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COLONEL MA LCOL M FRA S ER ,

e 7 8th F ’ Then Lieut nan t of the ( raser s Highlanders, ) and

serving in that Campaign .

001 . M . F in 1 8 1 5 a t th e a e o f T h e ( raser died , g 82 . Original o f is inth e o f th e f o f t h e H o n this manuscript possession amily late . w d J . M . F h o raser, kin ly allowed this copy to be made from it fo r th e us e o f t h e L iterary a nd Historical S ociety "

8 . 1 7 59 . s Tuesday, th May, Set ail from Sandy Hook for

a fa ir Louisburg with wind , under convoy of the Nightingale ,

Captain Campbell, the fleet consisting of abou t twenty eight Sail the greatest part of which is to take in the Troops from

’ Nova Scotia, and the rest having Colonel Fraser s Regimen t onboard .

. f 1 7 . o Thursday, th M ay We came into the harbour Louis

a rea ble s bourg, having had a very g and quick pa sage . We are ordered ashore every day while here , to exercise along with the rest of the Army . th the O n the 29 . May, and some days before and after, Harbour of Louisbourg was so full of shoals of Ice that no boats could go from the Ships to Shore . There is still

i , th e l ee some snow n the hollows, on shore I suppose

" ‘ l u nd oi t eil n co m es from t w l lf a river S . a t e 2

ur heard one of 1 h o a Lieutenant , on the Men of War , h as

s l . shot him elf, for fear I suppose , the French shou d do it If

of f of he was wearied li e, he might soon get qui t it i n a more honourable way . ll we l s t . s a June, The Regiment are arrived , and I hear shall soon sail . to co 4 th . s et . Monday , June , the Fleet sail I take i t nsist 1 5 0 ten of of about sail , including of the line battle, besides f are o s rigates , bomb ketches and fire ships ; the rest Transp rt

- of of and Store Ships Onthe 8 th . we got sight the Island

N o e ewfoundland very high land , a great part where f cover d — of . L e with snow The 9 th . we entered the Gulf St awrenc 1 1 th f Thc came in sight o land nigh the Bay of Gas pe.

w . N . This night it ble a pretty hard gale at W .

' Regim ents onthe Expedition

’ 1 5 th . Amherst s

’ 28th . Bragg s

’ i- 3 5 th . O way s K 's 4. 3 rd . ennedy

’ 4 7 th . Lascelle s th ' 48 . Webb s

ns truth rs 5 8th . A e

B a t talli n l 2nd. o noth . m Royal A erican s . 1 B a ttalli n 3 rd. o

’ 6 rd z 3 . Fra er s

' o i 22 nd 4 0th Grenadiers the . . a nd

" 4 5 ih . R0 Ill l € B iS from Louisbourg . .

Artillery , h angers,

Ligh t I nfantry ,

M arines,

l n gross supposed at most 1 3 th . J Il iv On the une , we entered the er St . Lawrence a t

1 8th the of night , came to anchor at Isle Bic 1 9 th . anchored V 20th at Isle erte . at Isle Rouge 3 here we had a contrary wind and strong tide running about six knots an hour , which ta re rds us very much as we are obliged to anchor when the

to . th e tide begins ebb I observe the banks of river here , and

for ag w o n some le ues belo , are inhabited , mostly the South Side . S — 23rd. uné aturday, J . The whole of our Division anchored T nigh the Isle aux Coudres . wo Boats having gone from our to fleet sound near the shore, were fired on by the Indians ,

as they say, with two pound swivels ; they came pretty nigh

them , but nobody was hurt. We found Ad miral Durell with

of s most part his Squadron at Coudre . We are told there a re

e of his thre large ships Squadron at Orleans Isle . — 24 th . . A Sunday, June New England Schooner run on the rocks at high water ; and it is (four pages wanting here)

h 4 r our 1 t 3 d. r and The 5 . Regiment were ordered to strike ou

t o the cros s o 1 . Tents and the s uth side of River, The 5 th

th e 43 rd. a nd u crossed , but as it came on night, § o rs remained ,

no ur all lying o arms night .

' — 4- 1 d r 30th . na e 3 . ou Saturday, J The and Regiment crossed

and 1 5 . and joined the th some Rangers we are told , had a

' skirmish with s om e Canadians and Indians they killed three a nd took three prisoners of the Enemy. We marched through the wood along a good road, towards Point Levy, for about f f three or four miles, when the Rangers in ront were ired on

the from the woods they skirmished for some time , and troops

to . were ordered halt Some of our Rangers were wounded , but the Enemy were obliged to retire . We then marched on

ll to the church . ti we came of St Joseph at Point Levy, when we wereg ainat tacked in front . Brigadier Monckto n ordered the m arch the troops to in open field by the River side , and h t e Rangers, Light Infantry and advanced parties continued 4

f till popping with the enemy most part o the evening, Captai n

’ C ampbell of Colonel Fraser s Regiment , who was posted with of om h is Company in the church , ordered a part his C pany n r s to fire a volley at them , whe the fi ing almost cea ed , and I t few suppose most part of the enemy retired as we hear bu — shots thereafter but I hear we lost a few men .

We lay onour arms all this nigh t .

" — s t r s l s t. J . Sunday, uly The French sen t ome floating bat e ie from the other side of the river to play uponus ; the Regi r r ments were ordered to stand to their arms . I was o de ed with

K z to r e us Ensign Mc . en ie the colou s, and they cannonad d

of our im en for about half an hour . There were four Reg t t killed and eight wounded and o ne Sergean t of the 1 5 h . ’ Regimen t and eight of the Colour s Company were knocked

one all u t wo down with ball , behind the Colours , and wo nded,

r t our e s at I believe, mo tally. This day, we pi ched t nt Point

Levy. — t r l d . A ou Monday; 2n . July detachment ordered with Gene a

h on of Wolfe to reconnoitre t e high ground , the South Side on n e to . o the river, opposit Quebec They fired some cann shot

and t on our us from the Town , there was some popping sho s

no - we u f Rang ers from the wood, but execution ret rned be ore

our e or night . I found Company in the Church , having be n

’ l out oh t . dered o relieve Captain Campbell s Whi e we were , I

on no t our served several dead bodies the road . far from Camp ; they were all scalped and mangled in a shocking manner . I " dare say no human creature but an Indian or Canadian

I t is doubtless praiseworthy inth e brave Colonel to t ry and pal liate th e atrocities committed by one o f th e armies during this th e I fi fo r t h e o f F campaign . That ndians ghting cause rance, f find d a l l h " t h e d scalped reely , we admitte on ands that sol iers inth e B did - t h e it ritish army occasionally same, would be useless d inf o f h i s to r o f t h e to ff i to eny, ace y and many entries that e ect n t h e i E o f t h e J K ’ pr ncipal nglish account campaign , Capt. ohn noxs J T h e K x ournal . scal ping service according to no , seems to have 5

o f u could be guilty s ch inhumanity as to insult a dead body .

We are busy fortifying our Camp with redoubts di e. t 5 h . J ul . Colonel B urton t 4 Thursday , y wi h the 8th . Regi ment m arched and took post along with some Rangers and

Light Infantry on the hill , where the General was recon noiterin 2 nd g on the . I hear they are busy fortifying their

Camp .

