->. IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) ^tk^ ^^o 1.0 14 5 I.I 1.25 ■ 50 ""■=» lit 2.5 iiii 1.8 14 III 1.6 7 Photographic Sciences Corporation •^ \ <^ :\ \ ^v V c> <^:^ <--/«|(^* Hi' :, Vi"^ ,-:::-r;.- 'f^r^-1 :;; -/; -"M^ ' ■ v ^V"- ^^fefr' H ! ^ j: ,V :•-• Bm&m :<^^ ,1.;:i :i t» ill/ 'Iji //■ .•(."KJ • ■ / ,■ ■ MEMOIRS ;. J ii It i^si ^:.d^ ) F THE "' ■,■, . ! ^.'-■■■r V :)•:;■■ ) •?■,.• S I E G E of U E B E C. .,;i; .•^''••■\'-- :■> -THfll , .'■■:.)- , :.M rt5 '' "■•»^, ,4^. ON the 10th of May f 1759, Monfteur de BougalnviUe arrived 1759. 2X^iehec^ from Old France^ in the Chezine, Captain Ducks ^ ^■%'** foon after which we had an Account of the Arrival in the ^^X River of 15 Merchantmen, under the Convoy of Monfteur Kamu* ; io« and on the 20th counted 23 Sail in the '' Bafon of ^ebec. Thefe 20. VefTels came in very good time, for the Englijfj Fleet was foon after them, and on the Night of the 23d, the Fires on Point Levi gave ■J:|-.jJ"|- „1 • For a Lift of the Convoy under Monfieur Kanou, fee the hft Page of thefe Memoirs. ^ The Bafon before Quebec, from the South Shore to the Nerlhj oppofite to the Village o{ CharUbourgy is about two Miles and a Half broad. This Bafon is formed by the two Channels of the River St. Laurence (called the North and South Channel) which empty themfelvcs into it, and unite before the Town J after this Confluence the River runs up above the Town in one Channel only, to the S. W. leading to Montreal^ &c. but the Stream fets to the N. E. ^ebec ftands on a Point of Land on the North Shore, p;ojcdting towards the Bafon and the Ifle of Orleans. 14 M EM 1 R S of the lycQ. gave us Notice of its Approach to the ' Bee. Thefe Signals were r confirmed by a Courier, who brought Intelligence, that 14 Ships were already come to an Anchor at St. Bernebie ■*. Monfimr de Montcalnit who was then at ^ebecy immediately difpatched an Exprefs to Monfieur de * Vaudreuit with this Account, who inftantly repaired to the Garrifon, and both Generals made the neceflary Diipofitions for a vigorous Defence. Orders were given out for affembling the Militia every where, and five Bat- talions were fent tor from Montreal ^ j a Body of Uorfe, confilling of 200 Men, were raifed, and the Command given to Monfiettr ik k Roche Beaucour. The Beaufort Side of the Coaft was fortified all along from the River St. Charles to the Falls of Montmorency j a Bridge of Boats was built over this River, and the 7>/^ .r*:,*^. -rf ««4 to ^ The Traverse lies at the E. or N. E. End of the Ifle of OrUantt about twenty Miles below ^ubic, where the River St. Laurence divides itfcif into two Channels, one running on the North., and the other on the South Side of Orleans. The Breadth of the River, from Shore to Shore, from Cape T^r/nrw/ to Bertier^ is about nine Miles, but thv^ Mouth of the South Chtmnel, which our Fleet pafTed at the Traverji\ is choiked op with a number of Rocks, and Sands, and little Iflands. From the N. E. End of it, at the Diftance of four Leagues to the S. W. are Sands and Rocks running up for twelve Miles to the Ifle f^crtu., which is two Leagues long ; oppofite to this is another Ifland, guarded with a round Sand, bigger and broader than itfelf confiderably, being only a Mile and a Half long, called the Ifle /?[o«f^ ; the Paflage for the P'leet, between thefe two Iflands, is a League and a Half broad. From the Ifle Rouge, proceeding on :o the S. W. about four Leagues, is fituated the Ifle yiu Lievre, the Approach to which, on the North SiJe, is prevented by a Sand five Miles long, and three Qi^iarters broad, with a Rock in the Middle of it j on the South Side are three little Rocks, and from the Middle of this Ifland to the S. W. End of it, runs a Sand twelve Miles long, and three bread, with three Rocks in it. Oppofite this Sand, to the Southward, are four Rocks, and a Sand with five more Rocks a little higher up upon it ; the Paflagc for the Shipping between thcfc two Sands, to the South of Lievre, is about a League broad, and on the A'br//^ Side of the Ifland but Half a one : This Sand extends above fifteen Miles from below Lei Pelleciers up to Cape Cameras, and higher. About fcven Miles farther up, a broad Oval Sand runs almoft acrofs the River, with- in three Miles of Cape An Oye^ on the oppofite