danity, 3 Serjeant& and 60 men. 
 
 Lawrence's. — Wounded 2 Privates. 
 
 Frazer's. — Ivilled Capt. Koss ; Lieuts. McNeal and 
 
 McDonnell ; 1 Serjeant and 14 
 Privates. 
 
 Wounded Capts. McDonald and Frazer ; 
 
 Lieuts. McDonnel, Archibald 
 Campbell, Alexr. Campbell, 
 Jno. Douglass, Alexr. Frazer ; 
 Ensigns McKenzie, Gregorson, 
 and Malcom Frazer; 7 serjts. 
 and 131 Privates. 
 
 Whitmore's ) Killed Lieut. Jones and 2 Privates. 
 
 Grenadiers. \ Wounded... .26 Rank and File. 
 
Gardiner ; 
 rin, Allen, 
 ant and 25 
 
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 lienning ; 
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 !rs, and 26 
 
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 Regiments. 
 
 Hopson's Grenadiers. — Killed 1 Private. 
 
 Warburton^s do. Wounded,. Capl. Cosnan, Lieuts. 
 
 Pinhorn and Nevin. 
 
 Artillery. — Killed 1 Gunnei. 
 
 Wounded. ....... 1 Gunner. 
 
 Monckton's. — Killed 5 Privates. 
 
 Wounded Capt. Holland ; Lieuts. Calder, 
 
 Jefteries and Straw; Ensigns 
 Cameron and Stool ; 2 Serjts., 
 1 Drummer and 50 men. 
 
 Total Killed. — 1 General; 1 Captain; 6 Lieutenants; 1 
 Ensign ; 3 Serjeants; 45 Privates. 
 
 Wounded. — 1 Brigadr.-General ; 1 Lieutenant-Colonel ; 
 the Adjutant-General ; 1 Brigade Major ; 
 14 Captains; 26 Lieutenants; 10 
 Ensigns; ^5 Serjeants; 4 Drummers, 
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The orig,nal of this MS., now in the possession of J. M. LeMoIne 
 EsquTe of ate President of the Literary and HisJcal Society H 
 p esen ed to h.n> on .3rd October. ,867. by Charles Aylwin. Es.uirefN P 
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iFubiiihod under the Auspices of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, 
 
 GENERAL ORDEHS IN WOLFE'S AKMY 
 
 
 U17RIN0 TOB 
 
 EXPEDITION DP THE RIVER ST. LAWRENCE, 1759. 
 
 Louisbourg, 16ih May, 1759, Wednesday.— His Majesty has 
 been pleased to appoint the following Generals and Officers' 
 to serve in the army commanded by Major-Genl. Wolfe : 
 
 1 he Honble. Brigr. G. Monctoii, 
 The Honble. Brigr. G. Townaer 
 The Honble. Brigr. G. Murray, 
 
 ( Capt. Gwillani. fCapt. Srnitii, of 
 
 Maijrs. Brigade, < Capt. Spittal. Aids de-Camp, -J Amhereta. 
 
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 Col. Carlton, Quarter-Master Genl. 
 Major Barrie, Adjut.-Genl. 
 
 Capi. Bell. 
 
 Assists. Qur. Maer. Genl. J Capt. Leshe^ 
 
 OFFICERS APPOINTED TO ACT AS ENGINEIRB. 
 
 Capt. Lieut. Holland. 
 Lieut. Tongue. 
 Lieut. Goddard. 
 Lieut. Benzol. 
 Lieut. DeBarre. 
 
 ENGINICERS. 
 
 Major Mackellor, Sub Dlrecr. 
 and Chief Engr. 
 Capt. Lieut. Debbeig. 
 Capt. Lieut. Williameori. 
 Lieut. Montreeor. 
 Capt. Dernvine, Capt. of Minors. 
 
 The ten Regiments of Battalions in this service in three' 
 Brigades, viz. : 
 
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 Kennedy's. 
 
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 *^'* I Major Brigade Spitai. 
 
 „ . f Brigadr.-General Townshend. 
 ^"°* \ Major Brigade Gwillam. 
 
 _ , f Brigadr.-General Murray. 
 ^^°' ^ Major Brigade MaitlancJ. 
 
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 < Laselleg. 
 (Moncton. 
 
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 The three companysof Grenadrs. taken from the garrison of* 
 Louisbourg, viz. : Whitmore's, Hopson's, and Wharburton's, 
 are commanded by Lieut.-Gol. Murray. Three companys of 
 
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Light Infantry, one from the garrison of Lonisbourg, and 2 
 others to be formed from the army, to be commanded by Major 
 Dalling. The 6 companys of Rangers are to be commd. by 
 Major Scolt. These 3 corps do not encamp in ye line. The 
 2 companys of Light Infantry commanded by ye Capts. 
 Delaune and Cardin, are to be formed by detachments of 
 well chosen men from the Light Infantry of every Regt. and 
 Battalion in proportion to the strength of the corps. Every 
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The detacliments of the army will be generally made by 
 liattall'ns, Companys of Gronadrs., Picquets or companys of 
 Light Infantry. The Picqt. of every Kegt. shall be in 
 proportion to the corps, but always commanded by a Captain. 
 If the General thinks proper to order entrenchments to be 
 thrown up in the front or rear of the army, the corps are to 
 fortify their own post. 
 
 Halifax, May 5th, 1759. — As the fleet sails from Louisbourg 
 in 3 Divisions : The Ist Brigade is the White Division ; the 
 2nd Brigade is the Red Division ; the 3rd Brigade is the 
 Blue Division. The Grenadrs. of Louisbourg and the 
 Rangers are to be appointed to one or others of these 
 Divisions. If the Regts. here have time to put a quantity of 
 spruce-beer into the transports, it would be of great use to 
 the men. Weak and sickly jieople are not to embark with 
 their Regts. Measures will be taken to bring those men to 
 the army as soon as they are perfectly recovered. 
 
 Halifax, May 7th, 1759. — Major General Wolfe will fill up 
 all the vacancys in the army when he receives Genl. 
 Amherst's commands. A proportion of tools will be delivered 
 to each Regt. The corps are to have 36 rounds of 
 ammunition, some loose ball and flints pr. each man. Casks of 
 ammunition will be put on board small vessels ready to be 
 distributed if wanted. 
 
 As the navigation in the River St. Lawrence may in some 
 places be difficult, the troops are to be as useful as possible in 
 working their ships obedient to the Admiral's commands and 
 attentive to all the signals. No boat to be hoisted out at sea 
 but on the most urgent occasions. 
 
 Halifax, May 9th, 1759. — After the troops are embarked, 
 the commanding officers will give all necessary directions 
 for the preservation of the health of their men. Guards must 
 mount in every ship to keep strict orders and to prevent fire. 
 When the weather permits, the men are to eat upon deck, 
 and be as much in the open air as possible. Cleanlyness in 
 
 
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 the birthN and bedding, and as much excrciso as their 
 fifuat'um permits, an; the best preservatives of liealtli. 
 
 VVIien llie Hoops assemble at Jj()uisl)onrg, or in the Bay of 
 Gaspie, the commanding olFicers of Reikis, are to make 
 reports to their respective Brigadrs. of the strength and 
 condition of their corps. 
 
 If any arms, ammunition, tools, camp equipage, and so 
 forth, are wanting, it is likewise to be reported that orders 
 may be given for a proper supply. A report is to be made at 
 the same time by every Regt. and corps in the army, of the 
 No. of men their boats will conveniently hold, Gorham's 
 and Danks's Rangers will be sent to join Mr. Durrell, as soon 
 as any ship of war sails for the river. These 2 companys 
 are to be embarked on board of schooners and sloops of the 
 1st that arrive, removing the soldiers into larger transports. 
 If any ship, by accidence, should run on shore in the river, 
 small vessels and boats will be sent to their assistance. They 
 have nothing to apprehend from the inhabitants on ye North 
 Shore, and as little from the Canadians on the South. 50 
 men with arms may safely defend themselves till succour 
 arrives. 
 
 If a ship should happen to be lost, the men on shore are 
 to make 3 distinct fires in the night, and 3 distinct smooka 
 in the day, to mark their situation. 
 
 Halifax, lO'fi May, 1759. — The troops are to embark as 
 80on after the arrival of the transports as they conveniently 
 can, and as there are many more transports than will be 
 wanted, if they all arrive, they are to have a good allowance" 
 of tonnage. 
 
 When the Regts. arrive at Louisbourg, they are to give in' 
 a return to the Adjutant-G-eneral ol the No. of men they have 
 lost since the reduction of Louisbourg, and of the No. of men' 
 recruited since that time. The cornpanys of Rangers to give 
 the like returns. Capt. Gorham's compy. of Rangers to' 
 embark to-morrow morning. 
 
Louii-ibourg, May 17ih, Thursday, 1759. — Major ot Brigade 
 of ihc day for lo-morrow, Major Dobson. 
 
 The Regis, arc lo give in a list of their voluntiers according 
 <o their seniority and service. 
 
 Captain Cramhaie, of General Amherst's Regt., is 
 appointed lo act as Deputy, Judge, Advocate, to the 
 expedition. Lt. Dobson, of Genl. Laselles' Regt., is 
 appointed by General Amherst, a Major of Brigade in the 
 army. 
 
 Louisbourg, May 18th, 1759, Friday. — As the Regis. 
 avrive, thi'y are to have fre.»h beef delivered to them, and in 
 jfiMieral while the troops remain in this harbour. They are 
 to bo furnislied with as much fresh provisions as can be 
 procured. If their are any lines or hooks to bo had from the 
 shore, Capiain Leslie will distribute them to the troops. 
 
 Bragg's Regt. tiie Grenadrs. and Rangers, are to be ready 
 to embark at a day's notice. Besides the 36 rounds of 
 ammunition, every soldier is to be provided with a quantity 
 of cartridges in casks, shall be put on board each transport. 
 
 Louisbourg, 25th May, 1759. — Commanding officers of 
 Regis, are to make reports to-morrow morning to the 
 Admiral, the condition of their transports, if any, are judged 
 unfit to proceed, or if the men are too much crowded, proper 
 directions will be given theirupon. It is particularly 
 necessary for the service of this rumpaign, that the Regis, 
 be provided with a very large stock of shoes before they sail, 
 as any supplys hereafter will be very uncertain. Kennedy's 
 Regt. are to get their Muster Rolls ready immediately. That 
 Regt. is to furnish 20 Light Infantry to complele Capt. 
 Delaunc's company. 
 
 The Adjutants are cmploy'd every morning with the 
 Regis, at exercise, the orderly hour is for the future at one 
 of the clock. 
 
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 ^Gtli Miiy, 1759. — The rci^'iinentB arc to give in a» soon as 
 possible monthly returns lo 24tti May. 
 
 LouiHbourg, 27lh May, 1759. — The three l^ouisbourg 
 companys of Oronadrs., ami ye Grenadr. companys ol the 
 regis., arrived with the Light Infantry, companys of the 
 whole are to parade to-morrow morning, at 9 o'c'ock, at the 
 mill behind the Grand Battery. 
 
 Louisbourg, 20th May, 1759. — When the troops are fixed 
 in the trrmsports for the voyage, every rcgl. and corps must 
 give in a return of their llutt bottom'd boats, whale boats, 
 and cutttirs, all which are [)rovided by tho Government, 
 independent of the trans|)ort boats. 
 
 Kvery regt. and corpa may be |)rovided with linos and 
 hooks by applying to Capt. Leslie. Q. M. General 
 to-morrow morning. 
 
 Louisbourg, 30th May. — The efl'ects of the late Captain 
 Mercer, of Lasselles regt., will be sold on Friday next, at 
 4 o'clock in ye afternoon, at the house of Mr. Poore on 
 ye parade. 
 
 Louisbourg, 31st May. — A detachment of artillery, equal 
 to that which went from Halifax with Admiral Durre'i's 
 squadron, is to be left here out of the 3 companys intended 
 for the expedition, and to be sent by the first convenient 
 opportunities to Halifax. 
 
 A sub-officer and a serjt. shall be left with the sick, which 
 are to be taken out of the hospital-ship and be brought to 
 town. Amherst for this duty. 
 
 To prevent the spreading of distempers in the transports, 
 the Hospital-ship will receive any men that may fall ill on 
 the voyage. When the troops receive fresh meat, they are 
 not at the same time to demand salt provisions. As the 
 cutters and whale-boats are meant for the service of the 
 army, they are not to be given to any of the men-of-war, 
 
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 having been made that the tranHport hoalM are often detained 
 by the ollioers who come on shore, «o that the mn«t(!r8 of 
 thoKO ships cannot posHibly gel thet i watered. The General 
 insists upon the olTuMsrs paying tin; Hirietest obedienr^' l\> ye 
 orders given by the Admiral upon that stead. 
 
 Louisbourg, 1st June, 1759. — The troops land no more. 
 The Mat-bottomed boats to be hoisted in, that the ships may 
 be ready to sail at the Isl signal. 
 
 When 3 guns are fired from ye saluting battery, all oiricois 
 to repair on board. 
 
 The regts. and eorjis are to send to-morrow at 8 o'clock to 
 the artillery stores for tools in the following proportions, 
 giving proper receij)i8 : 
 
 PICK AXES. SPADES. SHOVELS. IMI.LMOOKS. 
 
 Amherst 50 20 10 10 
 
 Biagg GO 20 10 10 
 
 Otway 80 30 10 10 
 
 Kennedy 70 80 10 10 
 
 Laselles .*.. 70 SO 10 10 
 
 Webb 80 30 10 10 
 
 Anstruthers .... 50 20 10 10 
 
 Moncton 50 20 10 10 
 
 Lawrence 50 20 10 10 
 
 Fraizier 100 40 20 20 
 
 Grenadiers 50 20 10 10 
 
 The Nightingale, man-of-war, will be ordered to carry 60 
 invalids to England, The regis, to send returns of their 
 No., that ye proportion may be regulated. 
 
 The ammunition of all ye regts. to be immediately 
 compleated to 36 rounds ready for service, and as much in 
 caslc ; spare ball will be given out hereafter. The regts. 
 that want camp necessary's, will be furnish'd by the corps 
 
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 that have it to spare. The undermention'd regis, are to 
 furnish 100 men to the Bedlord and Prince Frederick ships 
 of war : 
 
 SUBS. 8ERJTS. MEN. 
 
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 They arc to embark to-morrow morning. The regts. are 
 to clear sea, pay and arrears as far as they have money. 
 
 Louibbonrg, 2nd June, 1759. — The Admiral purposes 
 sailing the Isl iair wind. 
 
 The commanding ollicers of transports are to oblige the 
 masters as far as they are able to keep in their respective 
 divisions, and carry sail when tho men-of-war do, that no 
 time may be lost by negligence or delays ; they are also to 
 report to the Admiral all didiciency's in the ship, least the 
 master shou'd neglect doing of it, and direct that the 
 flat-bottom'd boats be washed every day to prevent their 
 
 leaking. An orderly serjt. to attend Major M'Keller. 
 
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 The Admiral will order the Nightingale man-ol-war into 
 
 Louisbourg to receive 60 invalids ; these men are to be landed, 
 
 and their subsistance paid to the town Adjutant. The 
 
 Nightingale will likewise take the two oilicers of artillery. 
 
 The regts. are to receive provisions for no more than three 
 women per company, and 4 women per co. of 1 hundred. 
 
 Moncton's Brigade. — Otway, Webb, Kennedy and Laselles 
 to give a boatman each to the Engineers. 
 
 Louisbourg, 3rd June, 1759. — Fresh provisions will be 
 drawn to all ye regts. and corps to-morrow morning, at 5 
 o'clock at Point Rockport, The Quarter masters of Amherst, 
 Ansiruthers, Lawrence, to attend Capt. Leslie, D.Q.M.G., at 
 4 o'clock this afternoon. June 4t;. sail'd from Louisbourg, 
 and the elev'th made the Bay of Gaspee. 
 
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 27th June, 1759. — The General has directed iho' not ia 
 publick orders that no woman be permitted to land with ye 
 troops, and yt no insult of any kind be offered to the 
 inhabitants of ye fsland. p]aoh regt. is to have a sloop or a 
 small vessel to carry close into ye shore spare ammunition, 
 bedding, and what liglit articles the officers may want 
 immediately. Their heavy baggage is to be left in the 
 transport ships. 
 
 On board the Richmond Frigate, 27th June, 1759. — Capt. 
 Daune will range ye transports in proper order along the 
 shore of ye IsU' of Orleans this afternoon, and tomorrow 
 about 6 o'clock the signal will be made for landing. The 
 sloops and schooners yt have Rangers on board are to draw 
 close in shore the six compys. of Rangers, and Capi. Cardin's 
 Light Infantry are to be landed first to reconitre the country. 
 
 The flat-bottom'd boats only will be ornploy'd in landing 
 the men ; they are to assemble at ye low staff at 4 in ye 
 morning, and from thence will be sent first to the Rangers 
 and so forth, &c. Then to Amherst's rogf., then to llie other 
 corps, according to their ranks or the conveniance of their 
 
 situation The men are to tnke their napsacks, 
 
 tools, camp necessnrys, and 1 blanket of their ship bedding, 
 besides their own blankets, 36 rounds of ammunition, and 
 all the tools and 4 days provisions. The Rangers and Light 
 Infantry are not to take their baggage on shore in ye 
 morning, 2 days provisions and a blankett only. 
 
 As ye weather in ye months of July and August are 
 generally very warm in Canada, there are to be no more than 
 5 men to a tent, or il ye commanding officer likes it better 
 and has camp equipage enough he may order only 4. 
 
 Otway's, Webb's and Highlancf regt., who are each in 
 No. equal to two Battallions, are to encamp their compys. in 
 double rows of tents, that they may have more room and 
 more air in their encampment, and consequently be more 
 healthy. 
 
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 The 2 pieces of arlillery in ye llus!<ell are to bo lamleil 
 after the troops are on shore, or sooner if their be occasion. 
 
 The ollicers must be contented with a very little baggage 
 for aday or two, until it can be conveniently carrieil on shore. 
 An ollioer of a cotnpy., 11 they please, may go on board each 
 trans[)oil to see if their baggage is put on board the sloop. 
 
 In each llat-botloni'd boat there will be an oflicer of ye 
 men of-war and 12 seamen, and no more than 70 soldiers are 
 to be landed at a time ; these will lielp to row the boats. 
 
 The provisions of ye troops are to be l\)r the future lull 
 allowance. 
 
 Morning Orders, '28th Jinie, 1750. — A party ol the enemy 
 having huuleil last night on ye east end of ye Island, with an 
 intent to carry of some prisoners, no soldier is to stragle any 
 distance from ye camp upon any account whatsoever. 
 
 The commanding ollicer has ordered yt ye roll of each 
 compy. be eallM by an olficer 4 limes ailay, ancf a report 
 made to him if any are absent. The long roll will l)oat for 
 the men to tiuMi out at 12 and at 1. This order to b(> read to 
 each coiupy. I)y aa ollicer. 
 
 28th June, Point of ye Isle of Orleans. — All reports to be 
 made to the Urigadr. of the ilay. All detalchmts, of Light 
 Infantry or compy. of Rangers when posted in ye front, rear, 
 or flanks o( ye army, is out of sight, are to aocpiaint ye 
 officer commmanding the lirigade, or choirs nearest them of 
 iheir situation. 
 
 The detalchmt. which was under Col. Carleton's commd., 
 is to return their too's antl spare ammunition immecfiately to 
 the commanding officer of ye arlillery. Whenever ye regts. 
 sends for straw or any thing else they may want, proper 
 officers must go with the men to prevent such irregularities 
 as the General saw yesterday, and will be obliged to punish 
 very severely. 
 
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 No detatolimts,, oitlier with or without aniiH, are to be sent 
 to any disianoe from ye camp without the knowlodgj; kA' ye 
 lirigadr.-GeiicrHl of the day. I^•gf. or det!it(Miiut. when 
 cantoonM must always have an alarm post or phice of 
 assembly. 
 
 Its orderVl onee for all hat soMlers arc to keep close to 
 their encamp., are not to pass without tlu^ out guards or 
 wander through ye country in ye disorderly manner yl has 
 been observed here. 
 
 The army must hold itself in constant readiness, eilher lo 
 march or light, at the shorlost warning, when ye 10 
 com|)any's of (Jrenadrs. ol tin; line are eallM as one corps, 
 they are to hi* eoinmaiided by Col. liurton,with Major Morrin 
 lo assist him. Wiien yo Light Infatitry of ye lim! nrr fortn'd 
 into a corps, ihcy are to receive their orders from C'ol. I [owe, 
 who has Major Tlusscy to assist him. The Grenadrs. of 
 Louishourg and Major Dalling's Ugiit Infantry, arc to receive 
 their orders from Col. (Jarlelon. 
 
 The last corps, two compys. of Hangers, the (^r.-Masters 
 and camp colourmen of ye army, and a [ atchman with a 
 falling ax from each rcgl., are to assemble at Major Dalling's 
 cantooiuut. to-morrtiw at 12 o'clock, in readiness It) march 
 under Col. ('arlcton's commd. Capf. Di^beig, Knginecr, to 
 go with the detalchml. 
 
 Major Scott to order immediately a compy. of ye Rangers 
 to take care of the cattle for ye use of ye army. 
 
 All seamen found straggling from ye beach up the country, 
 are to be taken up and sent to the cantoonmt. guard at Head 
 Quarters. Four days provisions for the troops will be landed 
 this day, the Rangers will receive for 6 days. 
 
 Ca[np on ye Isle ol Orleans, 29lh June, 1759. — All 
 detalchmls. and outposts yt are |)laced for ye security of ye 
 camp, are to fortify themselves in ye best manner they can, 
 either by entrenching, planting pallisadoes, or by cutting 
 
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 down trees, or make ye best work with ye trunks, with 
 ye branches thrown forward. In this situation a small 
 party will be able to defend itself till succour arrives, or, at 
 least, will give time for the army to get under arms. 
 
 No sentrys are ever to be planted within point blank of 
 mu.squet shot of a wood, unless behind stones, .ir trees, so as 
 not to be seen in a woody country. Detatchmts. must never 
 halt or encamp in ye little openings in ye woods, nor ever 
 pa->s through them without examining them. 
 
 Secrets with all imaginul)le care and pit-caution next to 
 valour. The best ([uality in a inilitaiy man are vigalance 
 and caution. 
 
 If the provisions can be landed and the carls brought up, 
 the army will march to-morrow by the left by files in one 
 column, and in ye order in which they shou'd have oncamp'd. 
 Tli«t Gi-neral beats at 4^ assembly at 5, and the army 
 march at six. 
 
 Col. Howe's corps of Light Infantry with ye Qr.-Maslers 
 and camp colourman is to- proceed the march of the urmy 
 2 hour,-, and post detatchmts. in all their suspected places 
 of ye road, to prevent the columns being fired at from 
 behind the trees by rascals who dare not shew themselves. 
 
 ^Vhen Cupt Carlin's eornpy. of Rangers which is 
 appointed to giiird the cattle and closes ye march of ye 
 army and has past the nearest of Col. Howe's detatchments. 
 That deiatchtnt. and the rest as they go along fall in behind 
 the Ranyers and become a rear guard. 
 
 The caits of every regt. are to follow their respective 
 corps. Their must be no firing of musquets, but in a 
 soldier-like manner, by order of the commander of ye corps 
 in ye middle of ye day. Major Scott will give directions to 
 the body of Hangers upon this head, because the practice is 
 most common among them. 
 
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 As the musquets are soon loaded upon any alarm, ih<' 
 regis, are to avoid the waste of ammunition, and frequent 
 mischiefs yt happen by musquets loaded in ye Ball Tents, 
 covers for ye hammers of ye musquets be provided yt ye 
 arms may not go of and do harm. 
 
 The 1st soldier who is taken beyond the out-guard, either 
 in ye front, rear, or flanks of ye army, cimirary to the most 
 positive orders, shall be tryed by a Greneral Court Martial. 
 
 Any soldier who is found with plunder in his tent, or 
 
 returning with plunder to the army of any kind not taken 
 
 by order, shall be sent directly to the Provost in irons, in 
 order to be try'd for iiis life. 
 
 Any inclosed place being necessary near ye camp for ye 
 security of ye cattle of ye army, the soldiers are, therefore, 
 forbid to break down any fence for firewood or other purposes 
 where ye cattle are shut in. 
 
 Those regts. who have not been able to find their sloops 
 or small vessels allow'd to them for ye light baggage, are to 
 take ye smallest of their transports for yt purpose, orders to 
 that effect have been given by the Admiral. 
 
 The officer who commanded the detatchmt. of Kennedy's 
 regt. upon ye water side, and left his post without order, in 
 circumstances where the presence of such a detatchmt. might 
 have been particularly, and by falling in with ye out-posts 
 without ye least notice, occasion'd a false alarm in ye camp, 
 is put under arrest and will be try'd by a (xeneral Court 
 Martial as soon as it can conveniently be assembled. 
 
 Camp on ye Isle of Orleans, 30lh June, 1759. — Col. Howe 
 with ye Light Infantry of the whole line as now encamp'd, 
 is to proceed the march of the brigade as directed yesterday, 
 and at the same hour. 
 
 Col. Howe in posting the necessary detatchmts. on his 
 march, will place ye Light Infantry of Otway's and 
 
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 Lawrence's nearest to their camp. When Capf. Cardin's 
 oompy., who are to guard the cattle as directed yesterday, 
 passes ye furthest post given to ye Light Infantry of Olway'a 
 and Lawrence's, those company s are to return to their own 
 camp, drawing of their several detatchmts. as they pass. 
 
 Ol way's and Lawrence's regts. to hold themselves in 
 readiness to embark when ordered. Bragg's, Lasellea' and 
 Lawrenct^'s regt. are to receive provisions this afternoon 
 to 4th July. 
 
 Point Isle of Orleans, 1st July, 1759.— Lt. M'Alphin's 
 compy. of Hangers to be reliev'd by 1 Captain and 50 men 
 from ye line. Those regts. yt have baggage behind to send 
 detatchmts. for it. An ollicer from ye line to commd. ye 
 whole. 
 
 The commanding officers of ye diflerent corps will be able 
 to judge the No. of men necessary for this duty, as they 
 shou'd know by this time what quantity of baggage is behind. 
 These detaichmts. to be sent without loss of time in ye front 
 of Ansf-'^'her regt. 
 