6t - h . . I Friday , July hear we have begun to erect two Bat

teries of five , one of six guns and another mortars, near ' Colonel Burton s post . — 7 th . J V Saturday, uly . ery busy at the works at Colonel ’ Burton s post .

- 8th . - s 1 5 th 43rd. Sunday, The three Regiment , ( . and 63 rd . ) encamped at Point Levy received orders to strike their ’ t - ents by one o clock to morrow morning . Admiral Holmes in e the Dublin , with some frigat s and bomb vessels came to

to F anchor opposite the rench Camp , on the west side of t he

Fall of Montmorency, and began to cannonade and bombard their camp .

9 th . Monday , Before daylight, we struck our tents at Point devolved chiefly on th e R angers comm anded by a Captain G ore h am V o l P 3 09 o f G o reh a m h is , I age , we read Capt and rangers “ " in d . P 3 4 8 K lying ambush and scalping nine In ians age , nox " " “ o A n G d P 3 45 says we t ok eleven scalps at ge ar ien age , we find that scalping was getting so common that th e G eneral strict l o bids he inh um a n a ctice o s ca l in exce t wh en th e enem y f r t pr f p g, p y a re ndians o r Cana dia ns d es s ed like ndia ns . i o f I , r I In v ew this ’ order a wounded regular o f Montcalm s corps falling in t h e hands o f Capt G oreh a m must freq uently have h a d reason to exclaim in t h e words o f th e F rench play Oh "mon habit q ue je 3 02 o f “ o f th e o f th e vous remercie Page , we read seven troops " ' d b W fe . Vo l . I I P 1 7 th e colony being scalpe y ol s rangers , age , ubiquitous G o reh a m and h is rangers are at work again ; t h e “ th e G u h im Capta i n sends an express to eneral to acq aint , that de m h e h a s burnt a large settlement , and ma so e prisoners ; that i d d h a d e h is rangers met some Canad ans dresse like In ians, rout d " w a l s ? them and took a fe sc p . Query were they obliged to a l l ? T h e o f th e dress at , to be like Indians punctiliousness Captain on th e score o f dress appears grea t l l These out o f ddu d w w t h e many other instances are a ce , to sho hat was nature h a nd t h e o f t h e warfare in use in t ose day s , that barbarous o f d b th e w th e sy stem scalping, was practise y hite man as well as L J M . d . red man o f t h e woo s . ( . ) G

and behind the Levy , marched a little hill n igh Camp , and

n a rm s t o out of sight of the Tow , where we l ay on our till

l is e wa rds evening . The French have ikew struck their ten ts i i n the Camp which was cannonaded by our ships last n ght, and we observed some tents pitched on the East Side of Mont

of morency this morning, which we are told is the Brigade f who our Army under the command o Brigadier Townshend , crossed over to that place last night from the Isle of Orleans .

to - our In the evening , we returned camp at Point Levy, and

u pitched o r tents as formerly . — 1 0th . u to Tuesday , July The Town has beg n bombard and

r on f th e can nonade ou works the south side o river , at Colonel

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t . Burton s post, very briskly, but have hither o done us no hurt

’ I hear one of the 4 8th . Regiment (Webb s) has deserted this

s t h day to the E nemy (An Irishman . ) La t night he Frenc

our began to throw shells at Fleet, and this morning the Ships " who lay nearest them thought proper to remove further oh .

’ r h f I hear there were twelve of Capt . Go e am s Company o ’ l a Rangers, kil ed by the Indians close to Brig dier Townshend s

camp , in an ambuscade . The Indians were at last beat off

having left three dead . A party of our Rangers having been

o n of on 9 th sen t out this side the river, (the south) the they to ok one man prisoner and t wo boys (his children) having

followed him a little way, making a great noise , were i n a m ost inhuman m anner murdered by those worse than

savage Rangers , for fear, as they pretend , they should be " the of i discovered by noise the ch ldren . I wish this story ’ was not fact, but I m afraid there is little reason to doubt it — d ’ the wretches having boaste of it on their return , tho they now pretend to vindicate themselves by the n ecessity they

this were under but, I believe, barbarous action proceeded

from that cowardice and barbarity which seems s o natural to of f a native America, whether o Indian or European extrac other ins tances tion . In , those Rangers have hitherto been o f some use, and shewed in general a better spirit than usual . F They are for most part raised in New England . The rench F have again pitched their camp near the all of Montmorency, they have other camps all the way between that, and the

River St . C harles, which we hear they have fortified with ff redoubts and breastworks , with batteries at di erent places on the river side , besides the floating batteries which move from place to place . 1 1 th u — ’ Wednesday, J ly The batteries at Col . Burton s post not yet finished "a furious fire of great guns from th e

’ 1 2 a town at o clock ; the General went up that W y 9. little

the . ago , three men of our Regiment wounded at battery 1 2th — Thursday, July The six great guns and five mor

’ onth e th e tars battery, near Burton s post, began to play on

’ th e Town about nine o clock at night, and at same time, two of the Bomb ketches began throwing their shells into the town .

1 3 — I ofiicer Friday, th July was sent orderly to the Camp ,

of at Montmorency, where I had an opportunity seeing our

a o wn F . forda , and the rench posts nigh the Fall The river is ble below the Fall at low water .

- 1 6 . 5 0 Monday, th July The Sutherland a gun ship , with two frigates, and two transports, mounted with guns . were the w ’ ordered to pass To n this night, about ten o clock i h h g water, but it seems , they were not ready before the

f t e tidc a nd b a wa s dm t return o h , y that me ns the thing p

the for this night . It was thought y might have passed as the wind and tide was for them . 1 8th — w Wednesday, July The Sutherland ith the Squirrel

Frigate, two catts and two armed sloops passed the Town with

a few ou t receiving any hurt . There was shot fired from the

run Town . The Diana Frigate unluckily ashore , but it is

h t h e thought will be got off. I hear t ere is a Battalion of

Rb al A nl criCa ns w of e A m y , ith three Companies Gr nadiers ( 8

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hers t s s s . , Webbs , and Fra er s) on board the ships which pa sed

' K on en nedy s Grenadiers were board the Diana, but obliged to be landed when she run aground . — 1 9 th J . has ot off Thursday, uly The Diana g , having been

is . obliged to land her guns . It is said she not much damaged ’ — A a 2 0th . s . Friday, July man of Capt . Simon Fr er s Com pany of Light Infantry (of 63rd Regiment) was killed by a

Canadian whom , with his son , they made prisoners . — f 2 1 s t . o Saturday, July The three companies Grenadiers ,

1 5 th 48th 63rd. i of , and with the Battal on Royal Americans who passed the Town , landed about twelve miles above it, when they were opposed by some India ns and Canadians

i a whom they soon obl ged to retire, and having t ken about sixty prisoners , mostly women , and killed some of the Indians ,

a onour they gain embarked , without having any killed side

of a s but, I hear Major Prevost, the Royal Americ n , is dangerously wounded , i n the head , and L ieut . Charles

our in t M acdonell , of Grenadiers, wounded the high , not

e va dangerously . It is said , there were about fourte n pri tes

wh o wounded , (all Highlanders) by a fire from the Americans , , mistook the m for the E nemy in the wood ; it being in the evening, and dark .