Shore ; the River is here about ten Miles broad, feven of which arc covered with this Sand, to the Weftward of which is another Sand and Rock, and th? Ifland of Ju Coudre, the Paflage open to the Fleet between them not being broader than one Mile and a Half. From the Ifle Au Couth e up to the Traverfe is one continual and wide extended Sand lying in the Middle of the River, full of Rocks, ftretching thirty Miles in Length, and better than two Leagues broad in fomc Parts of it. The Paflage on each Side for the Squadron, in the narrowed Part, is only a Mile and a Half, on thr North Side it is Icarce a Mile. This Sand with the little IWcs Aux Rots, Madame, and the Sands interfper fed around them, lead the Approach to the Ifland of Orleans, and the Mouth of the South Channel to .^tehec at the Traverfe ; and from the Traverfe up to ^ebec the Navigation is already mentioned in the Dedication. From Point Levi all along the Coaft to the Mountains of 0«r Lady, on the South Shore, a Diftance of about 120 Miles, are fituated a number of Towns and Villages, and a greater ftill in Proportion to the Diftance, on the Canada or North Sidc.^. i 3 m Siege of Q^V E B E C.1 ^ 17 to form the Siege, and which might in rhe whole amount to about lyro. 8 or 9000 efFcd:ive Men. . u-y^ij The whole of our Army was aflembled at Beauporfy the lafl: June Day of June^ confifting of five Battalions of regular Troops, from 30. 7 to 800 a Battalion, the Troops of the Colony, and near an equal Number of Savages i the reft were only Militia, and made up in the whole about 14000 Men. . ,- . . The Right of the Camp was fixed near the Decoy, and the Left extended to the Fai/s of Mofitmorency. The Church of Beauport was in the Center j on the Left were encamped the Battalion of Royal Roufilkn, the Volunteers of Dubrel, the Militia of Montreal, and all the Savages^ under the Command of the Chevalier de Levy, Monfieur Dumas commanded the Right Wing of the Army, which was compofed of the Militia of^eSec, and of the ' 7'rois Rwieres (or three Rivers) whilft the Troops of the Colony were divided between the Left and Right. Monfieur de Senezergue, Brigadier General, commanded the Center of the Camp, and had under his Orders the Battalions of La Sarre, Langujdoc, Guyenne, and Beam, The Head ^larters were fixed at the Houfe of Monfieur de Fienne, called La Mijianguienne. The Garrifon of the Town was compofed of the Burghers and the Seamen, in all about 2000. The Troops and the Burghers rolled together, and did Duty with one another, and the Seamen and their Officers were employed at the Batteries under the Command of the Officers of the Artillery. The Troops in the Garrifon were relieved every four Days from the Camp. A Company of Pioneers was likewife formed to carry on the neceflary Works during the Siege, under the Diredion of the Surveyor or Builder of the King's Ships. Monfieur de Ramefay, Lieutenant de Roy, commanded in the C Town, ' The Trots Rivures is a Government on the North Shore, near half-way between i^uebec and Montreal ; the Capital of this Government bears the fame Name, but is only an open itraggling Village. >l 4 If tii :| ! f8 1759- MEMOIRS I (3 I J^U Ofl the 3,0th of yunfy the Enemy landed 300a Men at PcintLevt, -iQ. to oppofe which Body, a Party of a hundred Savages on/y was de- '^ tached from Camp, who "^ fkirmifhed with them for a few Hours, and then returned back, bringing with them about Thirty Scalps. Had a more confiderable Force been ordered out upon this Service, fufRcient to have brought on a fcrious Affair, and to ' ^ve ended it to our Advantage, it certainly had been more for the InL.ceft of our Ge- nerals i this indeed was propofed, but as it did not tally with the Plan of Defence agreed on, it was rejeded and dropped : whatever was the Reafon, the Englijh did not fail to turn it to good Account > and to avail themfelves of our Inactivity on this Occafion, which furnifhcd them with an Opportunity to fortify themfelves on this Side, and to ere6t Batteries which played bri/kly on the Town, and foon reduced it to allies ". They opened thefe Batteries on the 1 2th of jf^/y in the Night, which never ceafed firing from that Time to the 1 8th of September-, a Day famous for the Surrender o£ The " ** The advanced Parties upon this Occafion had