 2nd July, Point of Orleans, 1759. — A serjt. and 15 men 
 from each regt. in camp are to parade at magazine, to receive 
 orders from an Artillery officer and remain with yt corps. 
 Each regt. to send this evening to head-qrs. a list of 5 good 
 Faschine makers if they have such. 
 
 All the birch cannoes yt may be found, are to be taken 
 care of and carried to General Townshend's qrs. 
 
 3rd July. — The regts. and corps will receive provisions 
 to-morrow to ye 8th instant. Otway's, Anstruther's, 3 
 compys. of Grenadrs., Rangers, Artillery and Carptenters at 
 6 in ye morning ; Bragg's, Monchton's and Lascelles' at 4 
 in ye evening. 
 
 3 Captains and 7 subs, with 350 men to parade to-ruonow 
 morning at 4 o'clock in ye rear of Bragg's for the Engineers. 
 They are to relieve as usual. 
 
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 The Grenadrs. to parade at the same time. Magazine 
 guard, 2 subs, and 50 men to parade at 8 o'clock in ye 
 rear of Bragg's. General's guard — Moncton, Adjutant Otway. 
 
 4th July, 1759. — Whenever rum is to be issued out to the 
 troops on acct* of the badness of the weather or their having 
 sufFer'd extraordinary fatigues, any soldier who is known to 
 have disposed of his allowance to another, or any one who 
 will make any agreement on receiving such allowance, shall, 
 by order of ye commanding officer of ye regt., be struck 
 entirely out of ye roll when rum is delivered out, besides ye 
 punishmt. which may be inflicted for such offences by a Court 
 Martial. The commanding officers of regts. are to enquire 
 in their respective regts. for some serjt. who is well qualified 
 for a Provost, and send his name and character to the 
 Adjutant-General. 
 
 If any of the Patroles from ye out-posts shou'd perceive any 
 boat or canoe newly brought over from ye other side, or hid 
 near ye shore in such a manner yt gives room to think yt ye 
 enemy is lurking in ye woods and intends it as a retreat. 
 They are immediately to give notice thereof to the officer of 
 ye next post, who is immediately to dress a proper 
 ambuscade for them, and report ye same directly to ye 
 officer of ye picqt. 
 
 5th July, 1759. — Brigadr.-General Townshend's Brigade to 
 be ready to embark at a very short v/arning ; they must leave 
 their tents standing and a proper guard to take care of them. 
 
 The line is never to turn out but when expressly ordered. 
 The qr. and other guards and out-posts to turn out to the 
 Commander-in-Chief only with shoulder'd arms, and but 
 once a day. They are to pay the usual compliments to ye 
 Brigadr.-General. 
 
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 The object of ye campaign is to compleat ye conquest of 
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 ye Comtnander-in-Cliief will enter ye colony on ye side of 
 Montreal, while ye fleet and army here attack ye 
 Governour-General and his forces. 
 
 Great sutficiency of provisions and a numerous artillery is 
 provided, and from ye known valour of ye troops, ye nation 
 expects success. These battalions have aquirud reputation 
 in ye last campaign, and it is not doubted bui they will be 
 careful to preserve it. From this confidence ye General has 
 assured ye Secretary of State in his letters that whatever 
 may be the event of ye campaign, His Majesty and ye 
 country will have reason to be satisfied with the army under 
 his command. 
 
 The General means to tarry ye business through with as 
 little loss as possible, and with ye highest regard to the 
 safety and preservation of ye troops, to yi end he expects yt 
 ye men work chearfully and dilligently without ye least 
 unsoldier-like murnmr or complaint, and yt his few but 
 
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 necessary orders be strictly obey'd. 
 
 The General purposes fortifying his camp in such a 
 manner and to put it eniirely out of ye enemy's power to 
 attempt any thing by surprise, and yt ye troops may rest in 
 security after their fatigues. 
 
 As the safety of an army depends in great measure upon 
 ye vigalaiice of ye out-guards, any officer or non-commission 
 officer who shall suffer himself to be surprised by ye enemy, 
 must not expect to be forgiven. 
 
 When any alarm is given, or when ye enemy is perceived 
 to be in motion, and yt it be necessary to put the troops under 
 arms, it is to be done without noise or confusion. The 
 Brigades are to be ranged in cder of battle by ye Brigadr. 
 Generals at the head of ye camp, in readiness to obey the 
 orders they may receive. 
 
 False alarms are hurtful in an army and dishonourable to 
 those yt occasion them. The out-posts are to be sure ye 
 enemy is in motion before they send their intelligence. 
 
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 Soldiers are not to go beyond ye out-gnards, ye advance 
 centinels will fire at all who attempt to pass beyond ye 
 proper bounds. 
 
 It may be proper to apprize ye corps yt ye General may 
 perhaps think it necessary to order 8ome of ye light troops to 
 attire before ye enemy at times, so as to draw them nearer 
 ye army with a view either to engage them to fight at a 
 disadvantage or to cut of their retreat. 
 
 The Light Infantry of ye army are to have their bayonets, 
 as ye want of ammunition may sometimes be supply'd by yt 
 weapon, and because no man shou'd leave his post under 
 preter.ce yt all his cartridges are fired. In most attacks of 
 ye night, it mu?t be rememberM yi bayonets are preferable 
 to fire. 
 
 That ye service of ye campaign may be full as equal as 
 possible^ upon ye whole. The corps shall do duty for their 
 real strength ; no change shall be made in ye 1st regulation, 
 unless any particular loss shou'd make it necessary. 
 
 Ail cattle or provisions taken by any detatchmt. of ye 
 army is to be deliver'd into ye piiblick Magazine for ye use 
 and benefit of ye whole. Mr. Ware, ye Commissary, will 
 give receipts for it. 
 
 N*» churches, houses, or buildings of any kind are to be 
 burned or destroy'd without orders. 
 
 The peasants yt remains in their habitations, their women 
 and children are to be treated with humanity ; if any violence 
 is ofTer'd to a woman, the offender shall be punished with 
 death. 
 
 If any persons are detected with robbing ye tents of ye 
 officers or soldiers, they will be, if condemned, certainly 
 executed. 
 
 The commanders of regts. are answerable yt no rum or 
 spirits of any kind be sold in or near ye camp when ye 
 
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 soldiers are fatigued with work or wet upon duty. The 
 General such refreshment as he knows will be of sorvioe to 
 them, but is determined to allow no drunkc-neas or 
 licentiousness in ye army. 
 
 If any sutler has presumption to bring rum on shore in 
 contempt of ye General's regulations, such sutler shall be 
 sent to ye Provost in irons, and his goods confiscated. 
 
 The General will make it his business, as far as he is able, 
 to reward such as shall particularly distinguish themselves ; 
 and on ye other hand, he will punish any misbehaviour in an 
 examplary manner. 
 
 The Brigadr.-Gencrals are desired to inform themselves if 
 ye orders and regulations are properly made known to the 
 soldiers of their respective Brigades. 
 
 Point of Orleans, 6lh July, 1759. — Serjt. Prentiqe, of 
 y Kennedy's regt., is appointed Provost Marshall to this army, 
 and is to be obey'd as such. * 
 
 Whenever any body of troops marches from this camp, 
 no woman are to go with them or follow till further orders ; 
 they will be subsisted here. 
 
 7th July, 1759. — Bragg's, Lascelles', Monckton's, ye Light 
 Infantry, and Rangers, are to receive 3 day's provisions 
 immediately. 
 
 Bragg's, Lascelles', Monckton's, the Light Infantry and 
 Rangers, are not to march to-morrow. 
 
 After orders, 9 o'clock. — Bragg's, Lascelles' Monckton's, 
 Light Infantry and Rangers, and ye 3 companys of Grenadrs., 
 are to hold themselves in readiness to march to-morrow at 
 10 o'clock. They are to take f their tents with them to ye 
 water side, and those yt are ntt yet provided with 4 day's 
 provisions, are to do it immediately. 
 
 8th July. — As the ships yt were tc cover ye landing cannot 
 fall down to their proper stations this day, the troops are 
 not to embark, but are to hold themselves in readiness. 
 
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 immediately, and to be relieved as usual. 
 
 General Townshend's Orders, 8th July, half-past one. — 
 The Brigade of Bragg's, Lascelies' and Monckton'^, ye S 
 company's of Grenadrs. and Light Infantry, are to strike ye 
 rear half of their streets of tents before 8 o'clock, and be 
 ready to march at eight. 
 
 After orders, 5 o'clock. — Order of march of the troops yt 
 are to embark — Light infantry, Grrenadrs. of ye 1st Brigade, 
 Grenadrs. of Louisbourg, Grenadrs. of Brigadr. Townshend's 
 Brigade, Bragg's, Monckton's, Lascelies. 
 
 All these corps to be told of into detatchments of 60 men. 
 The whole to march by ye right by files. 
 
 Montraorancie, Mondaj , 9lh July. — A subaltern and 20 
 men of ye pioqt. of each regt. is to lay in ye front of ye camp, 
 and ye ;whole line to be .eady to turn out if it shou'd be 
 found necessary. A third of each regt. and corps, except ye 
 Louisbourg Grenadrs., are to parade for work at day break, 
 and to be relieved as usual. 
 
 A serjt. and 12 of ye Grenadrs. of ye Ist Brigade to mount 
 ye General's guard immediately, and to be relieved to-morrow 
 morning at eight by ye same number of yt corps. 
 
 10th July. — A serjt. and 12 men from ye picqt. of each 
 regt. to lay in ye front of y6 camp this night. The remainder 
 of ye picqts. to be ready to turn out. 
 
 A third of ye regts. and 1st Brigade of Grenadrs. to parade 
 to-morrow as usual for work. Louisbourg Grenadrs. to work 
 as usual. 
 
 11th July. — When any men are kill'd or wounded, ye 
 officer commanding ye corps they belong to, is to report to ye 
 Adj utant-General . 
 
 Third of ye regts. and corps are to parade to-morrow 
 morning as usual. 
 
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 I'Jili .Inly. -In ordoi to prcsrrvt! tiw^ lifiiltli of ye Iroop.i, 
 
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 least, rvcry tliini day, and tlir»»uj;li sonio oarlli into tlicm 
 ilaily. I lii'V lire to bo tnado by yo front line as far advanced 
 ns ilicy (!onvcnii'HlIy can, and llio«o of y«' 2t\d line as far in ye 
 rear cf yt* wIhiU; oncanipnit. 
 
 'riif (|r. guards of ye front lino aro to be advanced at lonst 
 100 Y.«i(ls ; and, if noccsaary, art^ to liirovv iij) some little 
 \vork« to di'lcnil tluMU. 
 
 niiii;ii['s (iitMiadrs. to niounl as a i;uard in yo new redoubt 
 to-ni<;lit, and nMnain tlieir till alter break of day. 
 
 1 .serjt. and \'i from eac^li pieijl. to lay in ye front of ye 
 eanip as usual. 
 
 Third of ye ngis. and ehoirs to parade in ye morning for 
 work :i8 usual. 
 
 13ih .I(dy.— As yo eiumiy has been observed to work at a 
 baiiery on ye other side ol ye water to eaiuionade ye oainp, 
 il is necessary to extend to ye rii^hl to avoid their (ire. The 
 Li<,'ht lidaniry i*«, dierofore, to lake post in ye wood. Hragg's 
 and Mi»iu'kton's are to decamp and go lo the ground assigned 
 thcui by tlu^ (^r.-iMastcr Cienerai. Olway's arc lo occupy the 
 houses whcr(> y<' Light [niaiiiry now are. A compy. of 
 Grcnailrs. ti> enciamp in yv roiloubl ; y«^ artillery to be brought 
 close under ye hill. 
 
 Two posts to be lorlily'd, 1 beft)ro Monekton's, 1 before 
 IJragij's. A battery of G [)iece8 of cannon to be marh'd out 
 inuned lately to oppose yo enemy's fire, and as soon as it can 
 conveniently be done. Another battery of 4 guns shall be 
 immediately erected upon ye summil of yo hill over looking 
 ye fall and commantling ye ground on ye other side. 
 
 In ease wheie ye security of ye camp must be immediately 
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 spirit, ilu" G«Mi(«riil will not bo npiiring oC sueli n'lrcshtm'nt an 
 ho lliitiks will conduct' to liccping tluMn in licallli. 
 
 When any sentry of an oulposl cliullcngcs and is answered 
 *' friend," he is to say, with a clear voice, '• udvatuM? willi yo 
 countersign"; wIkmi ye person udv'nees, tim scMilry is to 
 roccivt; him in a proper posture <»f delence. Surprises may 
 be prevenied without risijning ye lives of our own soldiers, 
 
 14ili luly, Monimoi.'Meie. — The troops imving lost 
 provisions when they landed her«', and having gone through 
 some luiigue, the (reneral has orderVI iIkmu 1 day's Iresh 
 provisions. Extraordinary great care is recotneruled for the 
 future, as such indulgence will not he granted, but upon very 
 uncomuiou exigencies. 
 
 The rcgfs. and corps may send to ye Point of Orleans for I 
 woman per cempy. Tlio picqt. ot Uragg's on ye loft to be 
 reliev'd at (5 o'clock by a piccjl. ol Moiickton's. 
 
 The piccjl. of Olway's on ye right to be relieved at the 
 same liour by a picqi. ol ijascelles. 
 
 The picqt. on ye left is to be very attentive to ye opposite 
 shore, and ye Grenadr. compy. on ye redoubt is to detatch a 
 subaltern and 20 men lo be posted among ye stones to ye 
 right of this piccp. Grenadrs. for redoubt Keimedy. 
 
 Any out-post or camp guard situated within musquct shot 
 of ye enemy, are U) tak»! no notice of a general olficer, 
 
 15ih July. — It is reccomended in ye strongest manner to ye 
 commanding officers of corps to take very particular care of 
 ye ammunition. When any part of it is rendered unfit for 
 immediate service, it is to be deliver'd into ye artillery. 
 
 The 1st Brigade of Grenadrs. is to beat ye water side at 9 
 o'clock to-night with all their baggage ; when they arrive at 
 the opposite side, Capt. Leslie will provide them with carts 
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 his post with all expedition in ye best manner he can. 
 
 The troops to receive 4 day's provisions to-morrow to 20th 
 inclusive. The picqt. of Monckion is to be relieved at 6 
 o'clock by a picqt. of Otway. The picqt. of La^celles on ye 
 right to be relieved at ye same hour by a picqt. of Bragg's. 
 
 Grenadrs. for ye redoubt Lascelles. The parly at the 
 landing place to be relieved to-night by a sub. and 30 of 
 Anstruther's. 
 
 16th July. — The provisions must be moved from ye present 
 inconvenient distance to a spot under ye little redoubt, which 
 ye Assistant Qr.-Master General will pitch upon. The six 
 Grenadr. companys of ye line are to be at ye vater side 
 to-night at 9 o'clock with all their baggage ; Capt. Leslie 
 will attend on ye opposite shore and provide them with carts. 
 The party at ye landing place is to be relieved this evening 
 by a i-ub. and 30 of Monckton's. 
 
 Otway's Grenadrs. to be relieved from ye General's guard 
 at 4 o'clock this afternoon, by a serjt. and 12 of Anstruther's 
 battalion. 
 
 The Grenadrs. are not to embark this night, but wait for 
 further orders. 
 
 After general orders, 5 o'clock The relief of Otway's 
 
 Grenadrs. aod General's guard is countirmanded. The 
 picqt. of Otway's on ye left is to be relieved by a picqt. of 
 Lascelles at 6 o'clock. The picqt. of Bragg's on ye light to 
 be relieved at 6 by a picqt. of Monckton's. Grenadrs. for ye 
 redoubt this night Anstruther's. 
 
 Morning Orders, 17th July.— Otway's regt., ye Grenadrs. 
 of ye line, ye Louisbourg Grenadrs. and corps of Light 
 Infantry under Col. Howe^ are to do no duty this day after 12 
 o'clock. They are all to parade in ye front of Otway's at 4 
 o'clock this afternoon. 
 
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 Col. Howe will leave a detatchmt. of 60 men in his camp, 
 and post ye picqt. of Monckton's, now on ye right, in such a 
 manner as he thinks best for ye security of it. 
 
 17th July, 1759. — The detatchments order'd to cut 
 faschines are to have escorts of Light Infantry : notice must 
 be sent to Col. Howe in time, yt a body of men are Jo be 
 employ'd in yt service at a particular hour; and ye working 
 parly are not to go into ye woods until ye Light Infantry are 
 posted. 
 
 The General has order'd two sheep and some rum to Capl. 
 Cosnam's compy. for ye spirit they shew'd this morning in 
 pushing those scoundrels of Indians ; it is, however, 
 reccomended to the officers to preserve their people with 
 caution, least they shou'd be drawn loo far into ye woods and 
 fall into an ambuscade. 
 
 Any regt. or corps yt have left any spare ammunition on 
 board their ships, are to report it to ye Brigade Major of ye 
 day, naming the ships and specifying ye quantity. 
 
 The picqt. of Lascelles on ye left is to be relieved at 6 
 o'clock by a picqt. of Bragg's. The picqt. of Monckton's on 
 ye right is to be relieved at ye same hour by a picqt. of 
 Otway's. Grenadrs. for ye redoubt Monckton's. 
 
 The provision guard of Monckton's at ye water side is to 
 be drawn of, except a serjt. and eight, who are to go 
 immediately to the place where ye provisions now are ; this 
 guard to be relieved this evening by a serjt. and eight Bragg's. 
 
 18th July. —The usual manner of placing sentrys in a 
 wood gives ye enemy frequent opportunities of killing single 
 men at their posts. It is, therefore, order'd yt when a 
 covering party is order'd to take post in a wood, yt it be 
 divided into squads of at least 8 men in each, and placed 
 ■within convenient distances of each other, so as to be able to 
 comunicate. Half of these squads are always to have their 
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 ye strength of ye covering party will admit of it, there shou'd 
 be a reserve behind ye center, and ye partys upon each 
 extremity, shou'd be double ye No. to ye rest. 
 
 AH ye out posts are to be placed double sontrys in ye 
 night, and they are to be so near the guard yt tiiey can retire 
 to it if ailack'd. The regis, of Hragg's, Laseelles' and 
 Anstruther's, are to be under arms this evening at 5 o'clock 
 on ye ground in ye front of Ot way's. They are to receive 
 iheir orders from General Townshend. Some mollossos and 
 a gill of rum per man to be delivered to the troops this day. 
 The picqt. of Bragg's on ye left to be relieved by a picqf. of 
 Monckton's. Picqt, of Olvvay on ye right to be relieved by a 
 picqt. of Laseelles. Grcnadrs. for ye redoubt Bragg's. 
 
 19lh July. — The regts. and corps to be drawn out this 
 afternoon at 5 o'clock at their alarm posts, yl every person 
 may know whore hr is to be posted in case of an alarm. 
 
 The regts. in ye front lino to march up to ye parapit in ye 
 front. Capl. Caple with ye 2 companys in ye post upon ye 
 right, is to be drawn in yt post. Anslruther's rcgt. ordor'd to 
 support Col. Howe's corps, is to be drawn up, one half to ye 
 right of it, 1 half towards ye left, and to dress even with ye 
 rear of ye Light Infantry. 
 
 Otway's regt. to post 1 compy in each of ye two lower 
 batterys, and 40 men al ye entrenched white house. Col. 
 Flelch'^" with ye remainder of his regt. marches up ye hill 
 and dresses in a line, with his left to ye redoubt and his 
 right to ye entrenchmt. 
 
 Laseelles' regt. to form with its left to General Townshend's 
 quarters, and its right to ye house occupied by Capt. Caple. 
 Before ye regts. of ye front line march to their alarm posts, 
 they are to strike their tents and lay them flat, that ye troops 
 may be able to march with as little difficulty as possible. 
 
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 The Louisbourg Grenadr*". are to be in and about yo 
 large redoubt. The commanding oHiccrs of corps are to 
 take care to prevent ye soldiers destroying yo parapit by 
 taking out ye timber to burn. When wood is wanted, a No. 
 of men may be sent to cut it with a proper eseort to cover 
 them. Thi' imops in ye redoubts and fortify'd posts are to 
 have 70 rounds of ammunition ; they must put it in yo safest 
 place they can. Soldiers are not to be permilled to swim in 
 ye heat ofyi- day, only in ye mornings and evenings. The 
 pictjt. of Monekton's on ye left to be relieved at 6 o'clock by 
 a picql. of Otway's. 
 
 The picqt. of Lascelles on ye right to be relieved at 6 by a 
 picqt. of Bragg's. Grenadrs. for ye redoubt Otvvay. 
 
 Provisions will be deliver'd out to ye troops fo-morrow to 
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 the whole line is to repi • diwith to their allarm posts. 
 
 20th July. — The guard near ye water side are to take up 
 any soldiers yt may be seen swimming between ye hours of 
 9 in ye morning and 5 in ye evening. This order to be read 
 to ye men. 
 
 250 men to parade this evening at 5 o'clock at ye artillery 
 ground. They will receive their orders from Major M'KoUar ; 
 when Major M'Kellar has establish'd ye posts in ye front of 
 ye quarter guards, an officer and 18 men of each guard are to 
 advanced to ye post assigned them, leaving ye remainder of 
 his guard in its present post, who will be reinforced if 
 necessary. 
 
 The order of yesterday forbidding ye taking of wood from 
 ye parapit, is to be read to ye men at roll calling. 
 
 The picqt. of Otway's on ye left to be relieved by a picqt. 
 of Lascelles. Bragg's picqt. on ye right to be relieved by a 
 picqt. of Moncklon's. Grenadrs. for ye redoubt Lascelles. 
 
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 21st July. — The picqt. of Lascelles on ye left to be relieved 
 by a picqt. of Bragg's. Monokton's on ye right by one of 
 Otway's. 
 
 1 capt., 2 subs, and 50 men of Major Hardy's detatchmt. 
 to be posted in ye redoubt at night ; I sub. and 30 men of yt 
 corps to be posted every evening at ye batterys where ye 
 Grenadrs. were posted. The regis, to parade 1:3d of their 
 men for work as usual. 
 
 22nd .Tuly. — Tlie Light Infantry to be ready to march at a 
 moment's warning. The regts. and corps to send for a gill 
 of rum per man, which ye commanding officers will order to 
 be distributed in such a manner as they judge proper. The 
 picqt. of Bragg's on ye left to be relieved at 6 by 1 of 
 Monckton's. Otway's picqt. on ye right by one of Lascelles. 
 
 1 capt., 2 subs, and 50 men of Bragg's regt. for ye redoubt 
 to-night. Major Hardy's detatchmt. is to post a sub. and 20 
 on ye batterys, and a serjt. and 12 on ye point. 
 
 As it is impossible at present to move to better ground, 
 great care is to be taken to air ye tents and dry ye straw 
 and ground. 
 
 23rd July. — Lascelles to take ye post lalely occupied by 
 Anstruther's. The regts. are to take care yt ye butchers and 
 others who kill meat, always bury ye ofFall. Anstruther's 
 regt. is always to furnish any working parly upon application 
 made, with sucli a N«. of men as may be necessary to cover 
 them. 
 
 Picqt. for ye left Otway's, for ye right Bragg's. 
 
 The troops to receive provisions to-morrow to 28th 
 inclusive. 
 
 24lh July. — As fresh straw cannot be conveniently got for 
 ye troops, it is reccom mended to ye commanding officers to 
 direct ye cutting spruce bows for yt purpose. Picqt. for ye 
 redoubt Lascelles. 
 
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 The provision guard to be augmented to 16 men at night 
 and remain so till morning, at which time ye No. added may 
 return to camp. 
 
 The serjt. of this guard is to post 4 sentrys on ye beach, 
 and all pretty near one another. 
 
 REGIMENTAL ORDERS. 
 
 The commanding officer having observ'd that there is 
 much swearing and indecent language used amongst ye men, 
 such as is unbecoming gentlemen and soldiers, desires the 
 commandg. oflicers of companies to confine any man so 
 offending, and make an example of who ever is a disgrace to 
 the service in genl. and the corps he belongs to. 
 
 Mountmorency, 25th July. — Picqt. for the house Lascelles, 
 for ye right Monkton's, for ye left Lascelles, for ye redoubt 
 Monkton. 
 
 Genls. provision and Provost guards now taken by Otway's, 
 are to be reliev'd at sunset by Lascelles. Those guards to 
 be taken to-morrow by Monkton. 
 
 26lh July. — The house now occupied by the picquet of 
 Lascelles, to be taken by the mareens landed this day. 
 
 Picqt. for the right Lascelles, for the left Monckton's, for 
 the redoubt Lascelles. 
 
 One subn. and 60 of the mareens who are posted in the 
 house are to parade at the Artillery park at 4 o'clock this 
 afternoon for work. Genl. provision and Provost guards 
 Lascelles. 
 
 Ot way's and Bragg's not to parade their men for work at 
 4 o'clock. Each regt. to give one-third of their men for 
 work. 
 
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 forbids the inhuman practice of scalping, except when the 
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 are to dispose of theire men as they were directed yesterday, 
 the company which gives the pickt. every night is to furnish 
 10 men for work lo-morrow, the other 1 serjt. and 30, both to 
 parade at 4 o'clock in the morning at the Arlillery park and 
 to be reliev'd every four iiours. 
 
 Picket for the left Otway's, for the redoubt Monckton's. 
 Genls. provision and Provost guards Monckton's. 
 
 25th July. — The troops are to be ready to turn out a 5 
 o'clock this afternoon, and take their posts as shall be 
 directed. 
 
 When recover'd men join their regiments, they are to be 
 kept of duty for a week or ten days, as the surgeon shall 
 think best. Picqt. for ye left Bragg's, for the redoubt 
 Lascelles. Genls. provision and Provost guard Otway's. 
 
 The mareens to send the same number for work to-morrow 
 as this day. The troops to receive provisions to-morrow for 
 ye first of August inclusive. 
 
 Montmorency, Sunday, 29th July, 1759. — The regis, are to 
 be under arms this afternoon at 5 o'clock at the head of their 
 encampments, and to wait their till sent for to their respective 
 alarm posts. The rest of the Light Infantry returns this night 
 from the Island of Orleans to this camp. 
 
 Colonel Howe will take his former post. Anstrulher's, 
 Otway's and Lascelles' will incamp upon their former 
 ground. 
 