S 22 0d — L eos to fi i a nte unday , July The fr g te and Hu r

to u sloop of war attempted sail past the Town of Q ebec , but the wind having come ahead when they had just got abreast of the batteries , and the French having begun a smart canonade , they were forced to return , but without receiving any damage , which was more than we expected .

23rd — e Monday , July Things remain as y sterday .

- — Z I . Co l. e Tuesday, July Fras r , with a detachmen t of

3 5 0 m en about of his Regiment , marched this night dow n

to the River in order as we hear, take up what prisoners and

t ca n . D f cat le they find Major alling with the Lgi ht In antry ,

h q inzz rohod at t e uni s ti m e nn t h e rive r onthe same errand 9

25 — ’ Wednesday, July . Major D alling s party returned with

a d about two hundred prisoners , mostly women and children , n

about thirty Canadian men , with about three hundred head of

&c cattle, horses cows , sheep, . A new battery of s ix 24 pounders

and three, sea mortars ready to play onthe Town . 2 6th — . r Thursday, July Lieut Alexander Fraser, Junio returned to camp from the detachmen t which marched with

’ ’ . ot 24th the Col the . He brings news of the Colonel s having

been wounded in the thigh , by an unlucky shot from a small

party of Canadians who lay in ambush , and fired on the

out detachment of a bush , and then retired . In the evening,

. . McPh r on the Col came to camp with Capt e s , who was

wounded by the same shot , and the ball lodged in his thigh ;

t but it is thought nei her of their wounds are dangerous.

There was not another man of the detachment touched . We

’ not McP her on did hear of Capt . s s being wounded till he

came to Camp . I hear the General went out this day with ’ Otway s Regiment and was attacked by the Indians ; they

ffi look to killed two O cers and thirty of his men , but at last

their heels, and when they were crossing the river Mont

morency our people fired three rounds at them , by which , I a m

- told they killed sixty two Indians, which they reckon a very

great loss . t — 27 h J . Friday, uly The detachment returned with three h undied women and one man prisoners, and above two head of cattle .

— n 28th . Saturday, July This night the French sen t dow a large fire raft which they did not set fire to till they were on fired on by some of the boats who are every night, the watch for them above the shipping . Our boats immediately ’ h grappled it, and tho it burnt wit great violence, they towed i t past all the shipping without any damage . — 29 th . N Sunday, July othing remarkable , I had a lucky escape at Montmorency . 2 1 0

— We to be ad to m ar Mo a 30th ul . nd y, J y are ordered re y ch

’ at a moment s warning. ’ — h rt s Col. Fra 3l s t . 1 5 A m e Tuesday , July The th ( ) and ’ l l ’ s i t b about , er s Reg men s embarked in oats ‘ o clock at Point

L an r to n on evy, d owed , as if we were intended la d the opposite shore under the French intrenchments when we

r s d o o who com had got mo e than half acro s, Briga ier M nckt n ,

' n r ina ded us ordered us to row up the iver, but the tide being a s i against us we made little w y . In thi way we con t nued o i es i going s met m up, somet mes down the River, the enemy

r ten i i throwing a shell at ou boats almost every m nutes , wh ch ’ l k no i b uc ily did execut on , till a out five o clock, in the evening when the Grenadiers of the Army under the command of

ol o of C . Burt n having landed, under the can non two large

s catt , which had been run ashore at high water in the morn ’ la d on ing and had p y briskly the French works all day, we

W to and ere immediately ordered land , which we did , drew up

on . the shore The Grenadiers atta cked and took a. french b of o attery four guns, and a redoubt, but having fallen int a l ittle disorder, and the enemy keeping an i ncessant fire at t s r hem from the trenche , the Grenadie s were obliged to retire w t — ith some loss, behind the 1 5 h our Regiment a nd the

not to rs French did think proper pu ue them . In the mean r time, B igadier Townshend with the part of our army

o s b s p sted at Montmorency, cros ed the river elow the fall , and n s tood o the beach at the confluence of the Montmorency and

. St Lawrence Rivers, about a quarter of a mile to the right of our Regimen t. In this situation we continued till the

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Grenadiers and Amherst s regiment had reembarked, when

General Wolfe having put himself at the head of our Reg i

' ment ordered them to face to th e right and we m arched in the rea a f r o e the army under Brigadier Townsh nd , who had by t i ti to r c i h h s me begun e ross the r ver Montmorency . T us 1 1

" our Regim ent had the honour to cover the retreat of the whole i ’ s army, w thout receiving any hurt, tho they were exposed, a

l l o to we l during the retreat, as whi e they st od on the shore,

a of r battery two cannons, with which they kept a very b isk fire on us all the time but I believe theywere a little our the disturbed by batteries at Montmorency, as well as guns of the two ships which were runaground in the morning

s a and I dare y, they must have lost a considerable number, as the works were very strongly manned (I mean our great guns) . This, I believe , likewise, was the reason why they did not attempt to attack our rear as I believe they were ’ greatly superior to us in numbers tho our whole army Was there " ’ ’ l whereas Kennedy s and Webb s wi th the Marines, and Dal ing's Light Infantry and the Rangers were left at their former posts . I have not yet got any certain account of the killed and wounded . I observed some men coming down from the trenches where some of our people lay killed; we imagined they were Indians who were sent to scalp them , after the whole in s on had retreated , our people the two Catt set them fire and left them . — 1 s t t . to Wednesday, Augus Our Regt which was ordered ff the Is land of Orleans after the a air last night, were this day ordered back to their former Camp at Point Levy— This day

Genl . Wolfe in his orders, had the following paragraph e l The check which the Grenadiers met with yest rday wi l ,

he m to . h it is hoped , a lesson to the for the time come Suc

“ impetuous, irregular and unsoldier like proceeding destroys o s m all order, makes it imp s ible for their Commanders to for for of l any disposition an attack, and puts it out the Genera s “ not power to execute his plan . The Grenadiers could

suppose that they alone could beat the French army, and i t therefore it was necessary that the Corps under General

f th e B F i 0 Commonly known as the fight o eauport lats in wh ch

l d a nd d. Wol fe lost about 700 men kil e wounde 1 2

bave tim e to Mo nck ton and Brigadier Townshend could fi join , of th at the attack migh t be gen eral . The first fire the E nemy was s ufiicient to repulse men who had lost all sen se

’ of a nd order military discipline, Amherst s and the High

m l o land Regi ents alone, by the soldier ike co l manner they

undoubtel c were formed in , would h ave y beat ba k the

whole Canadian army if they had ven tured to attack them . The loss however is inconsiderable and may be easily repair

ff if m en l ow ed when a favourable opportunity o ers, the wil sh " proper atten tion to their officers .

z ud . . Thursday , August Nothing extraordin ary

i . F 3rd . riday, do Th ngs remain as formerly

4 th . N Saturday do othing remarkable . 5 th ’ Sunday , do. Amherst s Regimen t marched from

P om t t their camp at Levy this night, and I hear they are o

a embark on board our ships above the town , along with M jor B ' alling s Light Infan try, and a Battalion of Royal Americans,