two or three Skirmifljes with ths CoNadians and Indians^ with little Lofs on either Side." General Wolfe's Letter. ■ •* Batteries of Cannon and Mortars were eredted with great Difpatch on the " Point of Lev'i^ to bombard the Town and Magazines, and to injure the Works *' and Batteries." ** The EfFc&^ General Wolfe finding no farther Refiftance to be made, took PofTcffion of the Heights to the Left of the Falls of Montmorency y and which commanded all the Country to the Right ; there fixed his own Camp, and fortified it with Entrenchments towards the Wood j he eredled likewife a ftrong Battery, which enfiladed and raked the Camp of the CheTalier De Lev)\ and would have reduced him to the Necef- fity of quitting it, had he not thrown up Traverfes ' to fecure it from the Cannon. General Wolfe being Mafter of the Shore Side to the Left of the Falls of Montmorency ^ made no farther Advances, the Ob- jedl he had in View was, to make an Attack upon our Camp 'j but the oppofite Banks of the River where he was obliged to crofs, were fo high and fteep, and the little Safety there was in pafling a Ford he had but a flender Knowledge of, together with the Number of thicl^ Woods which covered the Country round, presented fuch a Variety of Difficulties to him, as were not eafily to be furmounted j however by drawing our Attention another Way, and obliging us to "* divide our Forces, he flattered himfelf, he fliould in the End accomplilh his Defign. * . With this View, he caufed * two Ships to pafs above the Town of 9luebec. This Movement did not much alarm us at firft, but others foon after taking the fame Route, and this little Fleet increafing every Day, our * Banh oi Earth thrown perpendicularly acrofs a Line to intercept the Enemy's Shot, and to prevent its being rakeJ. Thefe Traverfcs are fometimes fix or fevcn Feet high, cfpecially if the Line is commanded by any Eminence, and about 12 or 18 Feet thick, ib as to be Cannon Proof; a Communication is preferved at one End of the Traverfr^ by leaving a Pajjazt five or fix Feet wide. ' - ' " I had Flopes that poflibly Means might be found of pafling the River above, fo as to fight the Marquis De Montcalm upon Terms of lefs Difadvantage, than diredly at~ tacking his Entrenchments. Wolfe. *' In reconnoitring the River Montmorency., we found it fordable at a Place about three Miles up, but the c^ps///.? i/aw^ was intrenched, ^nd io Jleep and woody, that it was to no Purpofc to attempt a Paflagc there." Wolfe. * ' '■ * " However to but all our Efforts were to no Purpofe, as it was abfolutcly ncceflary to bring up Cannon to drive them out. ' The two Armies did not long remain in View of each other, with- out coming to Ad:ion j our Troops {hewed ** great Eagernefs to en- gage, and Intrepidity, but kept it up a very little Time only j it was judged proper to take immediate Advantage of this Spirit ; however, it had been more prudent to have waited the Arrival of Monfi.euri)^£o/)r- gainville^ who was advancing with the Flower of the Army j but our Generals thought they could do the Bufinefs without him, and fo marched up * to the Enemy. Our Troops gave the firft Fire, and thofe "* It is moft certain that the Army (French) formed in good Order, and that their At- tack was very brifk and animated. T'ownjhend. • It was feemingly but ill judged of the Frtnch Generals to rufli on to an Attack, with- out waiting for the Arrival of NloniV. de Bougainville^ could they have prevented coming to Adlion, e fggcia lly if what is here advanced be true, that he had the Picked Men or Flower oi th&f^roopf with him; add to this, his Situation was fuch, that, according to Mr. TowHJhtnd., the Englijh Army muil of Ncceifity have been put between two Fires. (" Scarce was this efFedted, when M..de Bougainville with his Corps from Cape Rouge, of *' 2000 Men, appeared in our Rear." Town/bend. ) By General Wolfe's Letter of the 5th of September^ when this Landing was only in Agitation, and feemed to be intendfd as the Finifhing Stroke of the Campaign, the Engltjh Army amounted to no more than 4 or 5000 effedtive Men ; (" after the Points of Levi and Orleans were left in a proper State of Defence.") z vary ujwqual Match for the French in Point of Numbers, even in any Sicuation, and much lefs fo in the prefcnt one, and of which Brigadier Tcwnjh nd feemed fo very fenfible, that when the Command de- volved upon him by the much lamented Fall of General Wolfe, his firll Employ- ment, even after the Vidtory obtained, and the Rout of the Enemy, was to fccurc his Camp. ^ '* I have been employed, from the Day of Adlion to that of the Capitulation, in redoubting our Camp beyond Injult" Townjbend.) 