 Great care to be taken by the regiments within their 
 respective incampments, and in their neighbourhood that 
 all offall and filth of every kind which might taint the air, be 
 buried deep underground ; and the Genl. recommends, in the 
 strongest manner, to the commanders of corps to have their 
 camps kept clean and sweet. 
 
 Strict inquiry to be made in this camp, at the Point of 
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 and sent on board their ships. 
 
 The regimt. are not to call in their working parlies, as 
 they must exert themselves to finish the business of this post, 
 that further operations may take place. 
 
 The mareens to work as usual till they receive orders to 
 the contrary. Picket for the left Monkton's, for the redoubt 
 Otway's. Genls. provision and Provost guards Otway's, 
 Cattle guard Lascelles. 
 
 11. 0. — In case ol an alarm Capii. Spikes and tlu; Majors 
 corny, are to go in yo redoubt next the wafer. Capn. 
 Gardner's and Capn. Spittal's are to occupy the ditch of the 
 same. The commanding olficer in ye redoubt will keep a 
 reserve of a serjant and ten men in ye center of it, to 
 reinforce any part that may be particularly attacked. The 
 Lieut.-Cols. and the Genls. companys are to march into the 
 upper redoubt. Capn. Coxe's and Capn. D'Arcey's into the 
 ditch of the same. The colours are to be carried, one into 
 each redoubt, the disposition of ye men is to be the same as 
 this afternoon. 
 
 July 30th — The picqt. for the left Lasoelses, for ye redoubt 
 Bragg's. Genls. and Provost guards Otway's. Provision 
 guard Monckton. 
 
 July 31st. — Picqt. for ye left Otway's, for ye redoubt 
 Monckton's ; both those to march immediately. 
 
 Genls. and Provost guards Otway's. Provision guard 
 Monckton's. 
 
 Wednesday, Augst. 1st, 1759. — The check which the 
 Grennadiers met with yesterday, will, it is hop'd, be a lesson 
 to them for ye time to come. 
 
 Such impetuous, irregular and unsoldierlike proceeding, 
 destroys all order, makes it impossible for their commanders 
 to form any disposition for an attack, and puts it out of ye 
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 beat the French army, and, therefore, it was necessary that 
 ye corps under Brigader. Moiikton and Brigr. Townsend 
 should have time to join, tliat ye attack might be general. 
 The very first fire of the enemy was sunicient to repulse men 
 who had lost all ^^ense of order and military disipline. 
 Amherst's and the Highland regis, alone, by the soldierlike 
 and cool manner they were form'd in, would undoubtedly 
 have beat back the whole Canadn. army if they had ventured 
 to attack them. 
 
 The loss, however, is inconsiderable, and may be easily 
 repaired when a favourable opportunity offers, if yc men will 
 shew proper attention to their officers. 
 
 The Grens. of Louisbourg are to remain on ye Island of 
 Orleans till further orders. Lieut.-Col. Murray is to comd. 
 on that Island. 
 
 The comps. of Grens. of ye Batts. encamp at Montmocy. 
 are to join their regs., and those belonging U) ye icgs oi 
 Genl. Monkton's corps, are likewise to join their regiments. 
 
 The HighlanJers are to go over to yo camp. L,awrence's 
 f Grens. to join ye camp at Montmorency. 
 
 ' After tills day the men are to begin to work at six o'clock 
 in ye morning (except on particular occasions) and continue 
 till ten, then leave off till two (or perhaps three o'clock) in 
 case of excessive heat, and work from that time till six 
 or seven. 
 
 Picket for ye left Anstruther's. For ye redoubt Bragg's. 
 G-ens. provision and Provost guards Otway's, 
 
 The troops to receive provisions to-morrow to ye 5th 
 inclusive. 
 
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 commd. officer of it, at which time they can be most 
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 send a return to ye Adjutant Genl. th(! day after to-morrow 
 of their ofKcers, non-commissioned officers, and private men 
 that have been kill'd and wounded in course of the 
 campaign to ye last day of July inclusive ; specifiing as far 
 aa they can learn the day or night and place where it 
 happened, and upon what occasion; for ye lime to come 
 reports of any losses are to be made as soon as possible. 
 
 Anstruther's regt. gives no men for work to-morrow 
 morning. Brag's none in ye afternoon. Picquet for ye left 
 Lascelles, lor ye redoubt Otway's. Provision guard Olway's. 
 
 Friday, 3rd Augst. — As the Government has provided good 
 store of rum for the men, half a jill may be delivered out 
 regularly every day, and a jill when the weather is wet and 
 cold, or when the men are much fatigued with work or duty. 
 
 The ground within the three redoubts that are in front of 
 the line of battle is to be kept as clear as possible from tents 
 and other obstacles that might hinder ye movement of the 
 troops. 
 
 All horses that can be collected and that may hereafter be 
 driven in by our parties, are to be carried over to the Island of 
 Orleans, and turned to graze in ye meadows opposite to this 
 camp. Cattle that are taken must likewise be carried over 
 to that Island for the use of ye sick and wounded soldiers. 
 
 The new redoubt to be occupied this night by the Grens. 
 of Brag's. Picquet for the left, Anstruther's. 
 
 One subaltern and 20 men of Monckton's picqt. to occupy 
 the redoubt where ye whole picqt. us'd to be. 
 
 Provost guard, Otway's. Genls. guard to-morrow, Grans, 
 of Lascelses. Provision guard, Olway's. 
 
 Saturday, 4th August. — The six companies of Grends. are 
 to be under arms at six o'clock this aiternoon in ye front of 
 ye camp. The two companies of mareens are to be out at 
 exercise as often as they conveniently can, and near their 
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 Any persons to whom Capt. Fletcher and Lieut. Hamilton, 
 late of Otway's rogt., are indebted, must pend in their accts. 
 to Major Morris of ye said regiment. Persons who are 
 indebted to those oflicers, are also desir'd to accl. with 
 Major Morris. 
 
 Any person having found a double-sighted compass (maker 
 Adams,) is desir'd to return it to Serjl. Large, of Otway's 
 regiment, and he shall receive two dollars' reward. 
 
 The new redoubt to be occupied this night by the Grens. 
 of Otway's. Picket for ye left, Monckton. 
 
 Detachment of one subn. and twenty men for ye large 
 redoubt, the picket of Brag's. Detacht. of one subn. and 
 twenty men to-morrow at break of day near Capn. Ilassing's 
 post, the picqet of Otway's. 
 
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 The subs, command^, ye two detachts. from the picket, 
 are to come to headquarters this evening for orders. 
 
 Sunday, August 5th. — When a deserter comes in from ye 
 enemy, the officer who commands ye guard or post who takes 
 him up, is immediately to send him to headquarters, and not 
 permit him to be examined by any person whatsoever, until 
 he is presented to the Commander-in-Chief. 
 
 A subaltern and twenty of ye company of mareens on ye 
 right is to relieve ye parti of mareens at ye lower battery this 
 evening. The two companies are to take this duty 
 alternately. The company on ye left is always to give ye 
 serjant and nine for the Point. 
 
 In case of an alarm the officer commanding the partie of 
 twenty is to return to ye redoubt above ye battery, leaving 
 such a number with ye artillery officer as he may want. 
 
 The provision guard in yt case is also to retire to ye 
 redoubt just above ye provisions. 
 
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 Grcnnafls. for ye redoubt Anstrutlier^s. Picket for ye left 
 Lascu^llea. I)«lachf. for ye largo redoubt, 1 subaltern and 20 
 picqt. of Lascelles. Detaclit. of 1 subn. and iJO men near 
 Genl. Townsend quarn. picquet of Austrulher'n. 
 
 Capt. Porter is to reinforce this defacht. with a corpl. and 
 10 men at sunset, the latter to return to their post at break of 
 day, but ye olliecr and 20 goes to ye edge of ye hill, near 
 Hazzen'a post, and remains their till dusk ; he is to take up 
 all soldiers and others stragling beyond their posts. 
 
 Genls. guard Grennads. of Moiickton. Provision and 
 Provost guaril Otway's. 
 
 Monday, Augst. 6th. — Lascelles regiment this night 
 towards ye village of Angardean. 
 
 The Light fnfantry that are not upon duty, and that part of 
 Anstrullier's olTduty, formed in the order they wer<! last time 
 under arms, are to march to-morrow morning at 6 o'clock, 
 two or three miles to ye right into ye woods that are above 
 ye cultivated country three small parties of Rangers are to 
 lead ye files- 
 
 The battalions of Americans give no men for work this 
 afternoon, that they may be under arms at 6 o'clock to 
 exercise. Otway's gives no men to work to-morrow morning, 
 that they may have leisure to exercise. 
 
 Grennads. for ye redoubt on ye left, Monckton's. Picqet 
 for the led, Otway's. A detachment of a subaltern and 
 twenty for ye redoubt near Genl. Townsend's quarters, picqt. 
 of Brag's ; this detacht. is to follow the orders of yesterday. 
 
 Genls. guard to-raorrow Grennadiers of Brag's. Provision 
 guard and Provost guard of a corpl. and six men Otway's. 
 
 R. O. — The regiment will march by files from the left, and 
 is to be lorm'd iwo deep ; if the front is attacked, the company 
 that leads is immediately to form to ye front two deep and 
 advance upon the enemy ; the next is to do the same. 
 Inclining to ye right of the first, the next to ye left if the 
 
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 groutul will permit of it, and ho oh to yu ri^lit tinil left, 
 until an fxtennivc front is forin'd, by wliioli the tMieiiiy may 
 be surrounded. And an an attacii may be sudden, and time 
 lost in sending orders, these movement!: arc to be made in 
 such a case by the several ollicers without waiting for any. 
 If the colluinn is attackVl on ye left, the whole arc to face to 
 ye left and attack ye enemy of on ye right ye same ; if in yo 
 rear, the rear is to act as the front was ordor'd, the whole 
 going to the right about; if on ye right and left, tho two ranks 
 are to face outwards, il in ye front and rear, yo first and last 
 com|)anies front both ways. The commanding odloers of 
 companies are to acquaint their men beforehand what they are 
 to do; and lor ye execution o( ye above orders, the Lt.-Col. 
 depends upon yer judgt. and activity. The companies are to 
 march at ye distance of four yards from each other, that they 
 may have room to move and act separately if occasion 
 requires it. A subaltern and twenty men are to attend a 
 piece of cannon. 
 
 Tuesday, Augst. 7th. — The commanding ofiicers of 
 regiments and corps are to order all the tools that are about 
 their respective encampments to be carefully collected 
 together, so that whatever number they may have over and 
 above what they were ordered to receive for each regt., may 
 be immediately sent to ye artillery. Whatever soldier is 
 seen drunk, is to be struck of ye roll of those who receive 
 rum. Those orders are repeated, and is to be more strictly 
 complied with for ye future. 
 
 Grannds. for ye redoubt on ye left, Brag's. Picqet for ye 
 left Anslruther. Detacht. of one subn. and 20 for the large 
 redoubt, picqet of Monckton. Detacht. of one subn. and 20 
 for the redoubt near Genl. Townsend's quarters, picqet of 
 Otway's to follow ye usual orders till countermanded. 
 
 Genls. guard Grands, of Otway's. Provision and Prorost 
 guards, Otway's. 
 
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 Pari of ye eHecln of Capn. Klelnlior und Liout. Ilainilion, 
 lale of Olway'H re^l., lo be hoIiI to-tiiorrow ut ten o'clork in 
 the rear of yo Maid rr^t. 
 
 Wednesday, Anj^nst 8fh. — The picqet on yo left is by no 
 meuns to cut any of ye bnisli wi)od round their post, as ban 
 been hitherto practiaM. Those rej^imonts and corps that have 
 got hand-barrowR from y«' artillery, are forthwith to nMurn 
 ym as they are much wanted. 
 
 Grennads. for ye redoubt Otfway. Picqt. for ye loft 
 Monckton. A subullorn and 20 for ye large redoubt, pic(|t. 
 of Anstruthcr's. A subn. and 20 for Genl. Townsend's 
 redoubt pic(it. of Laseidles. Gonls. guard, Granadiors of 
 Anstruther's. Provision and Provost guard, Ottway's. 
 Provisions will be delivered out to the troops to-morrow to ye 
 13th inclusive. 
 
 Thursday, Angst. 9lh. — The 2 companies of Grenadiers of 
 ye Royal American Uattallions are to embark in 4 ilat 
 bottom'd boats at 6 o'clock to-morrow morning, to fall down 
 with ye tide and escort the Genl. as low as St. -Joachim, ye 
 Grenadiers to take a day's provisions with them ; this detacht. 
 returns with ye Hood ; the men are to assist ye seamen in 
 rowing. 
 
 A detacht. of Light Infantry and Brag's regt. to march 
 early to-morrow movning, three or four miles into ye woods, 
 in ye same order that Anstruther's march'd ; this corps is to 
 keep something more to ye left, and then fall down into ye 
 open country, supply themselves with pease or other greeu;<, 
 and return to camp. 
 
 Grenadiers for ye redoubt Lascelles. Picqet for ye left 
 Brag's. A subn. and 20 for ye large redoubt Ottway's. A 
 subn. and 20 for Genl. Townsend's redoubt Monckton. 
 Genls. guard Grennads. of Anstruthers. Provision and 
 Provost guards Ottway's. 
 
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 Friday, Augst. 10th. — Grenada, for ye redoubt Anstruther's. 
 Picqet for ye left Olvvay's, and subn. and 20 for ye large 
 rodoubt Anstruther's. A subn. and 20 for Genl. Townsend's 
 redoubt Lasc^^lles. Genla. guard Grens. of Monckton's. 
 Provision and Provost guard Ottvvay's. 
 
 Saturday, August lllh. — When any detacht., either sees or 
 hears notice of ye enemy, the commander must send 
 immediately advice of it to the G-enl. When ye escorts that 
 covers ye working party are posted, they are to receive ye 
 enemy in that situation until the commander thinks proper to 
 reinforce them or to call them off; in ye meantime, ye 
 working men are to gel under arms and wait for such orders 
 as the commanding officer shall think proper to give. 
 
 The Genl. was extremely surprised to pee the disorder that 
 seemed to run through ye working parly this morning, and 
 forsees that if a slop is not put immediate'y to such 
 unsoldierlike proceedings, that they may have very dangerous 
 consequences. The men fired this day upon one another, 
 fired upon ye Light Infantry, and were scattered in such a 
 manner thai a few resolute people would easily have 
 defeated them. It is, iherefore, ordered and commanded that 
 when there is any alarm of this kind, every soldier shall 
 remain at his post till ordered to march by the proper officer. 
 If any man presumes to detach himself and leave his plaltoon, 
 the officer will make an immediate example of him. 
 
 Divine service wfll be performed to-morrow morning at 
 I pasl 10 for Brag's, Monckton's, Artillery, Light Infantry 
 and Riingers. And in ye afternoon at 5 for Anstruther's, 
 Otlway's, Lascelles, Marines, and Lawrence's Grenadiers. 
 
 Grenadiers for ye redoubt Monckton. Picqet for ye left 
 Lascelses. A subn. and 20 for ye large redoubt Bragg. A 
 subn. and 20 for Genl. Townsend's redoubt Monckton. 
 Genls. guard Grens. of Brag's. Provision and Piovost guard, 
 Oltaway's. 
 
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 Any persons that are indebted to or have any demands 
 upon Lieut. Mathewson, late of Lascelles' regt., are to settle 
 ye same with Major Hussey. 
 
 Sunday, August 12th. — A return of the kill'd and wounded 
 to be given in to-morrow at orderly time, from ye Ist to ye 
 11th inst., both days included. 
 
 A return to be given in at ye same time of what 
 ammunition is wanted to compleat each regt. and corps. 
 Provisions will be delivered to ye troops to the 17th 
 inclusive. 
 
 Picqet for ye left Anstruther's. A subn. and 20 for ye 
 large redoubt Lascelses. A subn. and 20 for Genl. 
 Townsend's redoubt Oltaway. Genls. guard Grrens. of 
 Ottaway's. Provost and provision guard, Ottaway. 
 
 After orders, 10 o'clock. — Two-thirds of the men of duty 
 are to parade to-morrow at 7 o'clock ; if ye weather is 
 tolerable, are to cut brush for fascines, and will be covered 
 by two hundred Light Infantry; they are to work till 12 
 o'clock ; the remaining third of them to parade at two and to 
 work till' seven ; those last, as ye brush will be carri' d near 
 to the camp, will be only covered by a party of their own 
 people. 
 
 Monday, Augst. 13th. — The Genl. has order'd five guineas 
 to be given to the sentry of Ottaway's for taking an Indian 
 alive, whose business it was to surprise some negligent sentry 
 and assassinate him. 
 
 When a small party of Volunteers of any regiment are 
 inclined to lay in waite during the night for ye small 
 reconnoitring parties which ye enemy may push towards the 
 camp, the Genl. will give them leave to try it ; and if any 
 soldier kills an Indian or takes him alive, (which is still 
 more difficult), he shall be handsomely rewarded. Those 
 parties should not consist of above 14 or 16 men, unless 
 where a subn. commands, and, in that case, they may be of 
 twenty or twenty-five men. 
 
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 When the soldiers are not employed in work, they are lo 
 dress and clean themselves, so as to be underarms, and upon 
 all occasions in the most soldierlike manner. 
 
 Each regiment and corps are to parade a man of a tent 
 to-morrow morning at six in ye rear of Monckton's with their 
 arms and ollicers in proportion to iheir numbers ; they are lo 
 go out for garden slull" and are to be covered by that part of 
 the five picqets of ye line which is not upon immediate duty ; 
 the whole lo be under ye comd. of Major Morris, lield-ollicer 
 of ye picqet. 
 
 Grans, for ye redoubt Otway's. Picqet for ye left Moncklon. 
 Sub. and 20 for ye large redoubt Monckton. Sub. and 20 
 for Genl. Townshend's redoubt Anstrulher's. 
 
 Genls. guard, Grens. of Lascelles. Provision and Provost 
 guards, Otway. 
 
 Tuesday, August 14th. — Capt. Porter's companies of 
 Grens. and Capn. Coleback's company of Marines are to 
 hold themselves in readiness to pass over to the Island of 
 Orleans to relieve the Grennadiers of Louisbourg in the duty 
 there. 
 
 Grens. for ye redoubt Lascelles. Picqet for the left and the 
 large redoubt, Brag's. A subn. and 20 for Genl. Townshend's 
 redoubt Monckton's. Genls. guard, Grans, of Anstrulher's. 
 Provisions and Provost guard, Oltaway's. 
 
 Wednesday, August 15th. — Picqet for ye large redoubt and 
 left Otway. Subn. and 20 for Genl. 'I'ownsend's redoubt 
 Bragg's. Genls. guard, Grens. of Monckton. Provision and 
 Provost guards, Otway's. 
 
 Any soldier who passes the out-sentrys on any pretence 
 whatever, shall be brought lo a Court-Martial and punished. 
 The recruits and awkward men of each compy. to be out at 
 exercise this afternoon. 
 
 Thursday, Augst. 16th. — As the enemies light troops are 
 continually hovering about ye camp in hopes of surprising 
 some small guard or soRie of ye sentries, it is necessary to be 
 
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 extreamly vigilent on duty. The out posts and guards in ye 
 redoubts are never to have leas than tho third of thoir men 
 under arms, and for an hour before day, and at leas' hr'f an 
 hour after broad day light, the whole are lo be under arn./i. 
 
 The regiments are to give in returns to the Major of 
 Brigade of the number of smiths, masons, carpeulcis, 
 bricklayers, mynors and sawyers, in their corps. 
 
 I^ieqet for ye large rctloubl and left, Laacelles. A subn. 
 and 20 for Genl. Townsend's redoubt, Ottaway's. Genls. 
 guard, Grens. of Bragg's. Provision and Provost guard, 
 Oil a way's. 
 
 After Orders. — Grrens, for ye redoubt, Monckton. ['rovisions 
 to be delivered to-morrow to ye 2l8t. 
 
 A third of ye men '»1 duty to parade to-morrow morning 
 at 6 o'clocl\ lor work. 
 
 Friday, Augst. 17th. — Mr. Camer(.n, volnntier in ye Light 
 Infantry, of Genl. Fjaseelles' regt,, having distinguished 
 himself in a reniarkabh^ manner in ye defence of a house 
 with only a serjl., corpl. and IG men of Lascollet.' Light 
 Infantry, against a body of savages and Cannadians greatly 
 superior in number. The Genl. has ordcr'd yt ye first vacant 
 commission in ye army be given to Mr. Cameron, in 
 acknowledg't of his good conduct and very gallant 
 behaviour. 
 
 A flanking party of Genl. Brag's regt. command'd by a 
 serjt. distinguished themselves upon ye same occasion, and 
 baiSten'd to the assistance of their friends with verry great 
 spirit. 
 
 Some detachts. are to take post down this coast to prevent 
 the enemy from getting in their harvest. 
 
 Picqt. for ye large redoubt and left, Anstruther's. Grens. 
 for ye redoubt, Bragg's. A subn. and 20 lor GcnI. 
 Townshend's redoubt, Lascelles. Genls. guard, Grens. of 
 Ottaway's. Provision and Provost guard, Ottaway's. 
 
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 SiitnrduN, Ani^si. ISili.— 11 a st)l(li(>r |)iiM»muI>* to tlispnio 
 tho rtullioi iiy o| ail ollicfc ol" iiny otIuM corps iindof \vh«>s«» 
 (•t>nim:in'I lif is, and it any soldier prt'siuui's lo nsr any 
 iiidciMMil hui!»n!»i;f lo ilu* iinu-coniiuissioiit'd ollieors ol Imh 
 own, Of t>l any ollirr tMips, sucli solilicis sliall In* piitiiiistiM 
 in an cxainpl iiy iiianiu'r. 
 
 and I'orps cxi-cpl llic |,ii,dil lidnnliy air It) !)«• lit 
 
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 tlu»ir alarm po>ls at ;"> llii> rvi'iiiiiii;. 
 
 Mr. r.'iUT llu" l'a.v-.Mas|i'r-Uriil. wid, upon apluMlion, 
 givi' lo lai-li i««i;i. ol yr c.-lablislil. ol 700, jC.')00 (pounds) ; 
 and U' llir ii'i; s. ol a 1000, JC700 (pounds). 
 
 Diviui" si'iviiH" will be |)(ilomiiHi lo-iiiorrow al 10 oV^lork 
 in yr lorcnooii in \r rear of Mom IvioiTs, lv> llu- liii;lit Inlaniiy, 
 Raij^ris, nia:;L;'s, iMoiu-Uunr?. and llu Aildi. ry. Al l in \o 
 alli'nioon to Lasci-Ilr-i, < )iia\\ ay's, An-<liwilu'r\s and yo 
 Marin<'s. 
 
 (litsK. |.)r Ihr rodoubl, Dllaway's. I'l. tp, lor ye lar,^'t• 
 rcdouln and IfH, M«'iudiloii. Siil)n. and 20 lor (ieul. 
 TownsluMid's ri-ili>ul)i, Ansirutlu'r's. 
 
 A subii., siMjI., corpl. and 20 mumi ol MoncU on's willi n. 
 sorjl and 10 oi Ouaway's lo iciicvc vf nianni's al suiiscl, 
 who aic po>U'il on \r io\v<'r l^allcry on ye poMil ; ihiv diHv lo 
 he iloiif l)v yo liiu' sind \v conipy. ol Mariin-s ilicmalcly. 
 
 (uMils. i^ininl, CJri'iis. oi AnsUullicrV. l'ro\ isiiMi and 
 Provost i,'uurd>, Oil away 's. 
 
 'I'lir remain't!; rllfcis ol (!ap!. Kflclicr, la!c ol ( )iia\vay\s, 
 are ti' he st)ld ai y iuNui ol lliai n'^1. lo-r.-crrow al lOo'clock. 
 
 MoiUinoroni'v, Aii^'sl. IDlli. — A sul)n. and 20 lor Goal. 
 TownsemPs redonbl, Hrajjf's, 
 
 This ollicor is only !•» send a srrp. and i'i:^til lo Ihr post 
 near Cap'. lla/.i'n\s on yr ot\i:^v oi ihc hill in yc morning, ami 
 is to rt I'n with ye rest to camp. 
 
 Augsl. 20ih. — llany won. an rclnset; lo serve as a nursr m 
 the hospital, or altrr being there leaves it without being 
 
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 rrguliuly tliNiinHM hv ordor «'l \\u\ dirrclor, slio >-h\\\\ hr 
 dtriick <)(' ilir provision roll ; mikI 11 ioiiiul tillcru .irds in iiiiy 
 ol tlM> t'litnpH, hIi.'iII hr liinril out iiiniicilJMti'ly. 
 
 Moiiiino'v, Angs. 2lsi. — Two woimimi |ii'i (MMii|inny will 
 1)«^ iillowM in oiirli »'!nn|>, v r«'s! mii'^l l>f inimr li ildy 
 NiMil luitk to y<' I'oini ol ()rloMn>»; .t'.,i\ miy worn oi wllo 
 rcMniiis will l>«' I'oiilinrd Im disolifdic'icc ol oidirs. 
 
 Aiijk^si. iJJiid. ){.(). Tins. Dmliy iind (iror^f MvciHori 
 iltivin^ licliiivM in ;i >ciOidil<MiM mikI iinsnldicrliKi' iiDoinrr 
 U|ion tlii'ii po^l I isi ni:;lii. I'lii' lir; I kiy ^w<M>:uiini.<; oiil mid 
 riii.ij^ Ins pn-cc, :ind holi Uy jL^'iviti;;^ Uk' ni'>sl < vidciil ImKimiw 
 ollt'ir ; il is the ('nlV. oidrs tli.ii iln-y -liiill Mdiiid Jin hour 
 at y<' iu<(M"-siiry lioilsr, i atli willi ;i woioiiii'h ciip upon Ink 
 lli'ild lllis rviMlilu^, !i'J :i Mruull piiiiislmudl |i>i (lie dishonor 
 dit Y li:ivr liioiirlit upon \l\r coipK loid llicir Itnidicr ,'<ildi<-m. 
 