R an ers t wo with a Lieutenan t and twen ty g , and hundred marines, in all about one thousand three hundred men ,

to on under the comman d of Brigadier Murray , proceed

e h av t some exp dition , up the river , where the French e hree

Frigates and several other vessels . 6th Monday, August . 7 th A — I Tuesday, ugust hear the General has gone out On the other side (north) with the 47 th Regiment and Light

Infantry , in quest of some par ties of the enemy .

y 1 5 A — McDonell e Wednesda , th ugust Captain John , s ve n

e one ei h t subalt rns (of whom I was ) g Sergeants, eight Corporals and one hundred and forty four men of our Reg t crossed over r the of f om Point Levy to Island Orleans, an d lodged that P . ete s . t night at the Church of S t r (S . Pierre)

l 6th t — Th Thursday, Augus e Detachment marched to the

s o f te th ea t end the island of Orleans, opposi to e Church of J St. oachim . 1 3

1 7 t — of to Friday, th Augus Crossed from the Isle Orleans f St . Joachim . Be ore we landed we observed some men walk iu th e a nd g along fences, as if they intended to Oppose us ; on

' our m th e ou arch up to Church of St. Joachim , we were fired ’ by some party s of the E nemy from behind the houses and fences, but upon our advancing they betook themselves to the woods , from whence they continued popping at us, till towards

s evening, when they thought proper to retire, and we kept pes

’ ess io n f in of the P riest s house, which we set about forti ying

eculd the best manner we . — 1 8 t . . Saturday, th Augus Remain at St Joachim l gth Sunday , do . 2 0th Monday , do .

l t . Tuesday, do

22nd . Wednesday, do

23rd — We f Thursday , . were rein orced by a party of about one f f ‘ a nd hundred and orty Light In antry, 1 a Company of

“ Rangers, under the command of Captain Montgomery of ’ K - ennedy s or forty third Regiment, who likewise took the

of our all comman d detachment, and we marched to attack

a of . the vill ge to the west St Joachim , which was occupied by a party of the enemy to the number of about two hundred , as we supposed , Canadians and Indians, when we came pretty

v iila e near the g , they fired on us from the houses pretty smartly ; we were ordered to lie behind the fences till the

h o d Rangers , w were etached to attack the Enemy from the wo od s, began firing on their left flank , when we advanced bris kly without great order and th e F rench abandoned the houses and endeavoured to get into the woods , our men

a pursuing close at their heels . There were sever l of the enemy

a nd killed, wounded , and a few p risoners taken , all of whom the barbarous Captain Montgomery , who command us,

V s t 1 Th e l eader of the forlorn h Ope who fell at Pres De ille S l . 7 Dece m ber 1 7 5 . 1 4 ordered to bebuchered i n a m ost inhum anand cruel m anner

who I t particularly two , " sent prisoners by a sergean t, af e r not be giving them quarter, and engaging that they should a killed, were one shot, and the other knocked down wi th

c in s Tomahawk (a little hat het) and both scalped my ab ence, by the rascally sergeant neglecting to acquaint Mo ntgomery I e that wan ted them saved , as he, Montgomery, pret nded whe n

I him v as no f questioned about it ; but e en , that w excuse or

un aralelled i e of . as th e ff i such an p p ec barbari ty However, a a r

I to let r . ft could not be remedied, was obliged it d op A er

r s i r this skirmish we. set about bu ning the hou es w th g eat

i to of . success, setting all in flames t ll we came the church St ’ Anne s , where we put up for this night, and were joined by

ne of Captain Ross, with about o hundred and twenty men his company .

24 th . to b r Friday, August Began march and u n as

t o o ur yesterday , till we came Ange Gardien where detach ment and Captain Ross, who had been posted for some days at

r t e Chateau Richer, joined Colonel Mu ray with the hr e

z 2 ud 4 0th 45 th companies of Grenadiers of the , and Regi

in e h ments, where we are posted four hous s whic we have

to a i h fortified so as be able , we hope, to stand any att ck wh c we can expect with small arms . 2 t 5 h . ti Saturday , Busy felling the fruit trees, and cut ng the wheat to clear round us .

2 6th . Sunday, The same .

' 2 7 th t — I B r adie Monday, Augus hear g r M urray has re

i all e turned with his detachment , hav ng had the succ ss expect

of - ed the detachment. We received orders to march to m or row to Chateau Richer. Some m en were observed skulking

s s s o in the corn , round the hou e we po sessed u p n which , s ome

our m one of th e th e of people fired fro houses, when whole took the alarm and continued firing from the windows and loop

’ o for ten a h les about minutes . For my own part I can t s yfl

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of Dun allon re reted h g , universally g by all those w o knew him as a fine gentleman and a good soldier . 4 th — d Tuesday, September . Arrive Captain Alexander

1 4 . our Fraser of Culduthell with a, th Company to Regimen t ;

. intered in of our Capt Cameron was front Colours , with the usual solemnities . 5 th — 28th 7 th 3 5 t I 4 h . Wednesday, September . hear the , , 8t nf 5 h . and Regiments, with the whole of the Light I antry have marched on the south shore , above the town , and em

n 43rd. barked o board the ships above the town the 1 5 th . and a detachment of six hun dred of our regiment are ordered

t - to follow them o morrow .

— ' t 1 th 43 rd. 8. t h 6 h . 5 Thursday, September The , and De ac ment of six hundred of our Regiment marched about five Or six miles above Poin t Levy, when we crossed the river . T res

Chemins, (Etchemin) and embarked on board the ships above " the town . We are much crowded the ship I am in , has

r about six hundred on board , being only about two hund ed and fifty tons .

— 7 th . Friday, September The army above the town being about four thousand strong, continue on board the ships, mos t

’ of the men above deck , tho it is very rainy weather . — 8 . on Saturday , th September Remain as formerly ship board ; very bad weather .

h — e 9 t . Sund ay , September About fifteen hundred men wer

o n th e . \Ve e ordered on shore, south side of the river h ar we

e h are to land soon onthe north side . We see a numb r of t e

on beach wh crc ot French i ntrenched there, a , they have g some

floating batteries . — 1 01h . . Monday, September As above 1 1 th r— Tuesd ay, Septembe The troops landed on the south “ to . e S hore, ordered to reembark morrow morning Order d also — That the Troops do hold themselves in readiness to land and attack the E nemy z— As the L eos tafl andfiquirrel 1 7

F l flat o o t s the rigates are ordered to fo low the bott med b a , n t e Troops belonging to those ships are to remai in h m , and the boats intended for these Corps are to take inbth ers according to the following distribution F Distribution of the lat bottomed Boats . ’

. 2 5 0 ra Stirling Castle, To take into each of B gg s 3 s Dublin , Regt. out of the Ann Eli abeth leide 1 A of s . , J instead the Amher t One hundred and fifty Highlanders to be removed from the n o . e Ge rge transport, into the Seahorse frigate O hundred Highlanders to be removed from the Ann and Eliz abeth

to re Transport, to the Seahorse morrow morning, after the

embarkation of the first body of the Troops from Brigadier 0

’ Moncktons General Corps . Order of the Troops in the line of Boats n“ 8 1 s t . Light Infantry lead in an ’ 6 2 nd. Bragg s Regiment in “A ’ 3 rd Kennedy s in 4 Boats . S n4 th Lascelle ’s in 5 ’ t t r s 6 5 th A ns ru he Regiment . i n ) 1 m en of 6th Detachmen t of Highlanders . flat and the

and Royal American Grenadiers . . war boats, Captai n Shade has received the Generals ’ directions in

respect to the order in which the troops move , and are to

Ofli cer a a" land , and no must attempt to make the le st alter ’ aA tion or interfere with Captain Shade s particular province, n\ a 0 least (as th e boats move in the night) there may be con " fusion a nd disorder amongst them .