'Tis probable, a Contempt of our Numbers, and a fancied Security of Succcfs on that Account, might betray the Marquis De Montcalm imo tbis ra(h Engagement, and which was very little confident with his ufual Coolnefs ami.Wifdom ; for he fecms in Mr. Wolfe's own Opinion, f who certainly wu3 no mean Judge) to have been an able and experienced Officer : ( " 'J'he Obftacles we have met with, in the Operations of the " Campaign, arc much greater than we had Rcafon to e;«p€(Sl, or could forelee ; not fo " from the Number of the Enemy, (though fuperior to us) as from the niUurul Strength ' of the Country, which the Marquis De Montcalm fcems tuifety to depend upon." Wolfe.) He never could have been led into this Attack by any extraordinary Confi- dence Skge 2r Q^U E B E C. 29 thofe of the En^lijh the ^ fecond, and the Affair was over j our Right 1759. took to their Heels, our Center ran away after them, and drew along ' the Lefty and ib the Battle was loft in Icfs Time than I am telling the. Story. An Attempt was nnade to rally the Runaways, but without EfFed ; all that could be done, was to colleft a Body of 8 or 900 Men toge- ther, whom they drew up in Ambufcade in a " Copfc of Wood up- on the Right of the Hills ofjiSrabam, and whofe Fire retarded in fome mcafure the Purfuit of the Conquerors j fome others, who had re- covered from their Fright, formed themfelves into a few Platoon ., and made a Stand, fo that the A(9:ion began to be renewed upon the De- clivity of the Mountain in different Parts j however, the fatal Blow was ftruck, and the Enemy triumphed. We I I -,■'1 dence he had in the Troops of th€ Colony and the Savagely for he muft know the Canadi- aw too wetl to rifk a Battle, becaufe they were in Spirits^ and their Courage was upy as is infinuated herej hat the Advantage of the Ground, the fuperior Extent of his Line, the Sight of the Englijh Army before the Town, Vexation at finding himfelf out-gene- ralPdy nis Lrrres and catteries, his intrenched Camp and formidable Redoubts become of no Ufe Surprize, Defire of Revenge, Thirft of Glory, Honour of the French Arms, Anger, or Difappointnient, might all concur to hurry him on to immediate Adion, and without waiting for any fiirther Addition to his Forces to fall upon the Enemy drawn up before him. Whatever was the Inducement, the Event plainly (hewed it a very indifcrete Onfet, aod inch a^ne as might have ended in the total DettruiSlion of the French Avmy, with- out affording an Opportunity for tl fecond Trial ; for, had the Town oi ^ebec been fitu- al«d a£ a grciUcr Diftauce from the Field of Battle, they muft all have inevitably been cut to Pieces, or reduced to the melancholy Neceffity of laying down their Arms. (" If the •' Town had been further off", the whole French Army muft have been dejircycd.'^ Saun^ dtxs.) ' Our Troops refervcd their Fire till within forty Yards, which was fo well conti- nit«d, that the Enemy every where gave way. Totvrijhend. ** The Enemy began the Attack, our Troops received their Fire, and rcferved their •• own till they were fo near as to run in upon them, and pufh them with their Bayo- *' nets; by wliich, in a very little Time, the French gave way and fled to the Town in " t:he utraoil Diforder, and with great Lofs ; for our Troops purfued them quite to the *' WalU, and killed m^my of them upon the Glacis of the Ditch" Saunders. K " Part of the Enemy made a fecond faint Attack) part took to fome thick Cc/T* " Wood, and feemcd to make a Stand." TawnjlKiid. ?.' II Il ''' 3° '759- MEMOIRS of the n We loft in this Engagement between '' 7 or 800 Men killed and wounded. Monfieur 4 ARTICLE VIII. That the Sick, Wounded, Commiflaries, Chaplains, Phyficians, Surgeons, Apothecaries, and other Perfons employed in the Hofpitals, fliall be treated agreeable to the Cartel fettled between their moft Chriftian and Britannic Majefties, on Fcbr. 1759. Granted. , V. i A R T r C L E