 'IMicy .wc lot dir liiltnr lo iiiincli in dc ln>iii ul :dl p;iilir'pi 
 wiIIkmiI ;i ;piiin ol powdi'i in dii n imci'tn, wIicic ili'-y ni;iy 
 liMvr die i>ppoil iiiiily I • wipi' ol lli>' iii|;niiv dn'y imw liiy 
 under, iind wlicir iiiiy ciivVMidirc will In- iiioiic<li,i'i'!y 
 piinisJiM III ilic iiiosi ('xiiiiplii V ni:iiiiii-r. 
 
 'I'lic coiii'ij;. ollicrr . lite ii"i siippi si- dine is iiiiddni niiiii 
 ill liio ri'i»l. who IS ;ilr,iid <>| iho l''irMcli or dicii coiiN'iupi ihjn 
 iillit's; hill il tlu'ir slioiild he ;ii)v siii'h, llit-y .ir'- dcMir'd lo 
 ^j^ivr dirii n.inics iiiio die Adjl., dial llicy may Ix piopi-rly 
 posted ill liiii' <'l -eivice. 
 
 Aiif^sl. .5;5rd, \i, ( ). A serp. and IH vuliiiii ieiM an? 
 wanh'd lo i;i' oiil lo ni;j;ii!. The ariiiH and aiiitiiiinitioii lo he 
 n<vis(>d ut A alter lour this afli^rtiooii. 
 
 At T) the (Quarter- Master will <leliver hiU!|<shol to iIk* 
 oHic(<rs and non-eominisHii)ned olfKvr-, and a iiiiiiil er ol 
 car*ridfj;es to con pleic die pouches and (;!irt<>ii(;li hoxcs «i| 
 ei\cli company, the scijciinis L(iviiifj; a reliirti ol llie nntiiher 
 "wunling lor that purpose. 
 
 AugHt. 24tli.— I'rovisioiiH will he. delivered out lo-morrow 
 to the 291 h AuL'at. 
 
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 R. O. — A serjt., corpl. and 10 of the picqt. with the 
 hatchet and camp colourmen with arms to attend the 
 Quarter-Master at 3 o'clock. 
 
 Montmorency, Augst. 25th. — The out-posts and guards are 
 to be more careful for the future in sloping all soldiers who 
 are found attempting to slip by them. 
 
 [t has been observed that fascines have been taken from 
 the place where they were deposited by order, and that 
 pickets have bet n taken out ol the freezing of the redoubts, 
 any soldier iliat is found guilty will be severely punished. 
 Women are also forbid this practice. 
 
 A corporal and six men with their camp colours ana five 
 days provisic ns, with 2 tents, are lo go over to Orleans 
 immediately 
 
 Divine service at the same place and the same hour as 
 last Sunday. 
 
 AugsT. 26th. — The t-flects ot Lieu'. Kennedy, lata of 
 Monckton's battain,, to be sold lo-morrow ai 10 o'clock ai ye 
 head of said regt. 
 
 As the cnmdg. officer supposes that all ye officers and men 
 are equally ready to march whenever the service requires it, 
 he will for the future, whenever a voluntier party of any 
 number is wanting, send those who are next for duly. 
 
 Moni'y, Augst. 27th.— Two subs, and GO of the Highlanders 
 are to take post under the command of Lt.-Col. Murray. 
 
 August 28lh. — Provisions to be served out to-morrow to 
 ye 2nd of Sept. 
 
 August 29th. — R. O. — A corporal of a company with the 
 recruits and awkward men to be out to exercise this afternoon 
 from four to five in some convenient place by the waterside. 
 
 Sept. 1st, 1759. — The surgeon is to parade all the sick 
 immediately, and have them ready to embark at 11 o'clock. 
 The woemen are to be ready to embark at the same time. 
 
 
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 Monckton's regiment is to embark this night at 9 o'clock ; 
 the commanding officer to come to headrjuarters for his 
 orders at four o'clock this afternoon. 
 
 The regiments and corps are to embark their sick and 
 wounded, women and heavy baggage this morning at 11 
 o'clock. The Quarter-Masters and camp cf)lourmen are to go 
 down to the waterside before that time to receive their 
 boats and take care of their baggage. N.B. — By heavy 
 baggage is meant such only as the officers can do 
 without for the remainder of ye campaign. 
 
 R. 0. — The Li.Col. recommends it to the several officers 
 to send every part of their baggage which they can possibly 
 dispence with on ship board, thai they may have as little 
 incumbrance as possible for ye future. Whenever the regt. 
 moves about will be appointed to receive it at the same time 
 that the sick are embark'd. 
 
 Two boats will be appointed at 9 o'clock this evening for 
 each regiment : one to take the baggage that will not be 
 absolutely necessary on board the transport appointed for the 
 regiments anJ corps ; the other to carry the necessary heavy 
 baggage to Point Levy. The Quarter-Masters and camp 
 colourmen to attend at ihe beach, their to receive their 
 instructions from the Quarter-Master Genl. 
 
 The picqets of the line to lay in the iront of the camp in 
 such a manner as the Brigadier of the day shall direct. The 
 field-officer to post them, except a subn. and 20 of Monckton's 
 who are to relieve that part of the picqet advanced on the 
 left, at the usual hour. The pickets not to go out till 12 
 o'clock. 
 
 R. 0. — As it is to be hop'd that ye enemy will attack at 
 in our post, and as every advantage may be expected from 
 such an attack if the troops are alert in getting to their 
 alarm posts. 
 
 It is Col. Hale's orders that neither officer nor soldier put 
 of their shoes, coats, or any part of their cloaths while they 
 
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 remain in their camp. The bell tents and drums, except one, 
 are to be sent of this night. Every man is to load with two 
 balls, and to have their arms with them in their t^nts, taking 
 partinular (rare to keep thetn dry and provent anoidenls. 
 
 9 at >figl)l. — The tonts olCvory company are to l)e struck 
 at lialf an lionr at'lcr oiio, and every ihinii[ is to be rernov'd, 
 that may give any appearance ol' the regiments being on the 
 ground. 
 
 Tliu Grcniiadiers and Battallion companies are to march 
 into the redouble according to their former order — carrying 
 their lenls, blanUeis, knapsackrs, &c., with ihem, and are to 
 keep themselves (tarel'uily conceiled. 
 
 The pomg. olHcer-i of (!<)mpanies will take care yl this 
 mntitin is made wiiii as liitle noise and as inucii dispatch as 
 possible. 
 
 Sunday, Sept. 2n(l. — The tents dC all the corps are to be 
 slniek this evcn'g when d >uk, and carried down at 8 o'clock 
 to the hoals on the beach nnder Anslruther's regt. Their will 
 be boat'i' HssignMio each cor;):* to ra'ry them oil"; these boats 
 must b:' unloaded at Point Levi before high water, yt they may 
 return with ye el)b. A proper odicei will attend iljeai. 
 
 The troftps will march !o-iriorrow morninir and embark for 
 Point l,evi ; th • si:^nal ['■tr yr moving will be the burning of a 
 barn before l^rigr. Townshend's house. Those detachs. that 
 occupy houses aro, when they evacuate ym, to leave small 
 parties, which is to set them on fire, and then join ye 
 main body. 
 
 Bra<Tg's regt. to march first, and will he directed by Brigr. 
 Townshend's ; Lascclles next, then Au'^trnther's, and lastly, 
 Oltaway's. These three regts. are to take the road behind 
 Anstruther's camp ; the Howitzers to be carried down with 
 Lascelles. 
 
 Col. How's Light Infantry will form the rear guard ot the 
 whole according to the particular instruck's given him. 
 
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 When the troops are drawn up on ye beach, they are to leave 
 an between Lascelles and Anstruther's for ye Light Infantry. 
 
 The regis, arc to repair to their alarm posts al 12 o'clock 
 to-night ; thry an- to conceal themselves entirely after 
 daylight, i^o as to try to Induce the enemy to attack them. 
 They arc to observe this direction to ye very moment the 
 signal I is made. As Ottawa* 'h rcgt. have the large redoubt 
 and ye Grens. redonbt in their alarm posts, they are to send a 
 picqet to the (orriier and ye Grent<. to the latter, immediately 
 after dusk. 
 
 Lascelles' regl. is to senrl, as soon as it is dark, a subn. 
 and 20 to the lower battery ; this officer is to conceal his 
 people after day ligli', and to join his rcgt. when he perceives 
 thi y are on yrm.'irch lo the beach. No fires to he made by 
 the men in their ahirm posts; all dogs to be sent off with ye 
 tents. Provision guard, Lascelles; they are to join ye 
 officer posted on the battery in ye morning when lie marches 
 to his regt. Provost guartJ, Ottaway's, to march and embark 
 with ye regt. 
 
 Anstruther's Grens. continue on the Genls. guard. The 
 party on the right to pn veni stragling, are lo leturn to camp 
 at dusk. Loose boards which have been used in the camp, 
 are to be burnt, but no fires to be seen at midnight. 
 
 Sept. 3rd, 1759. — Proper guards must be placed in ye 
 front and on the flanks of the new camp. 
 
 The whole body <{ L'ght Intnnlry are to receive their 
 orders from Col. Howe. The dctachs. of Light Inlantry that 
 composed Capi. Cardin's (Garden's) company are to join 
 their respective corps, 
 
 Sept. 4th. — The Light Infantry, Brag'.-, Otta way's, Latcelles, 
 Anstruther's, Louisbourg Giens. and Monckton's Grens., are 
 to march to-morrow at 4 in the afternoon ; they are to receive 
 their orders from Brigr. Murray. The part of those corps 
 that are to remain, are to encamp on the ground occupied by 
 
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 On board ihe Southerland, Friday, Sept. 7lh. — Brigr. 
 Monckton's Brigade consists of the bats, of Amherst, 
 Lawrences and Kennedy's. 
 
 Brigr. Townshend's Brigade — Brag's, Fiascelles, and the 
 Highlanders. 
 
 Brigr Murrey's Brigade — Ottaway's, Anslruiher'n, and the 
 Gren!". of Louisbourg. 
 
 When the army is form'd in 2 lines, the second Brigade 
 makes the second line. 
 
 When the army is in a single line, every regiment or corps 
 is !o havp a fourth part in reserve, about 200 paces in ye rear. 
 When a Brigade or Battalion is in order of battle in ye 
 neighbourhood of any house, copse or strong ground, either 
 in his front or upon his flank, care must be taken to throw a 
 delacht. into it. 
 
 The Light Infantry have no fixt post in the order of battle, 
 they will be thrown upon one or other of the wings, with a 
 view to take the enemy's flank or rear if occasion ofler'd. 
 
 The Genl. is too well acquainted with the valour and 
 good inclination of the troop to doubt their behaviour; tliey 
 know the enemy they have to deal with — irregular, cowardly 
 and cruel. A little vigilance, however, is necessary to 
 prevent surprises ; the corps must keep together, must not 
 disperse and wander about the country ; the enemy will 
 soon find that the artillery and musketry of this chosen body 
 is sufficiently formidable. When the coast has been examined 
 and the best landing place is fixt upon, the troops will be 
 ordered to disembark perhaps this night tide. 
 
 The five following battalions are to hold themselves in 
 readiness to go into ye flat-bottomed boats, 60 in each boat, 
 besides officers, viz. : Amherst's, Kennedy's, Ottaway'g, 
 Anstruther's, and Col. Murray's corps of Grens. 
 
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 DISTRIBUTION OF VF. Fr,AT-BOTTO>f RD nOATS. 
 
 Amlicr.'^t's , , , 6 
 
 Kennorly's 4 
 
 Ottaway's S 
 
 Anstrnthfr's , 6 
 
 Murray's Grens (j 
 
 Total. 30 
 
 H their bo mor" men iti any ("orp!* ihan these boats can 
 hold, acc()rdiii:f to \hv regulation of 50 to a boat, they are to 
 remain in the ships till I'lirtlier orders Irom Hrigr.-Genl. 
 Monclilon, H'lio has Hrigr.-^jiinil. Murrey under hini. 
 
 One hundred ol th(> Light Infantry under Major Hussoy's 
 coninrand, fro.ii on board the Soutiierland, will be put in 
 each of til!' arMieil vessels wli-n Brigr. Monckton's eorps 
 move!:;. 
 
 It is intended that the Hunter sloop, the tirrned sloops, the 
 flouting batteries shall a>^i; •mjiany the; nal-bollorned boata 
 when they take ye troops on board. 
 
 The trorps ordered for embarkation are to carry two day's 
 provisions with tliem, which they are to receive immed'y. 
 
 Al anchor at Cape Kou^e, 8th Sept. — The Laurel tran^sport, 
 with ye lioyal American Uatn. on l)oard, and the Eden and 
 Mary with ye Light Infantry, are to proeeeil with the next 
 tide under the convoy of ye Hiniter sloop opposite to ye 
 Pointe-aux-Trcmbles and come to an anchor their ; two long 
 boats with ye short 12-pounders on board, are to go with 
 these vessels to increase the number of their bouts, and to 
 enable the commandg. ollicer to put on an appearance of 
 intending to land at that point ; the commander will receive 
 further instructions from ye Genl. 
 
 The five battallions are to embark in the ilat-bottom'd 
 boats, so as to be in readiness to put off with the first of the 
 morning'* flood. Capt. Shad will be so good to conduct 
 
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 llieiu so so* to iirrivi' a' the landing place about an hour and 
 u-hair hflort' high water. H" yp tw(? Moating bu'terie>» cannot 
 ket'|) lip, ( apl. Shad wiP onh'r Hornc of yc bof^t rowinij boats 
 to luk" them in tow. 
 
 When Col. Voiint,' perceives that Hriyr. Monckion's corps 
 is landed, he will lull dctwii «)pposiie to ye place, and 
 cn.leavour thai his people and llu; lji<>;hl Inlantry may be put 
 on »<horti at low water if it can be dune. 
 
 The Ann FJizahelh with IJragi('i* rogt. on board, aiul the 
 VViirtl with Lascelles, are to full up afHT ye Uat-bottomM 
 boats and anchor opposite to ye landing place, so that yo 
 (lat-bottornM boats may en<lenvoiir to land them tht> same 
 time, or if yt caniud l)e done, at low water. 
 
 'I'he dt'barcation of these troops and those under Col. 
 Voung is to he dirccli'd l)y (Joni. 'Pownshend. 
 
 'I'hf r<'st ol the troops will lall up and jovn tlie army ye 
 next lh)iid. The King's (^Commissaries are on board tlie 
 Emph)yment Transport which has provisions on board. 
 
 'I'he Ailventuro transport is to be converted into an 
 hospital ship, and will be distinguished by hoisting colours 
 al her lure-top-mast-head. 
 
 liJth Sept., At an(!hor at Tape Rouge. — The iroo|)s on 
 sliore, except ye Light Infantry and Americans, are to be 
 upon ye beech to-morrow morning al 5 o'clock in rediness to 
 reimbark. The Light Infantry and Americans will embark 
 at eight o'clock. The detachts. of Artillery are to be put on 
 board the armed sloops this day. 
 
 The troops are to hold themselves in readiness to land and 
 attack ye enemy, as the LeostafT and ye Squirrel, frigates, 
 are order'd to follow the flat-bottom'd boats; the troops 
 belonging tu these ships aie to remain in thetn. 
 
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 OI8TRIUUTION Oi-' Y K KL AT* BOTTOMED IIOAT.s To KMUAKK IKOOI'S. 
 
 Sterling Cusllc "i j To lake in 50 iiumi each of Brayg'^ 
 
 Uublii) 3 > rcgt. out of ye Ann Kli/>ili('lli 
 
 Alculo 1 ) triinr«|)ort ins'ti'ad of Aiiilierst's. 
 
 ,, , , , ) To tjikf ill Kcniu'dv's oi 
 
 i hmpio 111 triuis'i. 
 
 I'o laki' in ('ol Howe's (iorps ol" 
 liiijlit lnl;uitry out of ye Kilen 
 and Mary iraiiH't. 
 
 Centurion 2 > To t;tke in An^^lrulli'T's out oi' ye 
 
 Slire\v.sl)ury I) (ieorgc 
 
 To tukt' in lia^^('.(■ll<'s' re;i»i. in 3 
 hoais out olyt' VViird, and fifty 
 of ye Koyai Ain'n Grens. in ye 
 
 fixlii lioat. 
 
 Vanguard 4 
 
 Tridenl 4 
 
 Med way 2 
 
 Captain , • 4 
 
 Tile remains to be taken into ilit; boats of ye fleet, two 
 
 hundred Hi^'lilaiiders of wliieli Capl. Le>lie'!j scliooner takes 
 
 50 Irom ye Ann Klizabelh. The remaining lijO Highlanders 
 
 in ihe VVard lranj«port will be taken in by the lollowing 
 
 boal^ : 
 
 Sutherland > long boat 40 
 
 Aleide'^ (h) 40 
 
 Medway do 40 
 
 /Admiral's (lat-boal 15 
 
 Sutherland's eutter 15 
 
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 Total. 
 
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 to b(; 
 
 less to 
 ibark 
 
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 jates, 
 
 troops 
 
 SHIP^ THAT CAKRV TROOPS IMMKDI ATELY Afc'TKR 
 
 HOTTOMED BOATS. 
 
 . 150 
 
 YE FLAT- 
 
 LeoftaiV, Frigate... , 300 of Amherst Regt. 
 
 Sijuirrel 240 of lionisbourg Grenadrs. 
 
 Sea Horse 350 Highlanders. 
 
 Hunter, Sloop 120 do. 
 
 Throe Armed Sloops 200 of Light Inlantry. 
 
 Laurel, Transport . ... 400 lloyal Americans. 
 
 Adventure, Transport 400 Otway's. 
 
 Ordinance Vessel with tools and Artillery men. 
 
 150 Highlanders to be removed from the George, transport, 
 into the Sea Horse, frigate. 100 Highlanders to be removed 
 
 
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 from ye Aim Elizabeth, transpoil, into ye Sea Horse 
 to-morrow morning afier the reembarkaiion of the first body 
 ot troops from Brigar. Monckton's corps. 
 
 ORDER OF THE TROOPS L\ VE LINE OF iJOATS. 
 
 No. of Boats. 
 
 8 1st Light Infannfry lead. 
 
 6 2. Rragi,''s Regt. 
 
 4 3. Kennedy'?. 
 
 5 4. Lascelles. 
 
 6 5. Aiis^trulher's. 
 
 1 Plal, and the Men-of-VVar's boats 
 
 — detacht of Iligiilanders and ye 
 
 Total, 30 Flal-Bottom'd. American Gren.s. 
 
 C;ipl. ^had has review'd the Genls. directions in respect to 
 yt order in w'cli ye troop move and arc to latid, and no 
 offieer ransi attempt i(^ make the lea:l alteration or interfere 
 with Capt. Shad's particular province, least as ye boats move 
 in ye night there be coniusion and disorder among them. 
 
 The lrooi)s will go into ye boats about 9 o'clock to-«norrow 
 night, or when it is pretty near high water; but the Naval 
 ollicers cotnmandg. ye dilierenl divisions of boats will 
 apprize them ol ye fittest tirae to land ; as their will be a 
 necessity for remaining some part of the night in the boats, 
 the officers will |)rovide accoidingly, and the soldiers shall 
 have a giU ot rum extraordinary mixed with their water. 
 
 Arms, ammunition, and 2 days' provision, with their 
 rum and water, is all ye soldiers are Lo take in ye boats. 
 Their ships, with their blankets, tt.us, necessarys, and so 
 forUi, will ^oon be up. 
 
 SIGNALS. 
 
 1st. For the fiat-bottom'd boats with ye troops on board to 
 rendevouz a breast of the Sutherland, between her and ye 
 South Shore, keeping near. 1 light in ye Sutherland's 
 main-top-mast shrouds. 
 
 2nd. When they are to drop away from ye Sutherland, 
 she will shew two lights in the main-torvmast shrouds, one 
 over the other. 
 
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 The men are to be quite silent, and wiien Ihey aie about 
 to land, must not upon any account, fire out of ye boats. 
 
 The officers of ye Navy are not to be interrupted in their 
 part of duty ; they will receive their orders fronn ye officer 
 appoint'd to superintend the whole, to whom they are 
 answerable. ' 
 
 Officers of Artillery and detachmts. of gunners are put on 
 board the armed sloops to regulate their firt^, that in ye hurry 
 our troops may not be hurt by our Artillery. Capi. York and 
 ye officers will be particiilarly carelul to distinguif-h the 
 enemy and to point their fire against i.iern. 
 
 The frigates will not fire till broad day light, so that no 
 mistake can be made. The officers ecr^manding the floaling 
 batteries will receive particular order-, frotr. the Genl. The 
 troops to be supplied to-morrow with provisions to the 14th. 
 
 Wednesd;ay, Sept. 12th, Cape Rouge. — The ei,t<mies' post 
 is now divided ; great scarcity of provisions in their ^ amp ; 
 a universal discontent among the Canadians ; the second 
 officer in command is gone to Montreal or M. John's, which 
 gives reason lo think that Genl. Amherst i.* advancing into 
 the colony. 
 
 A vigorous blow struck at this juncture may determine the 
 fate of Canada. Our troops below are ready to join, as all 
 the light artillery and tools are embarked at the Point Levy, 
 and the troops will land where the French least expect it. 
 The first body that gets on shore is lo march directly to ye 
 enemy, and drive ym from any little post t'ley may occupy ; 
 the officers must be careful that the s^^ucceeding do not by any 
 mistake, fire on those who go on before them . The battallions 
 must form upon the 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 march on and 
 endf'Bvour to bring the French and Canadians to battle. 
 
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 The officers and men will remember what iheir country 
 expects from them, and what a delermincd body of soldiers 
 inured to war are capable of doing against five weak French 
 bats, mingled with disorderly peasantry. The soldiers 
 must be atliMitive and obedient to ye officers and resolute 
 in ye execution of their duty. 
 
 Camp before -Quebeck, Friday, 14th Sept. — The Genl. 
 officers remaining fit to act take ye tarlit-st opportunity to 
 express* ye praisi; which is due to the conduct and bravery of 
 ye troops ; and ye victory which attended it sufficiently 
 proves ye superiority which this army has over any number 
 of such troops as they engagM yesterday. They wish the 
 person who lately command'd tliern had survived so glorious 
 a day, and had this day been able to give the troops their 
 just encomium. The fatigues which the troops wili be oblig'd 
 to undergo to reap the advantage o/ this victory, will be 
 supported with :i true spirit, as this seems to be the period 
 which will determine in all probability our American labours. 
 
 The tioops are to receive a gili of rum per day, and will 
 receive fresh provisions the day after to-morrow. 
 
 The regts. and corps lo give in returu.s of ye killed and 
 wounded yesterday and ye strength of their corps. The 
 pioneers of the different regis, to bury ye dead ; the corps are 
 to send all their tools not immed'y in use t(j the Artillery 
 park. All French papers or letters found are desir'd to be 
 sent to headquarters. No soldier to presume to slrole beyond 
 the out-posts. Arms that cannot be drawn are to be fired 
 into the swaiTip near headquarters. The Admiral has 
 promised ye continuance of all ye assistance which ye Naval 
 service can spare to ease ye troops c>r ye fatigues which ye 
 further operations will require of us. Genl. Townshend has 
 ye satisfaction to acquaint the troops yt Genl. Monckton's 
 wound is not dangerous. 
 
 After Orders, 6 o'clock. — Col. Burton, Col. Frazer, Col. 
 Welch, are orderM by Genl. Townshend to act as Brigr. 
 Generals. 
 
 
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 5rigr. 
 
 The Army Brigaded as follows : 
 
 1st Brigade. — Louisbourg Grens. and Monckton's battaln. 
 incorporated. Webb's and Lawrence's commanded by Brigr. 
 Burton. 
 
 2nd Birgade. — Amherst's, Kennedy's, Anstruther's, and 
 Frazer's, commanded by Brigr. Frazer. 
 
 3rd Brigade. — Bragg's, Otway'3, Lascelles', commanded 
 by Brigadier Welch. 
 
 The above disposition of ye troops is made for ye present, 
 which after ye lossf of so many valuable officers appears to 
 him on whom ye command has devolved, and the officers 
 who are now to act as Brigadrs. as the best, for ye good of the 
 service; and lie trusts yt no rogl. will think itsell aggreived in 
 point of rank, as the present state of ye regfs. would not 
 admit of making the rank of ye regiments, the first 
 consideration in forming ye Brigades. 
 
 Camp beiorc Quebeck, Sept. 17tli. — Complaints having 
 been made that great disorders have been already committed 
 in ye neighbourhood of ye cnmp by ye soldiers which has 
 oblidg'd ye country people who were coming in with Iresh 
 provisions to return, Genl. Townshend takes the earliest 
 occasion of declaring to the troops that whilst he has ye 
 honour to command ym, he thinks i» his duty to indulge 
 them in no acts of licentiousness, the only circumstance 
 which can suliy the glory they have acquired, and prolong 
 the reduction of this country, he has determined lo preserve 
 ye same good discipline kept up by their late Genl. and like 
 him lo grant every prt)per indulgences which the good of ye 
 service and good discipline dictates. 
 
 Camp before Quebeck, Tuesday, 18ih Sept., 1759. — The 
 capita! of Canada having this day surrendered to His 
 Brittanic Majesty's arms upon terms honourable to a 
 victorious army, all acts of violence, pillage and cruelty are 
 strictly forbid. 
 
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 The ganiston lo have ye honours of war, the; inhabitants to 
 lay down their arms, and are, by the capitulation, thereupon 
 enliiled to Flis Maji-sty's protection; the soldiers aught, 
 therefore, to consider that Quebec belongs now lo His 
 Britianic Majesty and nt)l lo ye French King; that it may 
 be a garrison to ye troops and must be preserved for that 
 view ; thai its early submission, even before a gun was fired 
 against it, lias savM the troops frooi much fatigue and 
 perha|)s illness ; that ye submission of the whole colony 
 upon this occasion may depend upon the behaviour of the 
 soldiers; thit our supplies this wiiitcM" will be effected by it, 
 it is cons.^qucnily ye highest offenee against the King's service 
 toiufrin;;e an order, which by ye articles of war, is death. 
 Alter this warning no per^oll can expec^l mercy up.)n 
 condition t)el'ore a Court Martial. This order to be read at 
 ye head ol eieh company. 
 
 FORM OF TAKl.VG POSSESSION OF THE TOVTN. 
 