’ The troops will go into the Boats about nine o clock to

morrow, night, or when it is pretty near high water, but the Naval Officers commanding the different divisions of

boats will apprise them of the fittest time, an d as there will be a necessity of remaining some part of th e night in the ffi boats, the o cers will provide accordingly, and the soldiers

e will have a gill of rum extraordinary to mix with their wat r .

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’ am muni ionand two da o i i n i eir Arm , t y s pr v s o s, w th th t k b s rum and water is all the Soldiers are to a e into the oat , x s n d . The Ship with the bla kets, tents , necessaries, will u s oonbe p. 00 S 1 s t . For o e b SIGNA L . the flat bott m d oats with the tr ps

onboard to rendez - vous abreas t of the Sutherland , between o or one in her and the S uth Sh e, keeping near her, Light

to m s . the Sutherland , mai n p a t shrouds

re 2nd. Whenthey a to drop away from the Sutherland ,

he tw to a o ne s will show o lights in the main p m st shrouds,

over the other.

to e and bo to The men be quit silent, when they are a ut

land mus t not upo n any account fire out of the boats . The Officers of the Navy are not to be interrupted i n h of w l d i t eir part the duty, they i l have receive the r orders,

m ofiicer e to e to m fro the appoint d superint nd the whole, who

they are answerable . Ofircers of A rtillery and Detachments of Gunners are put

a to e board the armed sloops regula t their fire . that in the

rr our not be ur n hu y Troops may hurt by o ow artillery .

Captain"orke and the Ofiicers will be particularly ca re ful to s i E di tingu sh the nemy, and to point their fire against

them .

e fire The Frigat s will not till broad day light, s o that no s can m i take be m ade .

The Officers Commanding Floating Batteries will receive a p rticular orders from the General .

The to i h o i to w t Troops be suppl ed wit pr vis ons mo rro , ill " th e 1 4th . e d 1 2th — e e b . We W dn s ay, Sept m er were bus ied in cleaning our arm and in to our s distribut g ammunition men . This day our brave General gave his last written orders in the following words 1 9

ON a oa nnm a S nrnxnna nn,

1 t te 1 7 59 . 2 h Sep mber, ' The Enemy s force is now divided great s carcity of pro in n th e visions their Camp, and universal discontent amo g

Canadians. The second Officer in command (Levi) is gone to ’ or t Montreal St, John s , which gives reason o think that i s General Amherst is advancing into the Colony . A v gorou blow struck by the Army at this juncture may determinethe

of n e to n fall Canada . Our troops below are i readin ss joi

. t the us All the Light Artillery and ools are, embarked at of r Point Levy, and the Troops will land where the F ench to seem least expect them . The first body that gets onshore is to march directly to

the Enemy, and drive them from any little post they may

fiic r occupy . The O e s must be careful that the succeeding

not o on bodies do , by any mistake . fire upon those that g

before them . The Battalions must form upon the upper ground with

d s . expedi tion , and be rea y to charge whatever presents it elf

When the Artillery and Troops are landed , a Corps will

l t o the on be eft secure the landing place , while rest march and endeavour to bring the French and Canadians to a

battle .

fii ers The O c and men will remember, what their Country t and of expec s from them, what a determined body soldiers, inured to war are capable of doing against five weak French

. Battalions, mingled with a disorderly Peasantry The Soldiers mus t be attentive and obedient to their

fiiccrs of . o , and resolute i n the execution their duty ' the 9 1 2 . o About o clock , the night of the th we went int

a z se t l B e ts as ordered . Rende vou d abreast of the Su herland fel ’ d nd a be ur own with the tide about 1 2 o clock, a little fore fo o e r nb en four Gun er inthe m rning, wer fied o y a Fr ch Batt y, ovm n esh about two m lles abovethe Town. Pushedt d th ow at day breakon. 20

1 3 th S e tem r 1 7 5 9 . T hursday , p T he Ligh t Infantry

under the command of Colonel Howe , immediately landed and w on th e s m ounted the hill . We ere fire d i n Boat by the

E nemy who killed an d wounded a few . I n a short time , the ’ whole Army was landed at a place called Le Foulon , (now Wolfe ’s Cove) about a mile and a half above the Town o f l th e Quebec, and immediately fol owed the Light Infan try up of on hill . There was a few tents and a Picket the French f the top of the hill whom the Light In an try engaged , and took i of some of their Officers and men prisoners . The ma n body our Army soon get to the upper ground after climbing a hill

o r of rather a precipice , about three hundred yards, very steep i a nd covered with wood and brush . We had several skirm shes ’ ten with the C anadian s and Savages, till about o clock , when

of the army was formed in line battle , having the great River ,

on i c S t. Lawrence the right w th the pre ipice which we mounted

onth e ta in the morning left, a few houses , and at some dis nce the low ground and wood a bove the General Hospital with the

. n l River St Charles i n fro t, the Town of Quebec, about a mi e

distant in the rear, a wood occupied by the Ligh t Infantry, (who had by this time t akenpossession of the French four gun e Batt ry) and the third Battalion of the Royal Americans . In

and 4 8th . the space between which last the main body , the

was Regimen t was drawn up as a body of reserve . The Army

on l Ordered to march s owly in line of battle , and halt several an w times , till about half hour after ten , hen the French began to appear ingreat numbers onthe rising ground between us and w the To n , and having advanced several parties to skirmish with

us ; we did the like . They then got two Iron field pieces to

’ g play a ai nst our line . Before eleven o clock , we got one brass

' h eld iece u Hill p p the , which being placed i n the proper inter Val began to play very smartly on the Enemy while forming o n the little eminence . Their advanced parties con tinued to annoy us and wounded . oh agreat many men About this time, we i h v l , " 21

u served the Enemy formed , having a b sh of short brush wood w on their right, hich straitened them in room , and obliged e ’ F them to form in columns . About elev n o clock , the rench Army advanced in columns till they had got past th e bush of

th e wood into plain , when they endeavoured to form in line of

elled t Battle, but being much g by our Artillery, which consis

of onl ed y one fie ld piece, very well served , we observed them

in some confusion . However they advanced at a brisk pace l f til within about thirty or orty yards of our front, when they

us fire . W e gave their first , which did little execution returned

h ot it, and continued firing very for about six, or (as some say)

i e ght minutes, when the fire slackening, and the smoke of the

th e powder vanishing, we observed the main body of Enemy f retreating in great con usion towards the Town , and the rest

t . towards the River S . Charles Our Regiment were then ordered by Brigadier General Murray to draw their swords a nd pursue them; which I dare say increased their panic if but saved many of their lives, whereas the artillery had

v been allowed to play, and the army ad anced regularly there

o f would have been many more the Enemy killed and wounded ,

as we never came up with the main body . In advancing,

we passed over a great many dead and wounded , (french — I regulars mostly) lying in the front of our Regiment, who ,