IX. i ,. That before delivering up the Gate, and the Entrante of the Town, to the EngliJJj Forces, their General will be pleafed to fend fome Sol- diers to be placed as Safeguards at the Churches, Convents, and chief Habitations. Granted. f , ARTICLE X. ■r-. '* That the Commander of the City of ^ebec fhall be permitted to fend Advice to the Marquis de Vaudreuil^ Governor General, of the Redudion of the Town -, as alfo that this General (hall be allowed to write to the French Miniftry, to inform them thereof. Granted, A R T I C L E XL That the prefent Capitulation fhall be executed according to its Form and Tenor, without being liable to Non-Execution of any pre- ceding Capitulation. Granted. . The prefent Treaty has been made and fettled between us, and Duplicates figned at the Camp before ^^^^c, September 18, 1759. G. Townjliend, De Ramfay, C, Saunders, Such Siege of Q^V E B E C. is Such were the principal Events touching the Campaign of 1759, 1759' on the Side of Siuebec j I (hall now add a Word or two, with a^ few Obfervations on the Operations carried on at Carillon. The In- telligence we received from all Quarters during the Winter, left us no longer Room to doubt but that an Attack would be made upon ^cbec, early in the Spring of 17591 and the Defence of that Gar- rifon being allotted to the Marquis De Montcalm^ a Confultation was had to appoint a General to the Command of the Troops at Carillon^ againfl; which Mr. Amhcrjly Generaliihmo of the Englijh Forces, was then preparing to march, at the Head of an Army of 10 or 12000 Men. * i\ \ > 3000 Men into fo good a Condition, as to be able to make as vigorous a Defence, as they had done the 8th of July in the Year preceding j but the Orders he received at leaving ^lebec (and which his great Spirit, in fpite of his fubordinate Station, would have led him to have evaded and broke thro', had they not been repeated- ly given) rendered all thefe Preparations entirely ufelefs and of no Ef- fect, obliging him to make a Retreat which aftoniflied the whole World, and even our very Enemies themfelves ; fo that as foon as he heard of the Approach of General AmherjU he made the neceffafy Dif- pofitions for '' bringing off the Army, and the Day the Enemy made their firfl Appearance, gave Orders for the whole of the Troops to line the Entrenchments, and for all the Batteries, as well thofe within the Lines, as thofe in the Fort^ to fire inceffantly till Night came on, at which time he fent Diredtions to the Officer who com- manded the Fort to continue his Fire, as long as he had any Am- E 2 munition • •' General jlmljerji ^n^ls making Preparations to pafs the LukeChamplatn to fall upon *'- Monfieur Bour/emaquis Corps, which confifts of three Battalions of r oot and as many ** Canadians as make the whole amount to 3000." IFol/e. r " We difcovcrcd by intercepted Letters that the Enemy had abandoned Carillon and ** Crown Point, and were retired to the I/le mix Naix." IPolfe. ' it' i S^ MEMOIRS 0/ t/je 1759. munition left, and then to blow it up, and follow him ; as to himfclf he 'let fail with the KtTiainderof the Artny for'* St. FndcriCy and land- ed afterwards, according to his Inftruiftion?, at the Ille Aux Noix,—-^- Upon this Ifland he erecfted fuch a Number of Works, as to render it by all Accounts impregnable, and every one agrees who has taken a View of them, that the Iflc Aux Noix, had it been attacked, would have proved the ■" Church-yard of the BritiJJ) Army. — I will not pre- tend to fay that the infuperable Strength of this Ifland prevented Ge- neral Amherii from prefen !ng himfelf before it ; as was daily expecfted) but thus much is certain, that he fent off fome Bateauxs under Cover of three Velfeis to reconnoitre it, and afterwards thought proper to poll- pone his Defigns till the following Sprirg. Sir lVilIia?n Johiifon on his Side, who after the Conqueftof A7^^^r^, was to have advanced to Prcfentation Fort^ and from thence to Montreal^ nevTr made his Appearance at all ; contented, it feems, with the tak- ing: ol-' Ni(i^i7*-a, and having defeated the Reinforcements brought by M jnfjeur Dl' Liguery, he had no Inclination to expofe his Troops to new Dangers, or, as has been conjectured, was employed on more ma- terial Services elfewhere. r"' •% •(■ A tboufand Caufes