 The gites to be taken |:ossessiou off by Lieut. -Col. Murray 
 and 8 companies of Greiiadrs., after which the hour to be 
 appoinied when ye army shall martdi in. 
 
 Fifty of ye artillery, offii-ers in proportion, one field piece 
 witli a lighted match following them, will march to ye Grand 
 Parade, followed by the commaml'g officer and his party, 
 sent to take possession of ye town, to whom all keys of 
 Forts will he delivered, fiom which party officers guards 
 will immediately be sent to lake possession of all Forts and 
 outlets from ye town, cottmiissaries of stores and provisions, 
 with each a party must be put in possession by like officers 
 of ye gairison of all artillery stores, provisions, &g., for His 
 Majesty's services. Abstracts of which ihey are to deliver, 
 signed to ye English commissary, th»l nothing be concealed 
 or embezzled ; during this time the command'g officer of 
 Artillery will fix the Union Flag of Great Britain at ye 
 most conspicuous place of ye garrison. 
 
 The flag gun will be left upon ye parade fronting the 
 main guard. 
 
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i 
 
 L'aiiteur de ce journal etait le pere de I'honorahlc J. A. Panet, qui fut 
 President dc la Chambre d'Assembiee du Bas-Canada. Ce MS fait partie 
 du cahier reiie, collectionne pour la Socicte Littcrai^re et Historique de i^li'ebec, 
 par (t. B. Faribault, Ecuyer, President de lu Societc. Le mcme cahier 
 contient le journal de M. Fraser, 1759; ceux de S. Sanguinet, i77'> ; 
 de Badeuux, 1775 > ^^ Kinlay, 1775, publics par la Societe. 
 
 J. M. LeMoine. 
 
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 [Public sous Ics Auspices de la Societe Litteraire et Historique de Quebec] 
 
 SIEGE DK (QUEBEC EN 175'J. 
 
 [Journal Precis de ce qui s''esl pussd de plus intiiessant en 
 Canada^ depuit: la notwelle de la Jlolle de M. Canon, tenu 
 par M. Jean Claude Pankt, ancicn Aotaire de Quebec] 
 
 10 mal 1759 — A .>ept lieures lIu soir, il so repandil k 
 Qnebeo an bruit quo M. de Bougainvil'e ctail arrive : ccla 
 6lait vrai. II debarqua etrccliveiucnl cliez M. de iiifime, 
 garde-magasin, envo\a chtreher Al. I'l itendani cliezM. Pean, 
 eut line conference avec lui et tie debiia ancune nouvelle, 
 sinon qn'on apprendrait 'le grands ^veneinent?;. 
 
 M. de Hougainvillt' elaii einbar{[ne dins la IVegate La 
 C/i^zitie, rapilaine Dneios, deiai hee de la (loite de M. Canon, 
 a deux eents lieucs de France. 
 
 14 niai — I^a dite fregate mouilla en rade. 
 
 15 — Arriva le sieur Dine), second de M. Canon, cornnnan- 
 dant la fiegate L'^ Machaux^ que je coaduisis chez le 
 mnnilionnaire A son arrivce, il nuns annonga I'heureuse 
 arrivee de la flotte df M. Canon, ijont parii" a I'ile aux 
 Coudres, paitie an Pol a I'Eau-de-vie, a Pexcepiion de trois 
 Miiments dotit ils etaient inquiets eiqu'iU avaient vu dor^ner 
 dans le Golfe, qui etaient : le Due de Fronsuc^ le Rameau et 
 la Nouvelle RocheUe. Vuus ne pouvez douter de la joie que 
 celte nouvelle nous donna. 
 
 20 — Cette flotte arriva a bon port, h Pexception des 
 trois ci-dessus. Ces navires au nombre de trois fregates 
 et quinze marchands (navires) ne nous ont apporte 
 
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 qu'environ neuf £i cllx mille quarts de farine, aatant de larcJ, 
 raais beaucoup de boissons et marcliandises a^clios pour le 
 munitionnaire ; les pacoiilles particuliercs les plus fortes ont 
 6l6 coUes de M. Monnier t^t Lez, et Martin, en vins et 
 eau-de-vie. 
 
 28 — Arriva le Due de Fronsuc richement charge ef dont on 
 desc^peiait. 
 
 29 — Arriva U.ity Cliurt'sl, commandant lu fregate W Soleil 
 Ruifa/^ do Uayonne, cliarge en farine, pois, hied-d'inde el 
 eau-di'-vie. 
 
 ler juin — Arriva VAtatante^ fregate arin^e a llociiefort avec 
 Ja llille la Marie, o[ la fregate la Pomoue, de Brej«t, avec la 
 Pie; le lout charge de munitions de guerre. 
 
 Par loutes les g)i5ettes et les dc|)ositions des prisonniers 
 fails du c6t6 de^^ pays d'cn Haut, nous filmes certains que 
 nous serions aiia(|ues, el (jue le siege di- Quebcjc litait deeide. 
 
 6 — ,Ie parlai au eapitaine de Ja Hilte la Marie, qui co iiirma 
 notre idee, ayant rapporte qu'en passant au nord de St, 
 Harnabe (ile St, Barnabe), 1' avail vu sept gros vaissi.'aux 
 mouilles, qui eiaient vers le Sud, qnuique ie vent ftil bon 
 On se Hatta en vain (jue e'etaii la (lotte venant des lies, nous 
 ne spumes que trop vile que c'eiait la premiere division 
 (de eel If) des Anglais^ qui elait devant j)our interee;Mer les 
 secours de Quebec. 
 
 7 — Nous euines avis par M. Aubert (pi'il y avait sept 
 vaisseaux anglais r.;ouilles a St. Barnabe. 
 
 9 — M. de Lery, detache pour aller a Kamouraska, nous 
 aniionga que les sauvages avaient assure qu'il y avail plus do 
 soi Xante voiles. 
 
 A la fin lie mai, M. de Montcalm arriva a Quebec ; son 
 arrivee nous annonga la certitu le d'un siege. M. le general 
 (c'esi sans doute le general de Levis) ne tarda point a le 
 suivre. Depuis la fi>n de Mai jusqu'a la fin de .Tuin on a fait 
 des travaux considerables a Quebec. On <k garni toutes les 
 
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 batteries ; on en a etabli une au Palais ; on a fait des 
 retrancliements con8id6rable9 a Beauport, depuis le Saut 
 Montmorency jusqu'au passage de la Petite Riviere, sur 
 laquelle on a utabli un pont de bateaux, et ou sont campus 
 cinq bataillons de troupes reglees, avec (ceiles de) la 
 Coionie et la Mi lice. 
 
 Tous Ips nn vires, a I'excoption des fregates et fifltes du 
 Roy, furent di^sarines et destin6s a taire des brOlots. La 
 flotte do M. Canon mnntera v\ sera conduite a bon porta 
 Stc. Anne dp Haiiscan. ainsi que le St. Avgvstin de Jiil/)oa, 
 et VAtalante, par M. Vogorties ; la (lilte La Pie., |)ar M. 
 ^auran, vi le Due de. Fronsac, aupr^s du Richelieu. 
 
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 appolcvS " iraeassier?;," sept bateaux montes d'un canon de 24, 
 et une batterie llottante de I'invention de M. Gayol, rriont^e 
 de douze pieces do canon, dont quaire de 24, quatre do 18, et 
 quatre di' 12. 'I'ous ces ouvrages, ainsi que les bnllots et 
 grande quantite de cajenx, seront pr^is avanl que I'ennemi 
 .«e soit trouve d(^vant la villa. 
 
 Nous apprtnies (|ue les Anglais avaient fail leur descente ^ 
 I'Isle anx Coudres, el s'y etaient 6tablis. 
 
 9 — II s'ost fait un detacliement d'enviroti 60 sanvages 
 Abenakis, el de GO Canadions, commandes par M. de 
 Niverville ; le sieur Desrivieres, qui arrivait de P'rance, ful 
 avec lui en qualite de volontaire. 
 
 Les sauvagos s'arnnserent a I'Isle d'Orloans a manger des 
 bceuls et des moutons qu'on y avail Iaiss6s : I'lle d'Urleans 
 ayant et6 abandonnee avec une precipitation qui ne fait pas 
 honneur a celui qui etait charg6 de ce faire. II en fut de 
 m6rae de la cdte du Sud depuis la Rivi6re-du-Loup jusqu'ii 
 la Pointe Levy. 
 
 Le sieur Desrivi^res, qui ne voulait point revenir sans rien 
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 vingt-cincj viiisseaux do ligne, doiizc (le^aios, ftt d»-nx oenla 
 bfttiiTients fir 1ransj)ort; (]uMs devaicnl avoir vingt nr)ill'' 
 hnnriiiu's do descru'e : qn'on regardait coimric silrc la prise 
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 desrendrc dvux berges a la Bale St. Paul, qui avaienl et6 
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 Depnis L" 14 jusqn'au 20 juin, il I'nl fait difl'erenta 
 pr^paratil" pour recovoir les ennernis dont nnns avions appris 
 que plus de soixante voiles avaient fait ja traverse. 
 
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 " Le Roy inon niatire, justement irriu' contre la Franoe, a 
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 aux Colonies Anglai8et<; s'esl aussi determine a envoyer ua 
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 voient avaiictr juscpies dans le centre de lour pays. II a p'»ur 
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 a la t6te de I'annec r'^doutablc actnelleinent sons rnes ordres. 
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 les ministies sacres de la religion ne sont point I'objet uu 
 resseniiiiicnt ilu Rui dt la Grande-Bretagne ; ce n'est pas 
 contre eux iiu'il eleve son bras ; il prdvoit leurs calauiiies, 
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 se flatter du eote de I'Europe, el une armee nornbreuse les 
 pr«sse du c6te du Continent. Le parti qu'ils ont a prendre 
 ne parati pas doufeux ; ciue peuveut-jls atlendre d'une vaine 
 et aveugle opposition ? Qu'ils en soient eux-tn6ines les juges. 
 Les cruaat6s ihouies que les Frangais oni exercees contre les 
 sujets de la Grande-Bretagne eiablis clans I'Amorique* 
 pourraienl servir d'excuses aux represailles les plus severes ; 
 mais I'AngUis reprouve une barbare methode. Leur religion 
 ne pr^clie que Phuinanite, et son ccsur en suit avec plaisir 
 Ic precepte. 
 
 " Si la folle esperance de nous repcusser avec succes porte 
 les Canadiens a refuser la neutralite que je leur propose el 
 leur donne la presomption de parattre le.s armes a la main, 
 ils n'auront sujet de s'en prendre qu'a eux-memes lorsqu'ils 
 gdmiront sous le poids de la niisere a laquelle ils se s^ront 
 exposes par leur propres choix. II sera trop tard de regrelter 
 les efforts inutiles de leur valeur rnartiale lorsqiie pendant 
 riiiver ils verronf perir de famine, etc., tout ce qu'ils ont de 
 plus cher. Quant a moi, je n'aurai rien a me reprocher. 
 Les droits de la guerre sont connus, et I'ent^lement d'un 
 ennemi fournit les raoyens doni on se sert pour le rnettre k 
 la raison. 
 
 " 11 est permis aux habitants du Canada de choisir ; ils 
 voient d'un e6t6 I'Angleterre qui leur lend une main puissante 
 et secourable ; son exactitude a remplir ses engagements, et 
 comme elle s'offre a maintenir les habitants dans leurs droits 
 et leurs possessions. De I'autre c6te, la France, incapable 
 de supporter ce peuple, abandonner leur cause dans le 
 monaent le plus critique, et si pendant la guerre elle leur a 
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 " Donn6 h notre Quariier General, a la Paroisse St» 
 Laurent, Isle d'0rl6ans, le 27e juin 1759." 
 
 Depuis le 27 jusqu'au 29, il se fit difF§rents preparatifs 
 pour envoyer sept brtilots, dont trois gros vaisseaux 
 marchands, et les autres goelettes el bateaux. Le com- 
 mandant des brCllots, le sieur Oclouches, commandait le 
 navire marchand PAmMcain. Le m^me jour, il fut decid6 
 par un Conseil que le sieur Oclouches irait brOler ou faire 
 chasser les trois fregates qui etaient d'avant garde, et que les 
 autres, apr^s qu'elles auraient iev6 I'ancre, iraieni mettre le 
 feu k la flolte de soixante voiLs qui 6tait mouill§e sur troig 
 lignes au-dessu8 du Trou (le Trou de St. Patrice.) 
 
 Le projet 6tait beau, mais bien mal ex§cut6. Le sieur 
 Oclouches mit le feu apr^s avoir d§pass6 la Pointe Levy, au 
 sud d'icelle, et les trois frdgates etaient mouillees au nord ; 
 elles appareillerent pourtant et furent prendre son bri!ll6t 
 qu'elles 6chou6rent sur Beaumont. 
 
 Des six autres, il n'y en eArent que quatre qui mlrent le leu 
 entre les deux pointes, dont le sieur Dubois le meilleur, — qui 
 mit le feu au premier et qui sauta, — les deux autres le mirent 
 ^ la vue de Qudbec, de sorte que les Anglais qui furent, dang 
 le commencement, consternes, criaient hourrah ! et se 
 moquaient de nos operations. 
 
 30 — Les ennemis parurent a la vue de Qu6bec et mouillerent 
 detux fregates et un bateau dans le bassin (le port) hors de 
 portee du canon. II est bon d'observer que, depuis l*arriv6e 
 de la flotte' anglaise, chacun fut a son d6partement, et la 
 compagnie de reserve ne fut point oubliee. 
 
 ler Juilbt. — Les Anglais d6puterent ua officier dans ua 
 canot de la frigate, qui fut arr6t6 au millieu du bassin par 
 deux canots qui furent au devant de lui. lis leur remirent 
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 Pomeray, madame St. Villemin etaient du nombre, ainsi que 
 madame Beaumont, sa fille et sa bru, qu'ils avaient renvoy^es 
 et qu'ils etaient pr6ts de renvoyer les aulres, et s'informlirent 
 des trois prisonniers de I'ile aux Coudrea. 
 
 Le m6me jour, \c Chevalier Le Mercier iut charg6 de la 
 rdponae qu'ii porta a bord de Ja premiere Iregate qui avait 
 etu envoy6e au devani de lui. Elle contenait, que M. le 
 general ne doulait point de la politesse de I'Ainirai pour les 
 dames ; qu'il le remereiail ; qu'il avait traite les prisonniers 
 avec distinction, et qu'aussitot que I'Amiral aurait Itt bonte 
 de Pinformer de son depart, qu'il les lui renverrait. 
 
 II est a observer que les Anglais s'etaienl empar6s de I'Jsle 
 d'Orleans, oii ils paraissaieni avoir fait leurdescente generale, 
 et s'y camperent. Le rn^me jour nous apprimes que M. de 
 Lery, qui avait ele detache pour faire evacuer les habitants 
 de la c6te du sud, avait ete surpris avec ses habitants par des 
 Anglais qui etaient descendus a Beaumont; malgre ieur 
 surprise, ils se jelerent sur leurs armes, tuerenl deux Anglais 
 et se sauverent. Nous n'avons perdu que deux liornmes 
 qu'on ignore s'ils sont tues ou prisonniers. M. de Lery a 
 perdu son epee et plusieurs papiers qu'il avait eiaies sur 
 une table. 
 
 Depuis le 20 juin jusqu'au ler juillet il nous est descendu 
 environ 300 Outaouais, et 400 Iroquois et Abenaquis. 
 
 Sur la nouvelle de la descente des Anglais a Beaumont, 
 M. Charest, zele patriote, demanda a M. le General du 
 monde pour aller au devant des Anglais, et emp6cher Ieur 
 6tablissemeni a la Pointe-Levy. On lui fit r6ponse qu'il 
 pouvait y aller s'il le jugeait a propos. II y fut avec environ 
 vingt habitants de la Pointe-L6vy ; il fut fort surpris en 
 arrivant a son manoir d'y voir des Anglais sur le grand 
 chemin, qu'il prit d'abord pour des habitants. II ne se 
 d^concerta point ; quoiqu'il vlt environ quatre cents hommes, 
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 on lui en envoya en href; il fit una petite fusillade et fut 
 oblig6 de se replier le rnSme jour. Les Anglais qui 
 paraissaient avectoutps leurs fi.rces a I'lle d'Orleans n'avaient 
 pas encore mis a la Pointe-Lei^y trois inille hommes. M. 
 Charest ne demandait que mille a douze cents hommes pour 
 emp6cher leur etablissement- Ses demandes reiterees 
 furent nulles. 
 
 3 — II y fut avpc environ trentp habitants de la Pointe-Levy 
 et le sieur Legris, volontaire, e' trente sauvages abenaquis. 
 lis firent coup ; en tuerenl environ trente. Les sauvages 
 rapporterent huit chevelures et amenerent un prisonnier. Les 
 sauvages, par (manque de) prudence, perdirent quatre hommes 
 en s'en revenant dans le chemin du Koy ou il y avait plus 
 de hommes en batailie, 
 
 Le meme jour, il etait decide dans le Conseil quMl 
 partirait la nuit quinze cents hommes pour la Pointe-Levy, 
 mais ce malheureux prisonnier derangea par sa deposition 
 ce projet dont nous craignions Kis suites f^cheuses. 
 
 Le prisonnier doposa qu'iis avaient environ mille hommes 
 de troupes ruglees et que la m6me nuit ils devaient faire leur 
 desccnte a Beauport. 
 
 Tout le camp ainsi que la ville retourna, en consequence, 
 au bivouac toute \n nnit ; rien no se trouva si faux. 
 
 4 — On s'apergut d'un grand mouvement dans la flotte, 
 pendant la nuit, et il se fit un grand transport de la Pointe 
 L6vy a I'Isle d'Orleans. 
 
 Le sieur Charest pro|)osa en consequence d'aller a la 
 d^couvertc ; il y fut efFectivement la nuit du 4 au 5, avec le 
 sieur Legris et douze habitants ; il en revinl le 6, et rapporta 
 que le camp de la Pointe-Levy, etabli entre le moulin et 
 I'eglise, 6tait presque 6vacue ; qu'il n'y avait que quelques 
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 de bonne volont§, on ne vouiut point lui en accorder. Pour 
 preuve de sa mission, il prit et apporta avec le sieur Legris, 
 quatre havre-sacs du camp ennemi. 
 
 5 — On s'apergu 4 la ville (|ue les ennemis faisaient des 
 6tabli&sements considerables,' malgr6 le peu de monde quMls 
 avaient, et qui n'6tait point interrompu. On vint rapporter 
 que les sauvages outaouais y furent mais sans succ^s, au 
 nombre de 100, ayant trouve des forces considerables, et ayant 
 tu6 seulement quelques Anglais. 
 
 6 et 7 — Ces ouvrages continu6rent, et on vit clairement 
 qu'ils etablissaient une batterie 4 la Citi^re, vis-4-vis le 
 ch&teau, de douze pieces de canon et de 7 mortiers de 10 a 13 
 pouces, et un retranchement au-dessus, avec fosses et 
 palissades pour contenir 200 hommes. Le 7, la nuit, le sieur 
 Charest fut de nouveau a la ddcouverte. Le 8 il rapporta 
 qu*il avait vu le commencement de ces ouvrages de pres ; 
 qu'il pouvait y avoir environ 300 travailleurs et 500 hommes 
 armes pour les soutenir. 
 
 Un Anglais ci-devant pris a Chouagen, et qui avait servi 
 un officier anglais chez Chalou, profita d'une pirogue etant 
 au bord de I'eau , et etant en sentinelle, (lit a son camarade 
 qu'il allait qu6rir du poisson dans les p6ches, et comme on 
 s'apergut qu'il voulait deserter, deux canots furent au devnnt 
 de lui et le regurent. It d^posa qu'il n'y avait qu'environ 
 800 hommes k la Pointe-L6vy ; qu'on venait d'y charroyer du 
 canon, et que deux regiments " Royal Am6ricain" qui avaient 
 6t6 mis a terre a la Pointe-Levy, n'avaient voulu ni travailler 
 ni se battre, disant qu'ils n'avaient point §t6 payes depuis 
 treize mois, qu'on leiv avait dii qu'on ne les transportait en 
 Canada que pour leur donner des 6tablissements ; qu'il devait 
 se faire une descente de 1500 hommes a St. Joachim, qui 
 devaient venir par les bois, lesquels se joindraient au gros de 
 I'arm^e qui devait demeurer a Beauport ; que les Anglais qui 
 n'6taient que 10,000, uttendaient de la Martinique 6,000 
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 I'Ange-Gardien, avec deux batteries qu'ils avaient fait 
 mouiller dana le chenal au Nord. lis avaient quatre grog 
 bfttiments pour faroriser leur attaque ; qui tir^rent sans aucun 
 suoc^s pendant quatre heures. 
 
 On fit plusieurs d^charges de coup de canon et de bombes 
 sur les travaux de la Pointe L6vy, mais je crois, assez 
 inutiles. 
 
 Le mdme jour, on s'apergut que les Anglais tentaient une 
 descente par le Sault de Montmorency, k mar6e basse. Les 
 sauvages outaouais s'y portdrent de bonne volont6 au nombre 
 de 300, avec quelques Canadiens. II se presenta un 
 d^tachement de 100 hommes anglais qui furent presque 
 d^truits ; ils (les Anglais) se repli^renl sur 300 hommes qui 
 furent fusill6s par les sauvages oili ils (les Anglais) perdirent 
 du monde. Ce second parti ayant replie, les sauvages les 
 poursuivirent avec le casse-tdte, mais s'§tant trop engages en 
 faisant des ohevelures, ils regurent environ 4,000 coups de 
 fusils. lis ne perdirent que trois hommes ; cinq bless6s ; un 
 de leurs interpretes nomm6 Hause Le Fleau, tu6, et deux 
 Canadiens. On fit sur le champ un d6tachement du camp 
 de M. de Levy pour garder le passage du Sault par le haut. 
 Le mdme jour on fit passer de la ville un mortier du camp 
 de M. de L6vy, qui joua k huit heures du soir, et qui obligea 
 les vaisseaux anglais de se retirer avec les deux premiers. 
 
 Le m^me jour il nous vint trois d68erteur8 de St. Antoine, 
 qui, suivant leur ordinaire pour 6tre bien rcQus, nous firent 
 des contes a rire. L'un dit que Louisbourg 6tait repris par 
 les Frangais, et que la flotte anglaise 4tait dp.va IMnqui^tude 
 et allait se rasserabler pour partir. L'autre que le Roy de 
 Prusse avait perdu dans une bataille 20,000 hommes ; que la 
 Reine de Hongrie etait mattresse de la Sil^sie et les Frangais 
 de l'£lectorat d'Hanovre. Enfin, le dernier, que I'Amiral 
 Saunders avait donnd au g6n6ral Wolfe jusqa'l^ la fin de oe 
 mois ponr faire les derniers efforts. Je crois que c'est snr 
 cette deposition que nous pouvions le plus compter. 
 
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 opfn-ations, qnoiqu'on ait conlinu6 lo feu la nuit. Le m6me 
 jour, il se fit une petite escarmouche au Sault, ou il y a eu 
 environ vingt Anglais de tu6s ; nous n'avons ))erdu qu'un 
 sauvagp. 
 
 Le m6me jour, il est arrive au camp un d6serteur anglais, 
 h 9 heures du soir, qui atpasse de I'Isle d'Orldan^i a I'Ange- 
 Gardien, et a passe dans le bois on il y a trouv6 le Cur6 qui 
 Vfi amen6. II ne rapporte rion. 
 
 Le 11, on a decouvert les batteries des Anglais enlierement 
 etabiies. Les eh^vres y etaient posees pour placer les canons. 
 Sur lo midi on les a vu charroyer leurs canons. 
 
 II fut delache du camp sous Beauport un parti de 500 
 Canadiens, 100 homines de troupes de la colonic, et 60 
 volontaires de divers regiments, commandos par M. Dumas, 
 pour passer a la Pointe-Levy et s'emparer de la batterie des 
 Anglais ; ce parti n'a pas passe le m6me jour ; on en informa 
 le general. 
 
 12 — Le parti se irouva augment^ d'environ 350 hommes 
 de la ville, de bonne volonte, du nombre desquels etaient 17 
 hommes de la compagnie de reserve, commandes par M. 
 Glemet, M Duohesnay a fait excuse d'y aller. 
 
 Ce detachement se rendii a Sillery dans le jour. II partit 
 sur les neuf heures du soir pour traverser, et ils traverserent 
 heureusement. A peine I'avant-garde marchait-elle, que 
 quelques ecoliers* (^coliers du seminaire de Quebec) el 
 6tourdis firont feu au haut d'une coulee sur leurs amis. On 
 dit que, de cette fau^se alerte, il en d6serta environ 600. 
 Ayant monte et gagne une seconde cd^e, quelques soldats de 
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 cavalerie anglaise marchait : ce qui occasionna encore un 
 repliement. Enfin, de ce beau parti, ii ne se trouva que 
 M. Dumas, avec la compagnie de r68erve et environ 300 
 hoinmes, qui approch^rent d\ine port6e et demie de fusil du 
 retranchement des Anglais. 
 
 Cetfe nnfime nuit, les Anglais commenc6rent h neuf heures 
 du aoir ^ canonner Qu6beo et a bombarder la ville ; de 
 demi-heure en demi-heure, ila tiraient cinq coups de canon 
 el autant de bombes. Une galiotte devant 'a Pointe-L6vy en 
 jeta quelques-unes. Elle se tenait ainsi que plusieurs autres 
 vaisseaux sur une m6rne ligne. 
 
 13 — Les Anglais conlinu^rent le bombardemeni. 
 
 14 — Le detachement command^ par M. Dumas rencontrant 
 le domestique de M. Letebvre, y a ete lu6 par nos gens. 
 
 Le 15, le bombardemeni a continue a Quebec ; la Paroisse 
 et les Jesuites ont e\6 les plus endommages ; les maisons du 
 sieur Amiot, a la basse-ville, cribl6es de coups de canon ; 
 l'6glise de la basse-ville, plusieurs boulets. 
 
 16 — Les Anglais jeierent un pot a feu sur la maison de 
 Chevalier ; le leu y prit, se communiqua ^ celle de M. Moran, 
 dela a celle de Chennevert, a celle de Grirard. Jcrriere celle 
 de Cardoneau, Dacier, de Madame de Boishebert. Toutes 
 ces maisons ont et6 consum^es par le feu. Celle de 
 Cardoneau, le plafond rest§ du rez de chauss^e a tenu bon. 
 Les voutes n'ont point 6te endommag6es ; elles sont riches. 
 Que Dieu les preserve d'accident ! 
 