II i hlandcrs — mean the g , to do them justice , behaved extremely

well . f all day , as did the whole or the army A ter pursuing

th e th e French to very of the Town , our Regiment was f f ordered to orm rontnthe Town , on the ground whereon the

the f . French ormed first At this time, rest of the Army came

up i n good order . General Murray having then put himself

o a the f at the head of our Regiment . rdered them to f ce to le t ’ and march thro the bush of wood; towards the General

H reut ' u u-o r two to us ospital , when they got a g g play upon

Few o f th em entered th e town t h c gt cat bulk m aking to wards h d o f nea r th e . G dl os t a nd eg i ed t h e t ebri ge boats, eneral pi al r a n “4511 3? at B eauport. 2 2

the w no d but from Town, which ho ever did amage , we had a few l men ki led and Officers woun ded by some skulking fellows,

s s with small arms, from the bushes and behind the hou e in the of ’ suburbs St. Louis and St. John s . After marching a short

r way through the b ush , Brigadier Murray though t proper to order us to return again to the high road leading from Porte

. L i of S t ouis, to the he ghts Abraham , where the battle was

ll of s fought, and after marching ti we got clear the bu hes , we

to to a were ordered turn the right, and go long the edge of o them t wards the bank , at the descen t betwee n us and t he

General Hospital , under which we understoo d there was a body of who no the Enemy , sooner saw us, than they began firing onus from the bushes and fro m the bank we soon disposa

u r f essed them from the b shes, and from thence kept fi i ng or " about a quarter of an hour on those under cover or the bank

ut b "as they exceeded us greatly in numbers , they killed an d u of our l two f ce wo nded a great many men , and kil ed O fi rs,

to t h e which obliged us retire a little , and form again , when

th . of n 58 Regiment with the 2 nd. Battalion Royal America s

to our having come up assistance , all three making about five hundred men , advanced against the Enemy and d rove them first down t o the great meadow between the Hospital and to wn

t s . and afterwards over he River St . Charle It was at this t ime and while in the bushes that our Regiment suffered mos t f . o Lieutenant Roderick , M r Neill Bana , and Alexander

McDonell McDo nell n McP herson , and John , and Joh ,

of our l volunteer, with many men , were kil ed before we were reinforced ; and Captain Thomas Ros s having gone down

ne r t th with about O hundred men of the 3 d. Regiment o e m t the m out of eadow , af er Ene y , when they were reach , ordered me up t o desire those on the height would wai t till he a d em I r e would come up n join th , which did , but befo

Mr. R s et be u fo was m orta o s could g up , n rtunately lly ne he b b n ca onba rom thebull " nt wou d d in t ody, y nn ll f , i he

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e certain our numbers did not exc ed four thousand men , the

Regiments being very weak, most of them under three hundred

men each . We had only about five hundred men of our Army killed

o f a and w unded , but we su ered an irrep rable loss in the d eath

- J of our commander the brave Major General ames Wolfe , who was killed in the beginning of the general action we had the good fortune not to hear of it till all was over . The Fren ch were supposed to have about one thousand men th e killed and wounded , of whom five hundred killed during

a m on t le e General whole day , and g these Monsieur Lieut nant in Montcalm , the commander in chief of the French Army

one a Canada , Brig dier General , one Colonel an d several

ers other Ofli c . I imagined there had been many more killed

fir e and wounded on both sides, as there was a heavy for some minutes , especially from us . We had of our Regiment three officers killed and ten

’ of whom . wounded , one Captain Simon Fraser , afterwards died Lieutenant Archibald Campbell was thought to have been mortally wounded , but to the surprise of most people

’ J McDonell . recovered, Captain ohn thro both thighs Lieut ’ Ronald McD o nell thro the knee Lieutenant Alexander

’ ’ Campbell thro the leg ; Lieutenan t Douglas thro the arm ,

Gre ors o n who died of this wound soon afterwards E nsign g , McKenz ie A Ensign and Lieutenant lexander Fraser , all slightly , I received a contusion in the right shoulder or rather f h breast , be ore the action become general , whic pained me a good deal , but it did not disable me from my duty then , o r afterwards .

The detachment of our Regiment consisted , at our marching P from oint Levi , of six hundred men , besides commissioned

Oflicers ffi and non commissioned but of these , two O cers and about sixty men were left on board for want of boats, and an O fficer and about thirty m enleft at the landing place besides 25

f a few le t sick on board, so that we had about five hundred

men in the action . We suffered in men and Officers more

e than any three Regiments in the fi ld . We were commanded J by Captain ohn Campbell the Colonel and Captain Mc. P o 25 th . J ul hers n having been unfortunately wounded on the y ,

of which they were not yet fully recovered .

of 1 We lay on our Arms all the night the 3th . September . 1 4 th e — We Friday, Sept mber . got ashore our tents and enca mped our Regiment on the ground where they fought the e battle yest rday . He we are within reach of the guns of the to wn .

1 5 — We Saturday, th September . were ordered to move our

Camp nigh the wood, at a greater distance from the Town . We are making advanced redoubts within five hundred yards

of the town . l 6th — N Sunday, September. othing extraordinary . — 1 7 th . Monday, September Monsieur de Ramsay Governor

fla of Quebec, sent out a g of Truce with articles of capitula

tion for the Town , which were agreed to , and signed on the

1 8 m r th in the morning, by Ad iral Saunde s and General

Townhend , after some alteration . That night, the town was

n s take possession of by the Loui bourg Grenadiers, and a n pa rty of the Light I fantry . We remained encamped till

o the October, when the army marched int Town , which s are is to be our Quarters for the winter, most of the house

r i destroyed, and we have but a ve y d smal prospect for seven

as fres h scarce or eight months, provisions are very , and every other thing exorbitantly dear . October the Admiral S aunders S ailcd for E ngland with the m en of war and transports and on the

Gen ral e Monkton with the last ships sailed , having appointed

Brigadier Murray, Governor of Quebec . th N a About e begining of ovember, a det chment of about

n th e r seven hundred men we t from gar ison , and marched to 4 26

Ca s f n. I p Rouge , about nine mile rom Tow n a day or two Colonel Welsh wa s sen t to take the command of that Detach ’ ment and to make an attack upon the enemy s post at P ointe

- but this aux Trembles , attempt not answering as the enemy

r e e . were alarmed, they retu n d and took post at Lorett and St

the s e alf Foy , the first about three , and la t plac about one and a h

TOWn. of ( i leagues from The design that post is, imag ne, as well to protect the party to be employed in cutting wood

. Fe f u at St y, as to hinder the enemy rom ins lting the e garrison by their Indians or other parti s .

2 m — N e r. 2 nd. ov be The French ships and frigates which r r r Ri i u a r ree R v r lay all summe in the ive chel e ne Th i e s, came down in sight of the Town .

24th . th es e On the four of ships were drove ashore, and C entirely lost. aptain M ill er of the Race Horse Frigate, (which with the P orcupine Sloop were left by Admiral Saunders to winter here) and his Lieutenant with about fifty men went to in a Schooner reconnoitre the Ships, drove ashore . The t i f Captain , Lieu enant and between th rty and orty men , boarded the nearest, which was aground on the E ast Side of the River

tes r th Etchemin , after staying some minu on boa d , e Ves sel blew up, and it is thought all the people on board perished .