have confpired to bring on the Calamities which have diftrefled this Colony j however, 1 don't undertake to give a Hiftory of them ; 1 fhall only obferve, that we have committed one Miftake upon another in fuch a Manner, as to have the Appear- ance of Defign, and as if they were done on Purpofe, and that the Evil is grown to fuch a Height, as at this time fcarccly to be re- medied. • With regard to France^ our Dependance upon it is (o precarious, -i4.i-M tjii t/ •-'•'-•■ -I.' J. j i,; , ; . ,.,.j .1. rnu. iitJi.' that *« The Fort at Crown Point. ' " It was however like Carillon abandoHv-d the following Year upon the Appearance of an Attack. " Colonel Havi land ■with his Corps took PoHeffion of the I/Ie Aux Noixy ** which the Enemy abandoned on the 28th (Auguji ij 60.)" General Amhirjfi Letter of Sepember 8, 1 760. ' ■ * ' .'' f.. Siege of Q^U E B E C. 37 that we may be faid at prefent to hang by the Eyc-lIds, and the enfii- 1759. ing Spring Ihallin all Probability entirely drop off. P. S. The Convoy mentioned in the beginning to have arrived at Slyebec from Old France to the Relief of tlie Gariifon before the Si:gc, confuted of the following Ships. '. « ... Frigates. Guns. 24 24 Le Machault Le Senefterre Le Due de Fronfiic 24 Le Bienfaifant 22 The Lovely Nancy 24 LaChczine 22 Monfieur Kanou Commodore Captain Grandrivier, Vileuje. Courvalk Minviel Duclos I I 'tk The latter had on board Monfieur De Bougainville y Colonel, carry- ing Difpatches from the King, one Captain in the Land Service, and 44 private Men. The reft were Merchantmen, Store Ships, &:c. to the Number of feventeen in the whole. The Names of which are as follows: The four Brother. The Golden Fleece The Venus La Miroquin The Juliet Le Suinton Le Remaux Le Coulibre Le Soleil Royal The Friendfliip The Elizabeth .,, . Captain Girois Marcbaud Carbonelle Conti Grammont Gtiitour Voyer i ■ i ■IV I i . V Thefe were the Store-Ships and Frigates General Wolfe and Admiral Saunders mmmm^^m msma 38 M E M O I RS of t/je 17^9. Saunders wtvt fo anxious to deftroy ', but found it impradicable ; fomfc 'few of them elcaped afterwards to Old France -, however tht Eliza- beth was drove on Shore. The Solcil Royal, Le Sene/ierrCy and Due de FronjaCy the two lad of 24 Guns each, were loft in 1 Gale of Wind coming down the River St. Laurence after the Surrender of ^elect and the Ck'zine was taken by the Rippon. i: I ll The following is the Journal of their fetting out on their Return to Old France^ and their coming down the River St, Laurence. Nov. Anchored at St. Michael at Six iv. the Evening, twenty Fathom 20. Water. Wind South in the Morning, up Anchor and came to fall with the Fleet for Cape Roug^, where all the Ships brought up, but the Coulibre and Chezine who returned to St, Michael and came to an Anchorage. 22. At Noon a Fog came on, fo thick as not to be able to (tt. At Four in the Afternoon, faw the Elizabeth driving from her An- chor, and not having another on board, was obliged to run a(hore. The Wind increafing in the Night drove the Sokil Royal, Le Senef- terre and the Due de Fronjac on Shore, where they were all loft at Mid- night, 2j. An £/;^///^ Schooner came down upon the £//2;<73^i'/6, and anchored alongfide of her, carrying four Guns and 50 Men j the Englifi fired a great many Shot at the Elizabeth^ to oblige her Ship's Company to leave See Pai^e 6. ■ymm^ mmm i'i'i Siege o/Q^V E B E C 39 leave her i they then fent three Boats with 40 Men to break her up 1759. and plunder herj but before her People quitted her, they left a light- ed Match in the Gun Room, which foon after blew up the Poop, and 30 of the Enemy upon it; the reft were made Prifoners, and the bchooner talcen by the Boats of the Machault and Chezine. At Eleven at Night, got under fail with the Fleet at St. Michael and pafled by the Town of ^ebec at Midnight, the Englijh Garrifon fainting us as we pafTed with about 200 or 300 Cannon Shot, and 100 Shells, but without doing any Execution. Proceeded down the River, and came to an Anchor at St. JobrCs, The reft of this Fleet continued on their Voyage to Bourdeaux, or to other Ports o^ France ^ but the Chezine was intercepted by the Rippcn, The Machault of 24 Guns, was taken the Year following by the Fame, in Chaleurs Bay, 24, I :l , i.»i ■■'^ F I N S. ,*.