 17. — Collet, marchand, officier de la batterie de M. Parent, 
 qui est devant sa maison, a 6t§ tue d'un boulet, ainsi que 
 Gauvreau, tonnelier. Un- nomm6 Pouliot, de Ste. Foye, 
 6crase d'une bombe qui I'a an^anti. Deux hommes blesses, 
 qui sont Brassard et Dufour. 
 
 Les Anglais avaient fait une batterie de 50 pieces de canoa 
 au Sault. 
 
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 Le mftme jour, dans la nuit, il a 6l6 lue par les sauvages 
 Outaouais, h diffferentes actions, environ 60 homme" au Sault 
 Montmorency. lis ont fait trois pri:<onniers qui rapportent 
 qu'a la'Polnte-L6vy il n'y avait pas plus de 700 hommes ; 
 qu'ils 6taient environ 7,000 a I'Ange Gardien ; qu'ils 6talent 
 incjulets de (rente vaisseaux qu'on disait en riviere. 
 
 18. — A niinuil, 11 y e. eu une alerte. Un vaisseau k deux 
 ponts, troia fregates et deux bateaux ont pass^ devant la ville 
 k la faveur d'une nuit obscure Une fr6gate s'esl 6ohou6e 
 sur la Pointe-L6vy. On pense qu'elle ne pourra se relever. 
 Ces vaisseaux ont 6t6 mouiller h I'Anse des M^res. lis ont 
 d6tach6 une fregate pour reconnaltre un brdlot, Ic seul qui 
 nous restait. L'ayant reconnu, et n*y trouvant personne, lis 
 ont d6tach6 une berge qui y a mis le feu. Ua garden! nos 
 cajeux qui devaient dtre pr^ts dopuis quinze jours et qui ne 
 sont point encore charges. , 
 
 La m6me nuit, le sieur Villegoint, offioier, est arriv6 k 
 Quebec, venant de Miramichi avec M. Boish^bert et environ 
 300 hommes, tant Canadiens, Acadiens, que sauvages 
 d'en-bas. 
 
 Le matin, M. Dumas a 6te detache avec environ 600 
 hommes pour observer leurs mouvements, et 100 hommes ont 
 port6 quelques canons de campagne. On a aussi envoye un 
 courrier pour avertir nos frdgates et b&timents, mouill^s au 
 Plalon, et qualre, vis-a-vis de Batiscan. 
 
 20. — Les Anglais ont detach^ des berges portant environ 
 1,200 hommes de Grenadiers, Ecossais et Montagnards, qui 
 ont 6td descendre vers le moulin et l'6gli8e de la Pointe-aux- 
 Trembles, dans la nuit, sans 6tre apergus. 
 
 Le m6mo jour le feu a continu6 de la part des ennemis 4 
 canonner et bombarder la ville. 
 
 21. — A trois heures et demie du matin, les douze cents 
 hommes ont monte a la Pointe-aux-Trembles. lis ont regu 
 une fusillade d'environ 40 sauvages, ojj lis ont perdu six k 
 
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 sept lioiniiies ei autuni de I)less6s. lis ont onvironne leg 
 maisons uutour «le I'eglise, et oni fait iri)is liomrnes 
 prisonnin-, donl le sieur La Ca^^Ne, coucli6 avec Madame 
 r^andi>, (|iii avitii <jiiitl6 la cornpugnie de reserve sous 
 pretexic d'nn mal »le jamlies, ^>tait da nornbre. II a 6tt* pris 
 en clietniii dans un bled (ju^ez de ses bonnes riiceurs) aveo 
 le >ieur Lalne et le sieur Frichet. lU ont eintneiie environ 
 treize fernnies de la ville reluj^i^cs au dii li-u, donl 
 rnesdarnes Ducljesnav, De Charnay, sa mere, sa ^cuur, Mile. 
 Couillard, les (luniller^ -'olyi Miiillioi, ^Itl^llall eiiiient du 
 nornbre. lis les ont Irail6>'s nvic touie la polihi^-se possible. 
 Le general Wolfe elail a la tele, ei le sieur Siobo etait du 
 nornbre, qui a fail l)ien des compliments. 
 
 Ce (pj'il y a de plus triste, c'cs: epic |rs Anglais ne Icur 
 avciieni fail ;ni(!Uii lort, et ipje les sanvat^es ont pille les 
 inaisons et piesipie i(»us les biens de ru's families relui^icesi. 
 
 Le panvre Mifilr.iud a regu un coup de ballr dim>< la jou(; 
 
 Les Anglais ont laisse la majeure |)artie dcs aulres femmes, 
 ei snrlout relies enceintes. 
 
 22. -Knviron les neuf lieur.3s, ils ont envoye un parlemen- 
 taire de I'Anse des ^Meres pouroffrirde rometire a terre tuufes 
 les feuunes, a condition qu'on laisserait pas'^er nn petit 
 bateau charge de leurs malades et blesses. Cctte otlVe a e'to 
 aceeptee. Nf)ns avons ete recevoir les feirwnes a I'Aiiai; ties 
 M^res a tmis lieures de reUvee, it qui ont ete reconduites 
 avpc beancoup de poliiesse. ('ha(|ue otlicier a donne son 
 nom anx belles prisonnieres q 'il avnit laites. Les 
 Anglais avaient promis de ne point canonner ni boinbirder 
 jusc|u'a neuf heurea du soir, pour donner aux dames le teirq)s 
 He sp retirer on piles jugeraient A propos, mais que, passe 
 cette heore, ils feraient un leu d'aise. lis tinrent leur parole; 
 a neuf heures, ils tirerent, par quart d'heure, dix a douze 
 bombes, dont partie remplie d'ariifice. lis mirenl le ten a la 
 Paroisse (I'eglise paroissiale) et cliez M. Kotot. La Paroisse 
 flinsi que les maisons depuis M. Daplessis jusque chez M. 
 
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 donl 111 iniennt- (ruo St. Joseph) qu'occup.iit FraiKrln'villc, 
 eiit du nurnbrt!, out Cld con-suinecs pur le!> MainincM. 
 
 Ileiirt'Usoiueni tjuo pre (jiiu piTsoiine n'u ul6 tuo, u 
 IVxceplion d'mi curioiinier ijui, ayaril rnls la ^arg()H!»sf* dans 
 un c'lMoii trop ('hand, a cle luc. []n<.' I)t)inbt> est toinbC'e 8ur 
 la maison di; M. Oiiillaiiic, (pii n blesst'; luNorvanif' i\ la cuisse 
 ft blcssc :i luorl nti liotninu. 
 
 23 — A (|uatr«' lnjuit'.s du matin Ics Anglais otit essayt' de 
 laire passer ({i}n\ IVrgatt's par dt'vant la vilb' ; n'lais au feu de 
 nos call' ri.s il> >i' soni relirt's. lis n'ont prescpje point 
 canotine de la journee ni boinbarde. 
 
 24 — {^e.-* Ani^lais oni commence a bomb irder et (tanonner 
 la ville. 
 
 25. — Sur Ie8 voU conssiderable^ (jui nc faisaient a Quebec, 
 tani par les luatclots, isoldals el iriiliciens, je dis a M. Daine 
 qu'il serait ncce^^saire (jue ISI. le Gouveriicur ei I'lulendant 
 fi^seni line Ord()nnan(;e pour les faire pendre scrnmairement. 
 
 Le plan cpii avait eie dre.ssc de TOrdonnauce el (pii olail 
 en V.I > terme.x iul approuve et .snivi. Je fus noiiane grellier 
 de la commission. Los Anglais conliuii^renl a boinbarder 
 et < anonner. 
 
 ' (I) Son Kxcellenee, pi(|uu du pen d'ei^arcU (pie les 
 *' liabiiants du Canada onl eu a son Placard du 27^me du 
 " mois dernier, a re.-olii de ne plus t;coutor les sentimenla 
 " d'liumanite (]ui le porlaieni a soulager dcs gens aveugles 
 " dans leur propre misere. Les Canadians sr montrenl par 
 " leur condui'e indignes des ortVe^ avanlageuses (|u'il leur 
 " laisait, C'esi pourcpioi il a donne ordre au commandant 
 " de ses troupes legores et a auires otiieiers de s'avancer 
 " dans le pays pour y saisir et amoner les habitants el leurs 
 ** tronpeaux, et y d(}lruiie et renvei. i^r ce qu'ils jugeront a 
 " propos. Au r >te, comme il se trouve liiche d'en ve-nir aux 
 
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 " bnrbar'S extr^tnitC's <lont le«« Ciinadiens I't les Indien** lonrs 
 " alli6M lui monin'nt l'oxerri|)li', il ne prop -ho d** (I'dFerfr 
 *• jusqu'tui \'T :i(»rit profihain julrci Icr dii sort dt's prisonniors 
 ** rpii peiivent (Vrc fnitM, uvi-c U'xpj'ls il ns«'ra (\c rcpre-^aillcH ; 
 " a rnoiiis que pendant c.itt inlcrvall*! les Canaiicn^ ne 
 " vicnnent a sc sounri'-itre aux termer (pi'il l-'ur a propose* 
 " dans i»on Pnicard, <'t par Iciir sxoninls-tion, toucher sa 
 " (;l6int?nce el h' porter i\ la <louceur. 
 
 "A St. Henry, le 25jnillel 1759. 
 
 " Joseph f)AiLLmo, 
 
 " Major dcH troupes lOf/erns." 
 
 Un parii de sauva<^os outiouais^ ft dc dill'ercntes nations 
 passdrcnt Ic Sault Montmorency, ae fireni rtpereevoir de 
 I'eiinemi et se iniront ventre a terre. Lea An£»lais (pii 
 s'^laient apergus de lenr iiianaenvre defiierent par deux 
 colonnes, environ 1,500 lioaiines pour les cerner. Les 
 sauvages alien' !irent aveo pa'ience trois lieures ventre i\ terre, 
 cl, les ay ant viir? ;i portee, firent leur decliarge et tuerent 
 environ GO liornrties. M. de Repent igtiy deinanda 2,000 
 honinies ^ M. de Levis, cpii, les ayani dernatides h M. !o 
 general de Montcalm, arriverent trop tard.* I^a consternation 
 ^tait si grande parmi les Anglais qu'ijj' fnyaiont en criant : 
 " tont est perdu" ; mais on n'a pas profite de ee coup. lis 
 ont eontinur tout le jour h eanonner et h l)ouii)arder, el la 
 nuit aussi. Le de.T;c\' v augmentait de jour en jour. Le m6me 
 jour ils ont fait jouer une nouvelle batlerie de douze pieces 
 de canon au-dessus de la Cabane des Peres. 
 
 Nous avons appris le mdine jour (pie les Anglais avaient 
 fait un delaclieriient pour aller a St. Henry pour cliprcher des 
 provisions, ou ils ont pris 200 fommes et lo cure. Us ont 
 renvoye Mile St. Paul. 
 
 28juillei. — Plusieurs coups (Je canon dii Sault, tant de 
 notre part que de celle des ennemis. Ils ont pareillement 
 continue le bombardemenl et la canonnade de la ville. 
 
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 bornbarderneni o\ ranonnemenl ;i continue. 
 
 30 — Coniinuation du bornbaidcinont. 
 
 31 — Di'iix soldat? que j'ai fait ari6ler ayant u^) (|unrl d'eau 
 dc vie dans* ia cave de M. Scupiian quMs avMient roule et 
 mif* dans la maison de Charland, quartier de St. Hoch, ont 
 
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 Snr \v» DPiif liHiuf's (111 matin, (k'ux Iregaie^j d'environ 30 
 pieces df* tanon cliaqup, apparcillercnt et lurent s'echouer au 
 Sault Moniinorency, sur la jjointe de I'Kst, se mirent en 
 tiavers pour canotintr en rtvers notre rctr;jncl;emeiii. Un 
 autre gros vais-cau de GO canons se niit derriere eux. 
 x\ussit6t lis dcinasi|ueif'nl une balterie de 30 pieces de canon. 
 lis lir tit 111 fen fn)ii!*ideiable de cette baiitiie el de ces trois 
 vaisseaux. On esliine qu'ils ont lire plus de 2,500 coups 
 depuis 6 henu's du matin jusqu'a 5 lieurcs du soir. De ce 
 ieu C()nttnuel nous a'avons eu i\ur cpiaiie hornmes de tues et 
 environ tjuinze blesses. Pendant cette canonnade, a laqnelle 
 nous rt'pondions avec trois [)i^ces dc canon (jue nous avions, 
 (joi I'orm-iient uue petite rcdoute, latjurllt? pcrga la premiere 
 Iregaie de pins de liente bouleis, a raz (Peau, ctanl echonee 
 et lui voyani sa quille. Environ 300 beri>es (anglaist's) 
 partirent de I'llc d'Orleans et de ia l\)inte Levis, el se niirenl 
 3ur trois lignes entre les deux halirnents echoues. 
 
 On ne douta jjoini au camp que I'action ne devient 
 generale ; pour cet eHet M, de Montcalm se porta au Sault 
 oil etait M. de I §vis. Sur les cinq lieures, 2,000 Anglais 
 mirent pied a terre, a basse mer, de leurs berges, marcherent 
 avec bonne contenance et precipitation a la redoute et batterie 
 que nous avions, et qui avail eie abandonnee^ unedemi-heure 
 auparavant faule de boulets. lis s'en empar^rent, maia 
 voulanl avancer aux retranclietnents, ils lurent rejus par un 
 feu canadien rjitere d'environ 1,500 coups de fusils, lesquels 
 Canadians etaient soulenus par 1,500 homnies de troupe& 
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 mdme precipation qu'ils en etaient sortis. 5,000 Anglais qui 
 rnarcliaioni d'un pas grave, eJ en bon ordre, et qui passaient 
 le Sault h gue en ordrf de bataille, n'avancerent qu'a deux 
 portees de fusil, et se relirorent, (ju;inrl ils virent ceux drs 
 berges s(> retnb trquer. Quel bonheur (iiTiis ne savaient pas 
 qu'il n'y avail point de balles au camp ! Quelle negligence 
 qu'il n'y t^n eut point, d (juei rnallicur s'il y en avait eu, que 
 los Anglais n'cusscnt point continue lenr nfiaque. lis 
 s'enfournaient dans une bourse, conirnandee par tine hauienr 
 dont ils ne pouvaioni plus sortir. Dans cette opuvre, les 
 Anglais oni perdu 200 l^omm^■s, et autant de l)|{'ssf's. Nous 
 en avons fait cnlcrnT 83. II a ete apporte au ramp 260 
 fusils ; bien d'auires oni ete emporles a la maree montante. 
 Ur capitaine ecossais a ete fait prisonnier ; ii eiaii blesse de 
 4 bal'es dont 3 dans le corps, san< paraitrt- I'dtre dangereuse- 
 menl. Nous avons perdu environ 10 li(,rntiies et une vingiaine 
 de blesses. 
 
 Le m^me jour, nous attendlrr.es dans le quartier St. Roch 
 un grand cri de fcrnmes et d'enfanis qui criaient Vive le Hoi ! 
 Je tnontai sur la hauteur, et je vis la premiere fregate tout en 
 feu; pen de temps apres, une fumee noire dans la seconde 
 qui sauta, et qui pril ensuile en feu. Ce sont les Anglais qui 
 y ont mis le feu de ciainte que nous en profilerions. 
 
 ler aoflt, — Les Sauvages et les Canadiens, malgre les 
 defenses qu'on leur faisait d'aller, crainte d'etre exposes au 
 canon de I'ennemi, a la lere Iregate brOlee el que la mer 
 avait eteint, y furenf sauver du lard, de la farine, des pics, 
 des pioches, des balles d'ecarlaiine et plusieurs aulres effels. 
 Par ce, on peuf juger si ce b^timepl etait riche. 
 
 Le capitaine ecossais, prisonnier, a dit qu'il 6tait a la t^te 
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 troupes choisies, mais qn'ils I'avaient abandonne ; et qu'il y 
 avail unc granfle terrcur dans Paniiee. lis ont continue a 
 canonner et bombarder la ville. 
 
 2. — lis onl fdit de meme jusquos a deux lieures apre^'-midi 
 qu'iis ont cesse, et de li juscju'a six heuies da soir, ayant 
 euvoye uti parlenrientairo de la part de cet ofFicier 6cosisai8 
 qui di-'mandait son doniesticjue, scs liardes et lingfs et de 
 I'argenl. On lui a tout onvoye h I'exception de sjon 
 domcsiique. A six lieurcs, ilsont continue leur bombardeinent 
 avec fureur, pour reparer le t mips pfrdu, 
 
 3. — On a craint la nuit, par le raouveinent de trois groa 
 vais'seaux qui portaient le cap sur la ville, el par plusieurs 
 qui filaient le long ile la e6le dt; Levy, une autre descenle 
 soil a Ici ville, soil a I'Anso-des-Meri's, mais il ne s'cst passe 
 rien de nouveau. 
 
 4. — Coniinuation du boinb-irdement. lis n'avaient porte 
 leurs boinbes qu'a la haute et qu'a la brisse-ville ; ils en 
 envoyerent quelques unes de 80 |)ar dela les murs; el dans le 
 quartier St. Rt)eh. 
 
 5. — Je parlis pour Ste. Anne, voir rnon eponse. On avail 
 depeche un courrier pom les irois vaisseaux mouille.*, qui 
 6taienl la fregate coinmandee par M. V'anquelain, la Pie par 
 M. Sauvage ei l(> Dnc de Fronsac appartcnant a M. Grani. 
 
 G. — Ces troi^ baiiments appareillereut (;i nKinteretit le 
 Richelieu, el les vai^^seaux anglais ne fiicnt aucun inouvenient. 
 Ces irois balituents unt rnouille vis-a-vi:> i'eglise des 
 Grondines. Nous avons appris que nous uvions fait sauier 
 les Forts de Carillon et St. Frederic a I'approche de 12,000 
 homines ennemis. Nous n'en avions que 3,000. On s'est 
 replie a I'lsle aux Noix. 
 
 7. — Les Anglais tenterent deux descentes i\ la Pointe-aux- 
 Tiembles, I'une a 4 heures du soir, vis-a«vis de I'eglise, 
 composee d'environ de 200 hommes, qui ne mirenl pas pied 
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 s'aperQUl que celle attaque n'etait qu'une leinte, ayant vu 
 passer au-dessut; plus grandi' quantil6 de berges. En etfet, 
 il fit defiler son monde en suivanl les borges, et voyant que 
 les enncmift voulaitMit desoendre au rui.xseau nomme de la 
 Muleiiere, nne demi-!ieje au-dessus de la riviere Jacques- 
 Cartier, oii nous avons (ait des retrancliements, il y fit 
 embusquer son monde avec defense de lirer qu'ils n'eussent 
 roQU I'ordre. II ponvait avoir 50 Gronadiers 300 hornm'^?: de 
 troupes reglees el 600 millRiens Les ennemis a cette 
 desccntf pouv dent avoir, par IVstirne de Icurs berges, 
 environ 1200 hointnes, qui vinrenl avec confiance .x' promener 
 a vingt pas de notre embuscade, on ils fureni regus par un 
 feu efourdi ; a la second(; decliarge, les berges anglaises 
 regagnerent le large. On compfe qu'ils ont perdu dans cette 
 action 200 hoimues, et aulant de blessec<. M. de Uougainville 
 m'a assure qu'il a vu 7 berges dans leaquedes il pouvaii y 
 avoir 5 > homines dans cliaque, ei qu'il n'en a remarque dans 
 chaque que 4 on 5 en etat dr ramer. Le m^irie jonr nous 
 apprit la prise de Niagara, et que la garnisoii elait prisonniere. 
 On craint que M. de Caprenay n'ait subi le m6me sort. 
 
 8. — Ajires cette action, les berges qui s'etaient retir6"s au 
 large, gacnerent le mitin la cote du Sud, 2 fregates se 
 rangerent a terre pour f ivoriser leur descente. 100 homrnes 
 que nous avlons dans cette parlie firenl trois deeharges pour 
 s'opposer a leur dt^scente, rnais inulileinent ; ils tuerent 
 environ 10 hornrues, tnais ils furent obliges de se retirer etant 
 c^monnes par les vaisseaux et berges. i^e- 1200 hoinmes de 
 descente redesccndirent a S?. Antoine a la maison de 
 Deruisseau. 
 
 Le meine jour tut tatal |)()ur rnoi et pour bien d'autres. 
 Les Anglais qui n'avaient cesse de cannonner et bouibarder 
 depuis le 12juillet firent, kn'sque vint le soir, un neuvel effort: 
 ils jelerenl des pots a feu sur la basse-ville, dont trois 
 tomberent, un sur ma maison, un sur une des maisons de la 
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 I'eU'indrt' cliez rnoi, il vcntall un polit \<)rd-']^«t, (■( benidl ia 
 basf^e-viUe m; lilt |)lus qii'un briltsiHr ; de))nis rnu inaison, celle 
 de M. Doisery, cclU* de Maillou, rue dn S.jitli an Matelot, 
 toule la bdsse-ville et tout le Cnl-de-Sacj )iis(|ira la in lifson du 
 Si. Voyer qui en a «';te oxompto, et enfin jiMin'a la itiaison 
 du Sr. DeVoi-y, tout a eie consume par li-s (laiiim''s. 
 
 II y a cu 7 vouies qui out crcvc uu biule, cello de 
 
 M. Perraull, le |eune, celle ile M, Tacliri, de M. Turpin, de 
 
 M. Bt.-niarnin de La Mordic, Johaune, Miranda. Ju^ez de 
 la eonslernatioii. II \ a vi\ l(J7 inai^ori^ do. urulees. 
 
 9 aoui. — Le^ Anglais oni eontinue l"ur bomb irdernent, el 
 on' dirige leiir- b^)mbe'< a la lianie vllio. 
 
 10. — lis en oni (ait d- meme ; et on a lalt un detacheiiient 
 pour Ics Pais d'en luiiii «le 500 iiommes. 
 
 1 1. — II se fit de not re Cam|> sous Beauport un delachement 
 de 300 Canadiens et de 300 >auvages pour aller a1ta(juer les 
 liavailleurs (|ui etaient au-dcssus du Saull ; au lieu de 
 compter sur ces Iravailleurs, its Ironveient 800 honuues amies 
 qui les s^utenaiiMit \oire parti donna vaillainirient et 
 tuerent cnviion 150 liommes Les ennemis se replierent. On 
 aurait pu engager une action generale si on avail souier.u 
 notre pari! et tombe sur les iravailleurs. 
 
 Le nieme jour, dans la nuit, il y eul une alerte : trois 
 fregales essayerent de passer avecr nn<' petite goelette. (^es 
 trois fregates se retirerent au feu de nns canons et de no.s 
 mortiers ; la |)etite goelelte passa ; elle s'e'houa neanrnoins, 
 et 5 bateaux armes de 2 canons la poursuivirent, mais tdle 
 se releva ei conlinua sa route. 
 
 12 — Malgre une pluie C( ntinnelle les Anglais oni continue 
 de canonner et bombarder. Depuis le 10, ils onf porte leurs 
 bornbes, qui etaient de 80, et leur pots a feu, qu'ils oni sans 
 doute mises dans un gros inortier, au-dessus de la porte St. 
 Louis, dans la rue St Valier, et jusqu'aux tentes du 
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 naire, et du garde-magasin camp6s devant I'Hopilal G6n4ral, 
 au-de»sou8 de la terre d* Abraham. Ceite m6me nuit, il y a ea 
 une alerte : un soldat ayant rapijorle qu'on fusillait k I'Anse 
 des M^res ; I'erreur etait grossi^re. C'6tait a la riviere des 
 Elchemins. 
 
 13. — Les Anglais ont dirige leurs bombes a dpux b^timents 
 ^choues a la riviere St. Charles qui servaient de batteries, a 
 I'entree de la Riviere St. Charles, en faisant un feu continue], 
 ainsi que de leurs batteries du Sault Montmorency ; ma1gr6 
 cela, on ne compte que 40 hommes de tues du canon et de 
 la bombe, tant au Sault qu'a la villoj et autant d'estroples. 
 
 14. — Continuation du feu de la Pointe-L6vy sur la Ville. 
 2 malelots lues sur les ramparts de la batterie de M. Nau. 
 
 15. — Les Anglais ont dimlnue lour feu. et n'ont presque 
 point jef6 de bombes. 
 
 16. — lis ont fait pcu do feu pendant le jour, mais a Pentrfee 
 de la nuit ils ont jete beaucoup de bombes et pots a feu dont 
 un, sur les neuf heures du soir, mit le feu a la maison de la 
 veuve Pinguet. vis-a-vis les murs des RecoUets. Ce feu fut 
 assez bien servi suivant que je I'ai vu. Deux fr^res R6collets 
 et deux charpentiers empech^rent la communication du feu, 
 en montant sur la maison voisine de Planty et la decouvrant 
 margre les bombes et les canons dont la direction 6tait sur le 
 feu. II n'y eut personne de blesse, et M. Lusignaa et moi en 
 lurent quities pour ia peur, deux boulets nous ayant razes, et 
 une planche des R6collets, d6tachee par un boulel de canon 
 de dessus la couverture de leur Eglise, ayant passe entre le 
 frere Noel et moi. 
 
 17. — On s'est apergu ce matin que quatre bateaux anglais 
 se d6tachaient de la flotte et allaient rejoindre les b&timents 
 qui etaient au Saut ; on ne douta point que c'etait pour 
 rembarquer partie de leur artillerie ; en effet, ils y travaill^rent 
 loute la journee et tir^rent dans cetto partie peu de canons. 
 Le feu des Anglais de la Pointo L6vi a commened; ils 
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 I'incendie de la basse-viile. II y a eu ce jour un Pilotin de 
 tu6 choz M. Glemel. 
 
 18. — Les Anglais firont une descente a Descliambault k la 
 maison de M. Perrot,capilaine du lieu,* Cette maison servait 
 de retraite a la belle Amazone avenluriore. C'est madame 
 Cadet, lemme de sieur Joseph Ruffio. 
 