Our Schooner was s eenthereafter boarded by Boats from the

r , t k r es c t F ench Frigates and a en , afte a stout r istan e , Cap ain i M iller and the Lieutenant were next day carr ed to Town, but died in a few days of their wounds .

28th N0 — vem ber. A t night eight of the French ships passed the Town being smartly fired on from our Batteries , but as the night was dark, it is thought we did them n o great damage .

l s t — December, The Governor ordered two Weeks wood to be issued to the Garrison . It is thought we shall have a great deal of difiicult v in supplying ourselves with fuel this

. The winter winter is now very severe. 27

t — Wi e m December 20 h . Thc nter is becom al ost insupportably

a cold . The men are notwithst nding obliged to drag all the

e Fe wood used in the Garrison on sledg s from St . y , about four miles distance . This is a very severe duty ; the poor

’ fellows do it however with great spirit, tho several of them have already lost the use of their fingers and toes by the

incredible severity of the frost, and the country people tell us

et the m en it is not y at worst . Some on sentry have been few deprived of speech and sensation in a minutes, but i hitherto, no person has lost his life, as care is taken to rel eve them every half hour or oftener when the weather is very

‘ T he indificrcntl cloathcd; severe. Garrison in general are but y but our regiment in particular is in a pitiful situation having

P is no breeches, and the hilibeg not all calculated for this

terrible climate . Colonel Fraser is doing all in his power to

provide trowsers for them , and we hope soon to be on a

footing with other Regiments in that respect . — 1 7 60. N . J anuary, othing remarkable during this month The duty is very severe on the poor m en we mount every

the o f day a guard of about one hundred men , and whole duty with a subaltern offi cer from each Regiment are employed ’ in dragging fire wood ; tho th e weather is such that they are

obliged to have all covered but their eyes, and nothing but

the last n ecessity obliged any men to go out of d00rs.

L orettc one the J anuary l 6th . 1 went on command to , of

out- posts established in November . The French have a post I 30th at St. Augustin , about three miles distant, returned

Lorettc January , nothing extraordinary while at , a few doser

ters came into us from the French posts . the About the 5 th or 6th February River St. Lawrence was ’ t ofliccr s quite frosenover at Quebec . We are old there is an

and french party of about two hundred men at Point Levy . he 60 h I n On t 1 3th February, 1 7 . T e Light nfantry a d two hundred m enfrom the Battalions weresent over to drive

t e e o Lev . The o s e a i at h Fr nch frm h int, y ; ppo d thel nd ng 30

th e 26th On the night of April , a man of the French

r s army who, with some othe s had been ca t away in a boat

ice that night, came down the river on a piece of , and being th e f taken up next morning at the Town , gave General in er

the mation that chevalier de Levi , was within twenty miles

us of , with an army of about twelve thousand men , made up of regulars, Canadians and savages .

1 7 60. a 2 7 th April , The Governor m rched out, with the to Grenadiers a nd P iquets of the garrison , support the Light Infantry which had taken post some days before nea r Cap

of Rouge . By the time he got out, the vanguard the French

u advis ca army appeared upon which , he tho ght it ble to

o withdraw the Light Infantry , and all the other outp sts, an d retire to Town and for that purpos e he sent orders to th 47 th 5 8th ' the 28 , and and Colonel Fraser s Regiment to t t march out to St . Foy and cover his retreat he 35 h Regi

2 ud ment, Battal ion Royal Americans having been detached

th e the e in morning to prevent the enemy , in case y att mpted T to land at Sillery or any other place near the Town . he

’ f s retreat was accordingly e ected without any los , tho the enemy were s o nigh as to skirmish with our rear till we got

of the within half a league Ramparts . 28t h 1 7 60 ’ On the April , , about eight o clock in the morn

th e s the ing, whole Garrison , exclu ive of Guards , was drawn

’ up on the parade , and about n ine o clock we m arched out of ll Town with twenty pieces of Field Arti ery , that is , two to m en each Regiment . The were likewise ordered to carry a pick axe or spade each . When we had marched a little way out of Town , we saw the advanced parties of the Enemy nigh the woods, about half a league distant from us . When we

r Ge al were about three quarte s of a mile out of Town , the ner ordered the hole to e w draw up in line of Battle, two d ep , and eu s muc as s tak a h room pos ible. o e e e e p So n th r after, h ord r n e theme to. t ro down e int no in d h w th re h g tools, and the 31

whole Army to advance slowly , dressing by the right, having dru m up th e 35th Regiment and 3rd battalion Royal Ameri cans in our rear as a corps of reserve, with one hundred men (in a redoubt which was begun by us a few days preceding)

cas e s to cover our retreat in of nece sity . In this order, we

e canonadin advanced , about one hundred pac s, when the g begun on our side, and we observed the French advanced parties retiring, and their main body forming in order of

Battle at the edge of the wood, about three hundred paces

ca nonadin distant, we continued g and advancing for some minutes . The enemy , on their side, played against the left of our army , where our Regiment happened to be, with two pieces of cannon and killed and wounded us some men . The

ff to a air begun now turn serious, when the General ordered on the Light Infantry , who were posted the right of our army , to attack five companies of French Grenadiers who

b ; they obliged to retire, but they eing supported by a large column of the enemy, the Light Infantry were in their turn obliged to give way, which they doing along the front of our line on the right (as I am told) hindered our men on the i r ght from firing for some minutes, which gave the enemy

tim e . full to form On the left, matters were in a worse

V e s situation . The company of olunt ers of the garri on , commanded by Captain Donald Mc Donald of our Regiment, ’ z and Captain Ha en s company of Rangers, who covered the fl left ank of our army having been almost entirely destroyed , were oblgi ed to give way by this means the left of the 28th to Regiment was exposed, and this obliged them give ground ’ after an obstinate resistance Colonel Fraser s Regiment was

" next t hem to the right, and being in danger of being sur rounded , and at the same time extremely galled by a fire from

fl a nee s t the Bushes in front and ank , were under es i y of falling back instantly, when Colonel Fraser who commanded 28th 47 th the Left Brigade consisting of the , and his own 32

sent 47 th e Regiment, orders to the to retire they wer drawn

ll fr i l up with a sma rising ground in their on t, wh ch ti l then ' t the fire covered them pret y much from enemy s , but as most of e the Regiment to the right, as well as the two R g iments e to the left of them , had by this time retired, it was absolut ly

47 th r necessary for the to quit that ground , othe wise they i must inev tably have been surrounded in a few minutes .

t he e r off l r Most of R giments attempted to car y their artil e y , was i n but the ground so bad w th wreaths ofsnow i the hollow ,

f e n m that they were obliged to abandon them , a t r naili g the

tbol up, as well as the intrenching s . E very Regiment made

to r w the best of their way Town , bu t etired ho ever in such a manner that the enemy d id not think proper to pursue il e ad very briskly, otherwise they must have k l d or m e

t Ont los s prisoners many more han they d id . was about

re three hundred killed, and about seven hund d wounded, and a few Ofiicers and men made prisoners . We had about three e t thousand in the fi ld , one third of whom had hat very day, com e a t voluntarily out of the Hospit ls ; of hese, about five , i a hundred were employed in dragg ng the c nnon , and five

ul r hundred more in reserve, so that we co d had n o mo e than

li s two thousand in the ne of battle, wherea the enemy must

s i have had at lea t four times as many , beside a large body n

e r serve, and notwithstanding their great superiority we

ff o e s e ed su ered very little in the retreat, s me R giment att mpt t o form i rally, but it was impossible to nany sort of order

i we th l . with the whole, t ll got within e wal s Our Regiment had about four hundred men in the field m s it near one half of who had that day , come out of the Ho p al , l out of their own accord . We had about sixty ki led and h f C D forty wounded, and of t irty nine o ficers, aptain onald Mc Donald who commanded the volun teer company of the army, and Lieutenant Cosmo Gordon who co mmanded th e

a t e Light Inf n ry company of our Regim nt, were both killed in

34 all the advantage he eculd desire with such an inferior Arm y n and where, if the Enemy ve tured to attack him he could use his Ar tillery, on which was his chief dependance , to the best purpose having a rising ground, whereon he might form his

t annOn to Army and plan his C , so as play on the Enemy as s they adva nced for about four hundred or five hundred yard , with round shot, and when they came within a proper dis tance the grape shot must have c ut them to pieces . However.

th e it seems he observed the enemy , some formed at edge of the wood . some forming, and the rest marching from St . Foy .

oo e h is The bait was t t mpting, and passion for glory getting the better of his reason he ordered the Army to march and

as attack the enemy , he thought , before they could form , in a situation the most desired by them and ought to be avoided

a e by us , as the Canadians and S vages could be us d against us to the greatest advantage in their beloved (if I may say element) woods . It would give me great pleasure to relate i someth ng more to the advantage , of this gentleman who is, in

e many respects , possess d of several virtues . and particularly

all all the military ones, except prudence and entirely free of mercenary principles but, as his conduct on this occasion is universally condemned by all those who are not imm ediately

t to e I dependent on him , ruth obliges me state matt rs as

i a s bel eve , they really stood more especially it is not said he advised with any of those who had a right to be consulted

h Na before suc a step should be taken . y , it is said that the ff preceding night , at a meeting with the di erent Commandants

h e on of the Corps, declared his intention of fortifying himself l the heights and not to attack the E nemy , unless he shou d be forced r to it , which we were persuaded of by his orde s to carry

“7 0 o ut intrenching tools . had very little chance of beating " an Army to four times our number ina situa tion where we

T h e oth er accounts m a ke th e French army a ny thing but " t f e t four t imes h e num ber o th English army . I appears certa in 35 could scarce act and if the Enemy had made a proper us e

t cons e uences t of heir advantage , the q must have proved fa al

‘ ' Tow eut ofl to us, as they might have got betwixt us and the n ,

all . our retreat, and by that means ruined us to intents Our situation became now extremely critical we were bea t

the b in r in field , y an army greatly superior numbe s , and obliged to rely on what defence we could make within the

t walls of Quebec , which were hither o reckoned of very little

consequence against a superior army .

a The French that very night fter the Battle . opened

e W . trenches, within six hundr d yards of the alls and went

29 th rettv . on next , April , with their works p briskly For the firs t two days after t he battle there was very little done

and the l s t . of o ur by us on of May , the largest block houses

' oi xnus uet ( small square redoubts Logs , q proof) was blown up by accident, and Captain Cameron of our Regiment and a subaltern of the 4 8th with several men dangerously burnt

b . the 3 . da t and ruised On rd y after the bat le . the General s et m a about to strengthen or ( I y say) fortify the Town . and the men worked with the greate st alacrity . In a few days e there were about one hundred additional guns mount d, with

the which our people kept an incessant fire on enemy, and retarded their works very much .

' 9 th L eos ta fl On the May , the Frigate , Captain Dean ,

us — arrived from England , and brought news from thence , and informed us that there was a squadron in the River , which

o r m ight be expected every tide to u assistance . This added t greatly to the spiri s of the Garrison , and our works were h h L i h a d th e ndv a nta e o i M t h ea d owever t at ev g number, and urray a o f i i o f e i k o f i e e vant ge pos t on and a spl nd d par art ll ry , som twenty o dd fi i i i i L i h ad t wo eld p eces on a r s ng ground , wh lst ev but guns a nd h is troops were fatigued by th eir labo rious trudge h h t h e B r a n h S ii edo i o f th e et " t roug y mars and road , at a t me y (t h e 28 Apri l ) when t h e winter snow arid rai n h ad made th e roads nearly impassable 36

o the ca rried on briskly . The General see med res lved from

first to defend the place to the last . This, nobody doubted ,

and every one seemed to forget their late misfortune , and to

’ t h e all place entire confidence in General s conduct, which e n e must acknowledge very resolut , whe reduc d almost to an

extremity . 1 1 th es On the May , the French opened two Batteri mount

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i e c ue o f . ing th rt en guns, and two mortars Their heavy

s - ee metal consi ted of one twenty four and two eight n pounders ,

’ all li h t the rest were g . They did not seem to confine their

' fir of I e entirely to any particular part the Walls , otherwise

t h a ve a brea eh believe they might in ime made , and their

fire was not very smart . We were masters of a much s e uperior fire, and annoyed the besiegers at their batt ries very much . Their fire became every day more and more

Was faint , and it generally believed they intended to rais e the siege . l 6th V On the May , in the evening, the anguard . com m o dom

Swanton , and Diana Frigate, Captain Schomberg arrived 1 7 th 1 7 60 from England , and next morning M ay , , they and the L eo s t atf attacked the t wo French Frigates that lay

B a Ca e at anchor in the y , above p Diamond " which when they

, e d first observed they made as if they in t n ed to engage , but o n our ships approaching nearer they set sail up the river

run a s but one of them hore immediately , and our Frigates et soon g up with theirs , and obliged . them also to run aground and thereafter destroyed the m . One ship however escaped " of their l L eo s ta fi f e out reach , and unlucki y the , a t r all was v rock o er, ran on a , sunk and was entirely lost .

r o a n That very night several deserte s came int Town , d

informed that most part of the French army had marched .

r r d the T enches being guarded by their G ena iers only . About ’ twelve o clock at night , the General sent out a party who found the Trenches entirely abandoned and next mornin g , 3 7

1 8th 1 7 60 f r s f e o v May , , we ound ou selve entirely re d f ery all a disagreeable neighbours , having left behind their rtillery , with a great part of their ammunition , Camp equipage and baggage . What made them retreat with such precipitation

z we could not guess but, it seems they were sei ed with a c all panic . It appears they allowed the savages to s alp the

r killed and most part of the wounded, as we found a g eat many scalps on the bushes .

I McGro or of have been since informed by Lieutenant g ,

e our R giment, who was left on the field wounded , and narrowly escaped being killed , h aving received two stabs of a a a bayonet from two French Regul rs, that he saw the sav ges murdering the wounded and scalping them on all sides, and was expected every moment to share the same fate, but saved

ficers . by a French O , who luckily spoke a little English