 Cette maison elait riche par le d<''p6t que plusieurs officiers 
 avaient fait de leurs malles, les-quelles ainsi que la maison ne 
 fureni point sauvees de I'incendie. Lorsque se taisait cette 
 belle operation, 15 cavaliers, h la t^te desquelsotaient le sieur 
 Beleour, major de la cavalerie, se pr6senterent haroiment. f.es 
 Anglais cvureiii sans douic <]ue c'6tait une Mvant-garde ef se 
 reinbarqu^rent Ce qui encouragea ce petit parti qui venait 
 au spcours, compose d'environ 300 hommes du Cap-Sante. 
 Les Ang!ais 6taien1 prcs de 800; ils pcrdirent 22 hommes, 
 sans compler les blesses Nous n'avons eu qu'un Canadien 
 de blesse, legerement. II est a observer que M. de Montcalm 
 parut apres celte noble expedition. 
 
 Ler, Anglnis traverserent avec leurs berges a Sic. Croix, et 
 raze'^ent la terre pour ne point se laisser aller au courant. 
 M. Cournoyer, officier de la oolonie, qui avait 75 liommes 
 avec lui, posta son monde en embupcade, et leur ordonna de 
 tirer sur la lere berge ; ce qn'ils firenf. lis les passerent 
 ainsi en revue, et ils en tnerent environ 200 sans coup ferir, 
 puisqu'ils ne voyaient point ceux qui tiraient sur eux. 
 
 19. — Les Anglais ont recommence a canonner la ville, et a 
 mettre ie feu dans les edfes de St. Antoine et de Ste. Croix. 
 
 20. — On s'est aper^u que les quatre navires anglais 
 mouill^s aux Ecureuils faisaient leur eau, et se preparaient a 
 descendre devant la ville ayant bastingue leurs vaisseaux de 
 grosse pieces de bois. Continuation du feu de canon h la 
 ville, et 2 matelots tu^s. 
 
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 21. — Les Anglaif, suivant leur louable coutume, ont mis 
 le feu k St. Joachim, et ont brQle les deux feimes. Toujours 
 canonnade a la ville. 
 
 22. — Us unt mis le ieu au mnulin du Saut, et a toute la 
 c6lo du Peiit-Pr<j et du (Jhliteau Richer. 
 
 23. — Le feu de ecu cbica a continue, et nous I'avons vu 
 toute la nuit. 
 
 Le mfinie jour, je fus me promener a la basse-ville. Nous 
 tir&mes sur les Anglais uiie douzaine de bombes, et 20 coups 
 de canon, et ils cesserent leur feu tout I'apres-midi. 
 
 24. — On onvoya M. St. Laurent, a 7 heures du matin, en 
 parlemcntaire [) )ur I'officier Ecossais rnort, biesse a I'affaire 
 du Saul du 31. II a fait son testament, par lequel il a donne 
 tout son argent et ses offets au soldat dc Languedoc qui I'a 
 pris prisonnier — pour savoir si I'on agn'iait son testament. Je 
 ne sais pas encore la r6ponse. 
 
 La suspension d'armes a dur6 jusqu'^ neuf lieures. Ensuite 
 
 'les Anglais nous ont salue de 12 coups dc canon. Le m6me 
 
 jour, nous avons remarque que les Anglais avaient mis le 
 
 feu a leur retranchemont du Sault, et que le feu recommenga 
 
 aux maisons de Petit-Pre. 
 
 25. — Les Anglais ont commence le feu de leur batterie de 
 la Pointe Levi, et ont iu6 deux hoinmes sur le rempart. 
 
 26. — Continuation du feu anglais. 
 
 27. — II fut decide que les sieurs Duel et La Garenne, 
 commandant la batterie du Domaine et de M. Levasseur, 
 partiraient avec les hommes d'elite pour armer les six fregates 
 mouill§es a Baliscan. M. Cadet, h la tdte, fit embarquer 
 tout le monde le radme jour, qui partirent dans la chaloupe. 
 M. de Bougainville devait pariir avec 2,000 hommes pour 
 traverser au sud, vers St. Antoine, pour baltre les ennemis. 
 
 Indiscr^tement on fit partir la chaloupe, a la vue de 
 I'ennemi, qui canonnait ces bateaux sans aucun fruit, lis ae 
 rendirent la m6me nuit a la Pointe-aux-Trerables. 
 
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 Le nidme soir les ennrmls, >ans doiitc informc.s de notre 
 d-marche, profitferent i\ neof heuresdu soir d'uii petit vent de 
 nord-est, et pass^rent avec, unc fr6gute de 28 canons, nn 
 b&timcnt de 18, un de 8, un de G et un de 4. On s'aperQUt 
 que non batteries etaient dogarnies, car le feu n'utait point 
 vif; ils passerent, je crois, sau. recevoir bcaiicoup de rnai. 
 
 Les batteries des Anglais lironl un (eu d'enler de la 
 Pointe Levi, taut en bombea quYn caiious. li y eut sur les 
 remparls un homnne tuo, a c(V<' de moi, d'un boulct dp canon 
 qui passa au travers des bancjuettes de la ballerie ; 3 liomme« 
 de lues a la baiterie Daupliine de M. Gareu, et 15 tie bless^y 
 et bri'kles par d('«* garijonsses qui prir<^nt en ten A la vipjlle 
 baiterie. 
 
 II est -^ ohsprver (]ue les vaisseaux am lais moniilf»9 
 aux Rpureuils, fnronf desc^^ndns vers lo Cap Rong'^ et la 
 Pointe-aux-TrombI"s. 
 
 Cetfe nrn>nne nuit nous craignimes nnc* fleseente ; en ett'et, 
 on vint nous avertir qn'on deeouvrait des bcrges ;\ I^Vn^p fl(?s 
 Mtjres. Nous reyAmes du camp sous Beauporl un ronlbrt 
 compose de 4 piquets de troupes rdglees, de 50 hommes 
 chacun, et de 50 Grenadiers. M. de Bernetz, commandant 
 lie la place, les fit poster, savoir : un piquet ;i la BasseVille, 
 h la Construction, un a I'Anse des Meres, I'anire a Samns, et 
 I'autre k Sillery avec 1p« Grenadiers, pour s'opposer a la 
 descente. 
 
 28 aoAt. — Notre alarme n'eut aucune suite. Courval, qui 
 commande la fregate le Brassavran, fut blesse a la cuisse, 
 dangereusement, en revenant avec son monde, suivant les 
 ordres, a Jacques Cartier, par un Canadien qui etait dans le 
 bois, et, qui, ayant eu peur, lira sur lui. II avait 
 malheureusement un habit comme un Anglais; on craint 
 qu'il n'en revienne point. 
 
 29. — Au matin, continuation de canonnade et de bombar- 
 dement de la Pointe-L6vy. 
 
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 30. — Les vaiaseaux anglais qui 6taient devant St. Augustin 
 et le Cap Rouge firent une canonnade considerable depuis 
 une heure jusqu'A huit heures du matin. Sur lus 5 lieures ih 
 tentferent un debarquemenl avec dea bateaux plats vers 
 St. Augustin. 40 tnatelots dea bateaux de M. Dcnet, qui 
 s'dtaient jetdes k terre, ayant abandonnd leurs bateaux, 
 fusill6rent dans Ie bois. A cette fusillade arrive du secours 
 des premiers de cette c6te, et les ennernis sc rembarcju^rfnt. 
 Nous avons eu un homme de tue Canadien, et un do blesse. 
 On ignore ce qu'ont perdu les ennemis, n'efant point 
 debar<iu6s. 
 
 31. — Toute la matinee les Anglais ont (ail un feu 
 considerable de canon de la Poinic Levy. 
 
 Le m6me jour, sur les 9 heures du soir, il passa 7 
 b&timents, dont une fregate de 20 canons, et 6 bftfiments, 
 goelettes ou bateaux, malgre le feu de nos batteries, qui en 
 perc^rent plusieura 
 
 1 septembre. — Les Anglais continu^renl a mettre le feu A 
 leurs retranchements du Sault, et continu6rent a canonner la 
 ville et la bombarder. Leur direction fut sur le quartier 
 St. Roch. 
 
 2. — Sur les dix heures du matin, nous vlmes an monvpment 
 considerable de la part des ennemis: trois gros vaisseaux 
 anglais ayant le cap sur la ville avec petit nord-cst etaient 
 mouilles entre la poinfe de I'ile et la Pointe Levy. Nous 
 apergtime clairement environ 40 berges chargees de monde, 
 entre ces bailments, et qui se tenaient au courant. Ce 
 mouvement donna une alerte k la ville ; je me rendis, apres 
 avoir bu deux coups de liqueur, chez Magnan a la porte 
 St. Jean, et nous biimes le troisieme k I'alerte. Nous 
 nous rendimes a la porte St. Louis oil etait le commandant, 
 lequel ayant vu la manoeuvre, me d6tacha, volontairement, 
 pour aller k la batterie St. Louis ; de l£k, je d§couvris que 
 les berge* reviraient a la Pointe L6vy ; qu'il y en avaient 40 
 autres qui suivaient le chenal du nord, qui se rendaient k 
 I'lsle d'Orl^ans. 
 
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 fiOO liomincH pour garder cotle parti*-. Le m6ii'.o jour, il nous 
 fill tor ;} li.Muint's, donl doux i\ la baltcrie dc M. Dunui, et un 
 snr IfH rcmparis par l>' feu i\c la I'oinle Levy. 
 
 4 _Oti s'ap<«rGUi an camp dc Hcauport (pic Ics crmcmls 
 avaicnl onlicrcinont evacuo le lort. Qu'ii n'y rcstail plus (pie 
 deux prtils bAlimcnts mouillc^ vis^-iVvis PKj^li->e do I'Ange 
 Gardicii. 
 
 Lc ini^mc jonr, on onvoya i\ h doconvcrto au Sault ; on n'y 
 dccouvrii aucim Angh.is; Iom liabilunl- trouvi-ionl lour bled 
 en oiat, cl inoiiis cndoininagos tpir eeux (pii son* prds de 
 no'^ soldats. 
 
 On avail donno ordie ^U' mottro lo foniitrois rctranohoiiionts 
 quo Ics Anglais u'av.ticni poinl bnllcs, cc qui lul cxoculc sur 
 Ic malin. l l)cri^cs sc prcsi-nlou'nt a Saiuos, lcsc[uellcs se 
 rdircreni h la prciuiorc decliargo. 
 
 Nous avons appris, savt)ir s'il est vrai, qu'un ingonieur 
 anglsns, pris par Dufv, ot 5 autres soldais ct 3 sauvagos, quo 
 lo <n;noral Amherst no comptait pas paraitro |)lus loin; (pi'il 
 ri-quait 1(^ monde po ir porter des nouvelK's« au General Wolfe. 
 
 Cot ingeiiiour rapporto quo Ics nouvelles sont que nous 
 sommos maircs dc la moillourc parlie de I'Irlandc ; je 
 voudrais (pie cola fAt. 
 
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 I^iOvv, ot demontorcnt une batierie de 1 1 po qu'ils 
 
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 Le m6me jour, efant a la ballorie de M. Dunet, on vint 
 nous avertir qu'au dessus do l;i c6te de Begin, sur le grand 
 chemin, il passait unc colonne de troupes anglaisea. Le 
 
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 dari« la colonnr v\ doit fn avoir incomniodf; (lUohiues-unB 
 d'cntr'eux plus (pi'ila ne s'y attrndairnt, parcc (pu* lc coup 
 porta h cet emlroit ; le second porta }^^-(lf•sHU^4 de la colonDe, 
 VI leur fit fuir«! un mouvcmcnl qui fit conjcctiirer que le 
 prr niier Ics avail incommodes. 
 
 lit* m6mt' jour, sur Ion ^ hoHroH, 11 y cut une alerlo. M. de 
 Bougainville, cpii rtait a St. Auguslin, uvait vu lew An^laia 
 dC'filfr la rivit^re drs Kinliomins ; enwuitc, il avail vu une 
 conlremardlio. On nonscnvoya 5 pi(picl8 de divtr» regimonls 
 avec une coinpagnic des grenadiers. Je me rendis a la purto 
 Si. Louis, inais il n'y cut rien de nouveau. 
 
 7. — ToHH les hiVlirnenl.s iinglais se sonl re^e^veM vers la 
 partie de Sillery. lis ont fait au Sud dill'erenles marclieH qui 
 nous onl inc|ui0i6. 
 
 F^a ballerii de la Pointe Levy fii un leu <:ontinuel, (|ui lua 
 I'Enseigne de lu balleric de M. iJunei, el un blesse. 
 
 Une potilt! goeieile d'environ 40 tonntniux puHsa sur leg 
 trois lieure?!, |)eiii air du Nord-Ouest, devanl la ville. On 
 s'imagina (pae c'elait une gageurw, ear il n'y avail (ju'environ 
 15 liointneH, donl 8 paraissaient otliciers, gouvernaienl 
 eux-in6mo9 et faisaieut la manceuvre. lis reussirent dans 
 leur gag(!ur(', ear la majeure parlie des olficiers se lenaienl a 
 leur pont. II lut tir6 environ 100 coups de canon qui, suivant 
 notre estime, ne firent (jue percer leurs voile«. 
 
 8. — Le» Anglais n'ont presque point tire devanl la vilie. 
 Les Canadienfti envoycjs a la c6te du Nord onl rapport6 que 
 tout 6iait brQle, ^ Texception des Eglises, el aucun tort dans 
 les grains. 
 
 Le m6me jour, II vim un d6serteur a le nage de I'Isle 
 d'Orl^ans ; il est assez de rapport avei. le premier. 
 
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 " This Journal is partfy in tbe handv^rUing of Cfapt. Patrick 
 Daly, then Lieutenant in tlio Emigrants (McLean's) ; and from hita 
 I had it, — and seems very correct and just. 
 
 Who it was kept by, I don't know, but suppose Mr. Hngb* 
 Finlay may be the gentleman who made it for his amusement." 
 
 
 [The above Preface is in the handwriting of Malcolm Fra«ef, Esquire^- 
 formerly Lieutenant in the 78th Regiment (or Eraser's Highlanders.)^ 
 
 The Manuscript is in the possession of the Honble. J. M. Eraser, who' 
 kindly allowed a copy to be made for the use of the Literary and Historical 
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 George B. Faribault, Esquire, for sotm time President of the Literary 
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[FUBLIBHED UNDEB THE AUSPICES OF THE LITEBABT AND HISTOBIOAL 
 
 SOCIETY OF QUEBEC] 
 
 JOURNAL OF THE SIEGE AND BLOCKADE OF QUEBEC 
 
 BY THE AMERICAN REBELS, IN AUTUMN 1775 
 
 AND WINTER 1776. 
 
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 Nov. lith. — Arnold, with about 500 men, appeared on the 
 heights before Quebec, and were fired upon from the 
 Ramparts. 
 
 The garrison consisted of 
 
 British Militia SOO 
 
 Canadian do 480 
 
 Col. McLean had arrived from above on the 12th, with 
 
 Royal Fusileers and Emigrants 200 
 
 Seamen on shore with Capt. Mackenzie 24 
 
 Artificers from Newfoundland 32 
 
 Col. McLean's Recruits from Newfoundland and St. 
 
 John's Island, by Captains Campbell and Fraser. .. 90 
 
 Total 1126 
 
 Nov. 22nd. — G-enl. Carleton published a proclamation 
 ordering all those who were not willing to defend the town 
 to depart from hence in four days. 
 
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 30/A.~Slate of the Garrison : 
 
 7th or Royal Fusileers 70 
 
 Artificers o.. .. .... 120 
 
 Royal Emigrants (Col. McLean's) 230 
 
 Masters and Mates of Vessels 50 
 
 Marines 330 
 
 British Militia 330 
 
 Seamen , 400 
 
 French Militia 543 
 
 Artillery • 22 
 
 1600 
 Women and Children 3200 
 
 6000 
 
 Good store of ammunition and provisions — fire-wood, hay 
 and oats short. 
 
 Dec. 1st. — The Hunter Sloop of War and Felt, armed ships, 
 came down from Richelieu and were laid up. A foot of 
 snow on the ground. Fired some shots at a party of the 
 Rebels. 
 
 2nd, — Much floating ices in the river. Arnold's party 
 retired to Pointe-aux-Trembles, and sent parties to intercept 
 provisions from coming to town. The inhabitants in general 
 behave in the most ungrateful manner, neither bringing 
 provisions nor allowing them to be brought by others. 
 
 3rd. — Reported that Montgomery was arrived at Pointe- 
 aux-Trembles with 4500 men, including Arnold's party. 
 
 4th, — Montgomery and the Rebel army lodged at Ste. Foy 
 and Petite Riviere. Jerry Duggan, late Hair-dresser in 
 Quebec, is stiled Major amongst them, and it is said 
 commands 500 Canadians. 
 
 5th. — Duggan (Jeremiah) disarmed the inhabitants of the 
 suburbs of St. Roc without opposition. Some cannon shot 
 fired from the Garrison. 
 
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 6//t. — Two rncii came into the Garrison from the Rebel 
 army. 
 
 N.B. — They joined Col. McLean's Regiment and behaved 
 very well during the siega. The riflemen of the Rebel army 
 annoy our sentries from the suburbs of St. Roc. 
 
 Dec. 1th, — The Rebel army said to be about 2000 only. 
 The town is totally blocked up. The plan of the Rebels 
 supposed to be to open batteries, cannonade and bombard 
 the town for some time ; and after harrassing us in this way, 
 to make a general assault. 
 
 8/A. — Last night a good deal of snow fell. 
 
 ^t.h. — The Rebels said to be only 1500 in all, — many of 
 them sick, and the small pox amongst them. 
 
 IQth. — About two in the morning the Rebels opened a 
 Bomb Battery in St Roc's suburbs, — threw 28 shells into the 
 town — no hurt done. The shells are 5 J inches. At day 
 light a fascine battery appeared in the bushes about 500 
 yards from St. John's Gate. We fired many shots through 
 it. A few houses burnt by us near St. John's G-ate to open a 
 view to the enemy's batteries. The inhabitants of the town 
 seemed very little alarmed by the shells. 
 
 Wth. — 43 shells thrown into town — no damage done. The 
 Rebels seem to have been hard at work at their battery at 
 St. John's last night, and kept their riflemen firing at our 
 sentries from St. Roc's to annoy us. Hard frost — the streets 
 and ramparts one sheet of ice. 
 
 \ith. — 40 shells thrown into the town last night. A man 
 of Col. McLean's Regiment treacherously killed by a fellow 
 (one of the Rebels), who pretended he was about to desert 
 to us. 
 
 13//i. — A few shells thrown in last night. Reported that 
 the enemy intended to make a battery at Point Levy. The 
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 Palace and the other houses adjoining; they were, however, 
 dislodged from the cupola by our cannon. It is thought we 
 killed and wounded some of the enemy this day. We threw 
 shells and 32-pounders at their battery. 
 
 lith. — We coniinue firing at their battery. They opened 
 their battery with five guns — six, nine and twelve-pounders, 
 at mid-day. They did us no damage. 
 
 I5th. — The Rebels fire now and then from their battery. 
 A thing they call a Flag of Truce with two men and a drum 
 approached our walls. General C%.rleton being made 
 acquainted of it, sent notice that he would not admit them 
 into town, neither would he hear them, nor receive any letter 
 from them, though they said they had some ; in short, that 
 he would have no communication with the Rebels. These 
 men went off, saying : " Then let him be answerable for all 
 the consequences." 
 
 They fired towards evening, as did we. Their battery 
 seems very much hurt. 
 
 IQth. — The enemy fired some shot and shells into town ; 
 three men wounded this day, of Col. Maclean's Regiment by 
 rifles. An alarm about 4 o'clock in the morning. Almost 
 every man of the garrison lies in his clothes ; and the most 
 severe and exact duty is done without murmuring. 
 
 nth.— Co]d weather. 
 
 18^/i. — Some shells thrown on both sides. The guns on 
 the Rebel battery did not appear ; one of our men wounded 
 by a r;fle. 
 
 IWi. — The Rebels come in skulking parties to St. John's 
 (suburbs) and about the fntendant's Palace to fire at our 
 {gentries. 
 
 20th. — The weather very cold, and from the severity of it 
 hardly possible to make any attack upon the garrison. It 
 was reported that Montgomery told his men he would dine 
 in Quebec or in Hell on Christmas day. He may, perhaps, 
 
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 in ihe latter place, it lie attempt-* io become our guest. By a 
 letter which come into town, we learn that the Canadianl 
 anxiliaries begin to quit the Rebel army, and that 
 consequently they have become discontented. Our garrison 
 is in the best spirits, 
 
 21s/. — Nothing remarkable. 
 
 22nd. — Col. Caldwell's clcrli who was made prisoner by 
 the Rebels, made his escape from them, and brought a man 
 along with him about ten at night. Joshua Wolf (Col. 
 Caldwell's clerk) reports, that Mr. Montgomery intends to 
 storm the town this night. He has hitherto found it difficult 
 to persuade his men to it. He has j)romised them plunder to 
 the amount of i;200 each man, upon entering Quebec. The 
 Europeans, many of whom were with the Rebels, insist that 
 the Americans should mount the walls first, and the latter* 
 are willing to allow that honor to the Mother Country. They 
 have 600 clumsy ladders. The enemy reported 2000 ; the 
 small pox amongst them. 
 
 23rd. — A man of Col. Maclean's Regiment, of Capt, 
 Malcolm Fraser's Company, killed on the 2 guns battery by 
 a murdering rifleman. 
 
 2ith. — An attack expected. A deserter came in at St. 
 John's (gate) by the assistance of a rope— says— that the 
 attack was deferred by reason of Wolf's escape into the 
 garrison, but that they intend it this night if his deserting 
 does not prevent it. 
 
 25th. — Many signals without, and an attack expected. 
 Our General with Col. Maclean, and every man, Militia of 
 the Upper Town, with those not on duty, sleep in their 
 clothes at the Recollet Convent, — and those of the Lower 
 Town are there assembled in the same manner. The officers 
 and soldiers of the troops lie also in their clothes in the 
 barracks, as do the sailors. This has continued for some 
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 30th. — A doscrter from llu- Rebels, says they are between 
 2 and 3000. That they are well Bupplyed, and pay the 
 Canadians in specie. That their army was asHenibled some 
 nights ago. That Montgomery harangued, and afterwards 
 dismissed thorn till another opjjortunity. Thirty shells 
 thrown in last night — no damage done? by them. The 
 deserter says that the gnrrison is to bo attacked the first dark 
 and stormy night. 
 
 Slst December. — Wind N.E., very snowy and dark. Ab 
 Capt. Malcolm Frascr, of the Emigrants, who thai night 
 commanded the main-guard, was going his rounds, and had 
 passed the guard at Port Louis, between 4 and 5 o'clock in the 
 morning, lie perceived a signal thrown on the heights, 
 without the works, at Cape Diamond ; ho imraodiately saw 
 it was for an attack, and sent notice to all the guards around, 
 and running down St. Louis street, called " Turn Out" as 
 loud and as often as he could, which was heard by the 
 General and the Picqnet at the RecoUeta, who instantly 
 turned out. Capt. Fraser also ordered the Alarm bell to be 
 rung, and the drums of his guard to beat to arms, and in 
 about two minutes every man was at his alarm post. The 
 General ordered the main-guard to march to Post Saint 
 John's, The morning was so boisterous and snowy that at 
 some of our Posts neither bell nor drums were heard, but 
 they were sufficiently alarmed by the Hashes as the enemy 
 began firing, both at St. John's and Cape Diamond long 
 before their attack begun in the Lower Town, Th;*;^ :.t the 
 sime time plyed us with shells. 
 
 About 5 o'clock Montgomery attacked a house belonging 
 to Mr. Simon Fraser, at Prtls de Ville^ called the Pot Ashy 
 
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 ^hich was well fortihcd with cannon and a guard of about 
 30 in it. IIo had, it is said, 800 mon with him. Much 
 about the same tim(^ Arnold, with a party oonsinting of 650, 
 or 700 men (attacked) a Post at Saufi au MateloL 
 Montgomery's party was repulsed, leaving ten or a dozen 
 men killed and wounded. Arnold's party forced the Sault 
 au Matelot^ and got into the narrow street, but before they 
 could got to tlie end of it, our people had found means to 
 secure the inner barrier, and having lodged themselves in a 
 house opposite it, kept a firo upon the lleb(!ls in the narrow 
 street till the arrival of Col. Caldwell with a party of the 
 Urilish Militia; and Major Nairn, with a party of the 
 Emigrants, having by some means got a ladder, he with 
 Ensign Dambourges instantly mounted the same, and got 
 into a window of a liouso on the Robel side of the barrier, 
 where being followed instantly by Capf. Campbell and Ensign 
 Cairns of iho Emigrants and Lieut. Layard ol the Fusileers, 
 thoy dislodged a strong party of the Rebels with their bayonets, 
 and thus got the command of the narrow street. 
 
 Whilst Col. Caldw^ell, Major Nairn and the officers and 
 men were thus distinguishing themselves, Genl. Carleton 
 had detached a parly out at Palace Gate under Capt. Law, 
 acting Engineer, who was supported by a party under Capt. 
 Macdougal of the Emigrants, and he, by Capt. Alexander 
 Eraser with a third party, and all, followed by a party of 
 sailors commanded by Capt. Hamilton of the Lizard ; these 
 parties coming behind the Rebels, wh© seeing themselves 
 surrounded, threwdown their armsand surrendered prisoners. 
 
 We took in all : 
 
 Lieut.-Colonel 1 
 
 Majors 2 
 
 Captains « 8 
 
 Lieutenants ...r 15 
 
 Adjudant 1 
 
 Quarter Master 1 
 
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 ;iipt. Anderson ot tlie seamen witli b men killed 
 and one wounded. One of these killed was of the French 
 Mililiu, the rest se;niie i and of the Hritish Mi'iiia ; among 
 the latter, one Mr. Fraser, a master ship-builder — both he 
 and Capt. AidOdon are much reg.eltcd. We took a brass 
 six-pounder that the Rebels hud brought along with them. 
 
 A party was sent out under the command of Capt. 
 Campbell to burn S*. Roc's, where they found 5 mortars and 
 royals, which were brought in. 
 
 The garrison in general, bolh Brilish and French, behaved 
 gallantly, and the greatest harmony subsisted between us, 
 and the General's orders obeyed with the greatest alacrity. 
 He was greatly eased by the ac 'vity and indefatigableness 
 of Col. Mac'ean, \yhose providential coming into »he province 
 has contributed in a most conspicuous manner to the fortifying 
 and preserving the garrison. 
 
 Colonel Caldwell who commands the Br't'sh Milit-a, by 
 his example and presence wherever there was dan^jc, or 
 occasion required, has gained a reputation both for h'mself 
 and his corps never to be forgotten ; for notwithstanding the 
 unfavourable I'ght in which the King's old subjects, here in 
 general, were looked upon, I can with truth assert that the 
 preservation of Quebec is chielly, if not entirely, owing to 
 these men. 
 
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 Tlioy began last sutnmpr by nigning a letter addressed la 
 General Carleton, then at Montreal, ro(iuo8ting that ho would 
 ombudy anil arm thetn. The French inhabitants of the town 
 immedialuly followed the example, which they certainly 
 would no more do than the rest ol their countrymen had not 
 they seen this laudable instance of the Dritiah Militia's 
 attachment to the interest of their King and Country; for, 
 without doubt, had it not been for their assistance, the few 
 troops and sailors would never be able to do any thing to 
 the purpose. 
 
 The action lasted till about 8 in the morning, when all 
 was quiet. 
 
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 jany. tndi — The dead bodies which lay outside the Pot 
 Ash brought in, 13 in number, — amongst which Montgomery's, 
 McPherson's, his Aid-du-Camp, and Capt. Cheesman's. 
 
 Mojor Meigs, one of the Rebel prisoners, was permitted to 
 go out for their clothes. It would seem they believed their 
 people were masters o( the Lower Town. There were some 
 Canadians killed who had joined the Rebels, and there were 
 five or six taken prisoners, with 2 or 3 savages — all of whom 
 the General set at liberty. Many of the ungrateful Canadians 
 have joined the enemy. 
 
 Montgomery's body was decently interred by order and at 
 the expense of the Lieut.-Gov. Cramahe. 
 
 A brisk fire from cannon and mortars kept by us on the 
 nearest posts of the Rebels. One Duncan, a Rebel volunteer, 
 came in<o Sauli-au-Matelotj believing, as he said, that the 
 Rebels were in possession of it. 
 
 3rd. — A few shots from us at the enemy. 
 
 Ath. — Capt. Anderson, Mr. Fraser, and the other brave men 
 who were killed, buried with the honours of war. 
 
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 6th. — Very severe weather. 
 
 7th. — By some people taken at St. Roc's, we learn that the" 
 Rebels gave out, that they had carried the Low:!r Town with 
 the loss of 15 men on their side, and 600 on ours. They 
 endeavoured to make the ignorant Canadians believe that 
 General Montgomery is gone across the woods for a 
 reinforcement. 94 of the prisoners enlisted into Colonel 
 Maclean's Regiment, at their own earnest request 
 
 Janp. 10th. — A great quantity of snow fell. An attack 
 apprehended. 
 
 11/A. — Two RecoUets, with the Canadians taken in ^rms<, 
 sent over to Point Levy. 
 
 12//*.— Nothing. 
 
 13th. — A party went out to cover people who are permitted 
 to carry in the ruins of the wooden houses at St. Roc's. 
 
 14th and 15/A.— Nothing, 
 
 16th. — The archives brought in from the Intendant's 
 Palace, quite safe, being deposited in a vault there. 
 
 nth. — A report that 200 of the Rebels have deserted. The 
 Rebels talk of attacking with 4000 men. 
 
 \8th. — Nothing very remarkable from this date to the 25tfi. 
 Provisions begin to grow dear : 7^d, per pound for beef. 
 
 25lh. — Nothing remarkable to the 5th February, on which 
 day three of the Rebel Provincials inlisted into Colonel 
 Maclean's corps, posted as sentries on the rampart, desertedl 
 at night, taking their arms with them. 
 
 Feify. 1th. — Provisions growing very dear. Beef sold at 
 9d. per pound, and thirteen shillings for a small quarter of 
 mutton, U. 3d. for fresh pork. A poor hearing for the 
 garrison. 
 
 
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 Blh. — A remarkable mild day. 
 
 0th. — As remarkable for iho reversr — blowing very hard. 
 Occasioned a great drift of the snow, — making it 9 or ten feet 
 in some places on the ramparts, and in diflercnt pans of the 
 town. From the excessive cold, the sentries obliged to bo 
 relieved every half hour. 
 
 10/A, Wth and ]2th. — Nothing remarkable,— but the soldiers 
 of the garrison are employed in diflerent parties, under 
 officers, in clearing'away the snow on the ramparts from the 
 guns which were entirely buried under it, and cutting a road 
 through it for the rounds and patioles at night. 
 
 Febij. Wh. — A Flag of Truce came to the walls from the 
 enemy. Col. Maclean, by the General's order, desired it to 
 return immediately, as no communication would be had with 
 the rebels. 
 
 ISth. — The garrison still at woik clearing away the snow. 
 At night three of the Emigrants deserted — an alarming 
 circumstance to the garrison. 
 
 I4th. — A party of the Rebels at 11 o'clock at night entered 
 St. John's Suburbs, set some of the houses on fire. Out 
 cannon then played, whereupon they dispersed. 
 
 Ibth. — The garrison alarmed by the sentry at Palace Gate 
 firing on a small party of the Rebels who had the assurance to 
 advanco within shot of the walls with fire, to set fire to some 
 ships there ; after a few shots fired upon them, they retired 
 without effecting their purpose. This night five of the Rebel 
 Provincials in Col. Maclean's corps deserted, with one of the 
 Emigrants. 
 
 16th. — On this day all the Rebel Provincials in Col* 
 Maclean's corps were ordered into confinement, and their 
 arms and clothes given them, taken from them by order of 
 General Carletoiv. 
 
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 17/A and 18/A. — The weather exceisive cold. Ono of (h0 
 guard at the Klook House had one of his foet frost-bittetl, 
 notwilhHtanding a warm stove in the room. 
 
 20lh — A house about 60 yards from the ramparts set on 
 fire ; the sentry saw noboily. A party of 100 men sent out to 
 St. Johns under Capt. Nairn to remain all night, (12 shots 
 fired into town, 12-p(>under8), but they woro relieved by 
 Cul. Caldwell with lOO men. 
 
 22nd. — Nothing, but some wood got In from St. Johns. 
 
 23ft/.~Noiliing. 
 
 24lh. — A deserter reports thiit the Rebels have had 400 med 
 of reinforcement ; another of 3000 was coming under General 
 Lee, but countermanded to New York ) and then General 
 Schuyler Was then ordered to Canada, but afterwards ordered 
 against Sir John Johnson, who got some Indians and others 
 to the nutnber of 500; that small parties had arrived at 
 Montreal, and that the ice on the lake was very good. That 
 800 ladders are to be made; that they had got 16 pieces of 
 cannon from St. John's— twelve-pounders the heaviest. 
 
 26th. — Some shot fired into the town. Parties of the 
 Rebels seen in motion — t'is believed they have lately received 
 some reinforcement. 
 
 2Gth. — The whole garrison lay on their arms last nights 
 A man sent to Orleans for intelligence, of which we are, and 
 have been very destitute all winter. 
 
 21th. — Many signals seen this morning. 
 
 28th. — A Canadian came in at Sault au Matelot, reportai 
 that Genl. Amherst is at New. York with 1000 men. The 
 affair of the 31st December cost the Rebels 750 men. They 
 are afraid to retreat as the Canadians have threatened to 
 murder them if they do not make another attempt on the 
 town. The Canadians keep patroles in all the avenues to 
 
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 Itrcvcnt any persons from coining in. Thai General Amherst 
 had summoned Congress to surrender. That the Rebels 
 have ' ifdered quarters to be provided for 7000 men. 
 
 March l.v/.— Nothing. 
 
 3rd. — The Volunteer picquets oxf^rcised while the mooa 
 givcH light. Three more dtisertors from the lOtnigranls. 
 
 4th, — Nothing but fatigue parties. 
 
 March 5th. — A red flag seen flying near the Ferry at St. 
 Charirs* lliver, supposed in comtnemoration of the 5tli 
 March, 1770, called by the Yankees " the Bloody Massacre 
 at Boston.*' Col. Maclean has picked up above 100 men, 
 and lormcd them into an Invalid company to guard the 
 prisoneiB. Those who c'uring the winter are put into this 
 company are some picqued who did not formerly perceive the 
 meanest of their behaviour. One of the prisoners was more 
 closely confined for seditious behaviour. 
 
 nth. — Fatigue parties making a trench in the snow, without 
 the walls. A party sent towards Wolfe cove to reconnoitre^ 
 fired on a party of the enemy. 
 
 A kind of sentry box fixed by us on the top of a pole, 30 
 feet high, at Cape Diamond. We see St. Foy Church and 
 the road tliis side, but donH the Plains, beyond the Gallows 
 Hill, where they may assemble a great number of men 
 without our knowledge in day light. The red flag still flies. 
 Some say its the bloody flag, by way of threat, and others 
 think it is a signal to the prisoners in town. 
 
 8/A. — This night two men, LaMotte and (Papineau) came 
 in from Orleans, having come lately from New York and 
 Montreal. They say the Boslonian Canadians keep patroles 
 on the ice all night, which makes it diflicult to approach. 
 LaMotte, they say, has brought letters from Grovernor Tryon, 
 of New York, to Genl. Carleton ; brings many other 
 
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 encouraging accounts, perhaps made on purpose — such as 
 mutiny among the rebels at Montreal, and many other things 
 not worth marking. 
 
 Moses Hazen, an officer on half pay, has basely joined the 
 Rebels and is stiled Colonel ; he was formerly taken notice 
 of by the great Wolfe — but alas ! how altered ! Several 
 gentlemen at Montreal, who relused to surrender the 
 commissions given them by General Carleton, are ordered to 
 leave Montreal. Nothing of the troops formerly reported to 
 be landed at New York under Gen). Amherst. Working 
 parties of the enemy heard at I'Anoe des Meres. The 
 Invalids, 180 in number, paraded to-day — above 100 found 
 fit for duty, that is to siay, to turn out on an alarm ; they were 
 enrolled, and put under the command of Cugnet — very little 
 confidence can be put on the Captain or his company. 
 
 9/A. — 114 guns mounted ; none under 6-pounders, besides 
 swivels, mortars, wall pieces, howitzers, &c. 
 
 IO//t. — An alarm — all turned out with great alacrity. The 
 prisoners behaved very quietly on hearing it. 
 
 lltli. — The British Militia reviewed — looked and will 
 certainly behave well on every occasion. Their arms in 
 excellent order. Fire balls hung over the walls to shew the 
 approach of an enemy, at all the angles of the bastions ; they 
 answer very well. A sailor attempted to desert, but was' 
 stopped. 
 
 12th. — Stragling parties of the Rebels seen on the heights; 
 they fired at our fatigue party. 
 
 ISth. — Reports that the Indians and Canadians above, 
 begin to threaten the Rebels — I don't believe it ; they have no 
 such generous principles. 
 
 A party under command of Captain Littlejohn, went to 
 reconnoitre I'Ance des M^res. Saw 100 men, fired on them, 
 when they fled ; t'is said, some of the enemy were seen to 
 
 
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 fall. The river begins to get more clear of ice. The 
 prisoners removed to Dauphin and Palace Gate prisons. 
 
 Mth. — Another Flag of Truce came under the Barrack 
 Bastion, desiring admittance, with letters to the Govenor. 
 The General desired to acquaint him, that he could not be 
 heard nor admitted till he implored the King's mer'^y. On 
 being told this, he was ordered off and accordingly 
 sent away. 
 
 Xbth. — A canoe sent to reconnoitre. Spoke two Canadians 
 who promised to come to town to-morrow, but they wont. 
 Two Canadians sent to town in a canoe by Hugh Fraser, at 
 Beaumont, came to town and brought letters from Fraser and 
 others to the General. They bring favorable accounts of the 
 people below. The Rebels expect a thousand men and have 
 sent provisions to meet ihem. 
 
 IQth. — Very heavy rain. 
 
 17 //i. — The men from Beaumont inform that the Rebels 
 have spread a report that the Plague is in town, and that we 
 die in great numbers. The voluntary picquets mount 
 regularly and cheerfully. Two companies of the British 
 Militia ordered to do that duty in the Lower Town with three 
 French companies. Fatigue parties every day, and all welL 
 Six Canadians who refuse going sentry without the Post at 
 Pot Ash, with white shirts as usual, sent to the main guard ; 
 they are to be reprimanded before the French Militia. The 
 two men from Beaumont returned with letters, gazettes and 
 instructions to some of our friends below. 700, or thereabouts 
 of the Rebels seen in two bodies. Our men cautioned not to 
 get in liquor — this being St. Patrick's day. 
 
 mh and 19f^.— The cutter and two batteaux sent up the 
 river. Major Nairn and Capt. Owen sent out with the Corps 
 de Reserve (60 men of Col. Maclean's Regiment) beyond 
 Cape Diamond. Saw Nothing. 
 
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 A battery begun by the enemy at Point L'ivy. The Itebela 
 have a line of sentries aoross the heights to prevent desertion 
 from them. Our men quite sober last night. 
 
 20th. — Some men seen at St. Johns. 13 horses seen 
 drawing a cannon at Point Levy ; their battery at Point Levy 
 is two or three hundred yards to the eastward of where 
 General Wolfe's where. 
 
 21st. — Hard frost last night. Several canoes seen crossing 
 and recrossing from Sillery to South Shore. 
 
 22nd. — They work at Point Levy battery. We are getting 
 guns ready to play on them. Fired some shot and shells to 
 Point Levy. Their battery intended against our shipping 
 laid up at the Cul de Sac. 
 
 23rd. — Last night very dark. An attack expected. Our 
 wood all expended — we must forage. 
 
 2ith. — Very dark night. 
 
 2Qth. — ^T'was expected an attack would be made between 
 the 15th and 25th. We are always prepared. We throw 
 rockets and make blazes frequently to confound the enemy's 
 signals. 
 
 2Qth. — Fired at Point Levy battery. Two men intercepted 
 at Orleans by a party from Beauport. A body of Rebels seen 
 assembled at St. Foix. 
 
 27^A.— All quiet last night. A large house at la Canardiere, 
 where the enemy had a guard, was burnt this morning, 
 believed by accident. Many armed men seen at Point Levy, 
 and boats frequently crossing 3 or 3 miles above the town. 
 About 100 men seen on the road to Beauport, coming to 
 the ferry. 
 
 28th and 29th. — Nothing extraordinary. 
 
 30///. — Very quiet last night. Fired shot and shells at the 
 Rebel battery. Some wood got in at St. John's Gate. The 
 
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 etiemy lired a few musket shot from their old battery. A 
 deserter came ia, he is one of the 1st Batt'n of Philadelphia 
 lately arrived at the Rebel quarters. The 2nd Batt'n ia 
 soon expected. 
 
 April ]8t. — The Point Levi battery appears plainly. 
 Another deserter came in. Great sickness in the Rebel 
 arrny. We fire shot and shells at the battery on the South 
 Shore. 
 
 April 2nd. — Different movements observed without. A 
 batteau sent to reconnoitre. 
 
 3rd. — The Rebels opened their battery of 5 guns at Point 
 Levy about 8 this morning. They have 24, 12 md 9-pounder 
 cannons, whereof three-twelves. They fire sometimes at the 
 shipping, and sometimes into the high town, but do no 
 material hurt. The enemy threw some shells from Point 
 Levy. Heavy rain. 
 
 4th. — Rained all night. They fire on us from Point Levy 
 now and then. No damage hitherto. 
 
 5th, — A sailor wounded by a shell bursting above the 
 shipping 
 came in at Sault au Matelot. 
 
 A general fatigue to clear the snow. One Loiseau 
 
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 Qth. — A deserter came in, — says — that Genl. Lee is on his 
 way to this place with 4000. About 100 Canadians were got 
 together by one William Ross, who formerly served in the 
 78th Regiment (Col. Eraser's), and one Mr. Beaujeu and Mr. 
 Gaspe, to whom our Goveriior had sent orders by the two 
 Beaumont men, and with these they intended to seize the 
 Rebel battery at Point Levy, and open a communication with 
 the town ; but the other Canadians betrayed them, and a 
 great body of them having joined 100 Bostonians, they all 
 marched and attacked the small party of Royalists whom 
 they routed, after killing four or five; among the rest, one 
 Mr. Baillie, a priest, who was a zealous Royalist, was much 
 
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 wounded. Though the Canadians, in general, are treacherotwy 
 yet there are a few honest among them. 
 
 It is said the New Yorkers whose times are out the 15th, 
 will then leave the Rebels. They have thrown some red hot 
 bullets into town, but done no hurt. 
 
 April 1th. — Nothing new. Some cannon shot. 
 
 8^/t. — In the evening a cannon ball from Point Levy 
 unluekily killed a boy of ten year old, son to Mr. Melvin, 
 Merchant. 
 
 %th, — One Chaucer, a decent looking man, came in frono 
 the enemy. He reports ihat Ocneral Lee was countermanded 
 after having set out for Canada. He says the Rebels arc 
 about 1800 in all, but many of them sick. They threaten to 
 Btorm at the Pot Ash, Sault au Matelot and Cape Diamond, 
 between this and the 15th, when many of their men's times 
 will be out. He says the New Yorkers are dissatisfied with 
 the Yankees who pretend to take the lead. They are to 
 open a battery at 500 yards opposite Port Louis, mounting 6 
 guns — 9 and 12-pounders. They are preparing a fire vessel 
 to burn the shipping in the Cut de Sac. The Canadians are 
 discontented at being paid in paper. Arnold goes for Montreal 
 to-morrow. Every man lies in clothes at some of the places 
 ef rendevous, ready to turn out. This Chaucer is suspected 
 of being a spy. 
 
 April lOih.^-Thc streets almost impassable, and the snow 
 without renders approaches to the walls almost impracticable. 
 
 A young man who came by water confirms what Chaucer 
 said in regard to the fire ship. 
 
 1 lih. — Nothing new. 
 
 \2th — Fire balls lighted on the angles, which burn till 
 three in the morning. 
 
 13/A. — Fire balls lighted at one, and burnt till three in the 
 morning. 
 
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 The enemy have hit and hurt some of the ships. The 
 Rebel prisoners found means to file off the rivets of their 
 fetters. The Rebels are at work on the battery opposite Port 
 Louis. 
 
 14th. — Fire balls as usual. Above 1800 men under arms 
 in the garrison this night, expecting an attack. The first 
 guard mounted in a new block-house ereeted without Port 
 Louis. The enemy observed moving. 
 
 15///.— All quiet last night. A bofly of the enemy seen 
 assembled who gave three cheers. 
 
 16//*. — All quiet last night. Picquefs on the two new 
 block houses outside Port Louis. 
 
 \lth. — Nothing uncommon. 
 
 18f/t. — -Two deserters from the Rebels — say the New 
 Yorkers would not re-inlist ; on the contrary, a body of 300 
 called out " God save the King," on which they were 
 disarmed and made prisoners by the Rebels, in which service 
 the Canadians were most forward. That they are 1800, 
 exclusive of Canadians, who they amuse with promises of 
 plunder. The garrison is in high spirits and wish for an 
 assault. 
 
 April I8th. — The lake ice has passed the town to-day. 
 
 19//i. — All quiet. It is said the Canadians desire the town 
 may not be burnt for fear of depriving them of the plunder. 
 
 20//i.— One Buchanan, formerly of the 78th Regiment, with 
 a Frenchman, came into town. The Gaspe, armed schooner, 
 taken last fall, they have prepared as a fire ship, and ofFei 
 20,000 livres to a person who will carry into Cul de Sac and 
 set her at fire. Reported that Col. Caldwell of the 8th 
 Regiment, is on his way from Niagara with a number of 
 Indians. It is not very probable. We fire a good deal on 
 their works at St. Charles River. Reported that Chaucer is 
 
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 a spy, and thai a Capt. Lamb, a prisonct here, has fixed on 
 signals to let him know when an attack is intended, that the 
 prisoners may co-operalp. 
 
 21st. — Every thing quiet last night. They fire into the 
 middle of the town, by which some persons may be hurt, 
 though they'il never take the town by that means. An 
 armed schooner, with 30 men on board, hauuul out of Cul de 
 Sac, which seems to alarm our neighbours. 
 
 22nd. — The Rebels opened their battery at the ferry this 
 morning, between 9 and 10, with two guns. It is behind a 
 thick redoubty thrown up at the passages by the French in 
 1769. We batter them briskly on all sides. The red flag 
 taken down by thein last night, supposed as a signal to the 
 prisoners within. 
 
 25rd. — A good deal of snow T last night. An attack 
 expected, and all the garrison under arms. A canoe with 
 6 men came in along side the armed schooner. Report that 
 the King's army had evacuated Boston. That a General 
 Thomas, (lately an Apothecary), was on his way with 1200 
 men to join the Rebels in Canada, where they may arrive 
 the beginning of May. They bring 6 twenty-four-pounders. 
 A report still prevails of the 8th Regiment with Indians 
 coming down from the Upper Country. Genl. Lee is gone to 
 Virginia to oppose Lord Dunmore. 
 
 The Rebels kept a more than usual firing from both their 
 batteries. They threw 6 small shells from their new battery 
 towards the block-house, outside Port Louis, which fell short. 
 
 24th. — The Rebels threw red hot balls into town ; they fire 
 from Point Levy. 
 
 April 25th. — Very little firing on either side. 
 
 2Qth. — A very stormy night last. Firing on both sides. 
 
 21 th. — Last night very foggy. They fired from the ferry 
 battery. Begin to look for ships from England. An alarm, 
 
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 which proved a false one : — It was believed the fire ship wan 
 approaching, and t'was thought they would at same lime 
 attack the walls ; all the garrison very alert. A good deal 
 of firing fronfi the ferry and Point Levy, but no hurt done. 
 We gave them twenty to one, 
 
 28th. — Very little firing on either side this day. 
 
 29//*. — Red hot balls fired into town. 
 
 30lh. — It WU3 disicovered that the Rebel officers, prisoners, 
 had bribed two of ihe 7th Regiment to connive at their escape. 
 On this, two of the prisoners were sent on board the armed 
 schooner, and put in irons. A general picquet this night. 
 
 May 1st. — All well and happy to find ourselves so nigh 
 relief. However, we never despaired as we knew the 
 General to be steady and never would capitulate ; and Col. 
 McLean put every thing in motion, and kept all alive without 
 giving any unnecessary trouble, to the garrison. We were 
 entirely satisfied with the duty, though the hardest that men 
 could endure in this severe climate. 
 
 The Rebels shot ofT a boy's leg, and wounded some men 
 on board one of the ships. 
 
 A Canadian came in from Point Levy. He says the 
 enemy are 11,000; he is confined. 
 
 May 2nd. — A sortie for firewood at Port Louis. Saw a 
 great many scaling ladders, too heavy and too short. Our 
 people left them in hopes they'l be fools enough to use 
 ihem. 
 
 May 3rd. — A fatigue party planting thorn bushes on the 
 Glacis. About 300 men marching along the Beach to 
 Wolfe's Cove — thought to be General Thomas' reinforcement. 
 
 A little before 9 o'clock at night, a vessel was seen turning 
 Point Levy, which was believed to be a friend, as we expected 
 no attack from that quarter: the fire ships having been from 
 
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 above. There was great joy, as tho' but a small vessel wo 
 expected news of a relief being at hand. The vessel was 
 allowed to come very near without molestation, — but being 
 hailed several times and she making no answer, several 
 great guns were fired at her ; (the first by Mr. Chandler from 
 the grand battery) this, — disconcerted the people on board, 
 and they put fire to her which spread in an instant ; and had 
 they delayed a very few minutes she would be Into the Cul 
 de Sac, and the shipping and great part of the Lower Town 
 must have been consumed. However, the tide having then 
 ebbed about an hour the current carryed her back, 
 notwithstanding the wind was N.E. There were a great 
 many grenades and other shells with various combustibles on 
 board her. The vessel, which was the property of Mr. 
 Simon Fraser, they found at Orleans and made this use of 
 her, — perhaps in revenge for the zeal he shewed in defence 
 of the garrison. 
 
 The garrison were under arms in the greatest order, in a 
 very short time, as if they had seen the ships and Towns on 
 fire. They certainly intended to attack during the confusion. 
 
 May 4th. — Nothing uncommon. 
 
 May 5th. — The same. 
 
 May 6th. — A bustling observed among the Rebels — about 
 6 o'clock in the morning, a frigate, which proved to be the 
 " Surprise" appeared, turning Point Levy. This was a 
 joyful sight to the garrison ; she seem'd at first in doubt 
 whether to approach or not. However, a boat being sent 
 on board, she came as nigh as she could to be out of the 
 range of the Point Levy battery. Two companies of the 
 29th Regt. with some marines, in all about 200, were 
 immediately landed. 
 
 About 12 .o'clock, 800 men, including the 200 newly 
 arrived, marched out to the heights, drew up in different 
 divisions and moved slowly forward without any interruption, 
 
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 and give us battle as we saw them assembling at their 
 hirjd-(jnarters from all sides ; but, it seems they had no 
 stomaei) to it, for alter we had remained above an hour, there 
 was none of them to be seen. We then sent advanced 
 parties wiio found (liey hud retreated in the utmost hurry 
 a <l (U)tdusioii, leaving all their provisions, artillery and 
 ainmuniii«)n and baggage behind, in much the same way as 
 the Frenc!) had raised the siege sixteen years before ; and 
 thus we got a complete victory without bloodshed. 
 
 Our lilile army consisted of the fusileers and emigrants on 
 the right ; British militia and sailors on the left, with the new 
 comers in the center, and Major Nairne with the corps de 
 reserve sent off about an hour before the rest. The French 
 were formed as a corps de reserve in the rear, and all, 
 without exception, behaved in the coolest manner. In the 
 afternoon the two frigat(!s (another having arrived) are gone 
 up to scour the river. 
 
 Maylth. — The frigates took an armed vessel, and destroyed 
 some bateaux up the river, obliging a strong party of the 
 enemy to quit them with some loss. 
 
 A number of people coming into town ; some of them 
 seem ashamed of their late behaviour, and are as mean by 
 submission as they would be overbearing had we been 
 worsted. 
 
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