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Las diagrammas suivants iilustrant la mithoda. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 32X >.>. ;B- 1r • 001108735b a31187 -.-^.A '**'Sk,' a" •*** .*l •''^;Sr«i-> '^•'R; '' ,"'' ^'^^j^; .-»'«! •*? " UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO > tit *^('^ ^ • ,vJiS,-. '.;*..• ,;<^;.^ :^- 5:5i LIBRARY V f4 CALL No. ' .:«• ^t^; .,..;/ EXTRACT FROM A MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL, RF.LATING TO THE SIEGE OF QUEBEC IN 1759. TCKPT BY COLONEL MALCOLM FRASEB, Then Lieutenant of the 78th (Fraser's Highlanders,) and fierving in that Campaign. 'y^ J.-"' Published under the auspices of the Literari/ and Ilisforical Society, Quebec, •«, Property of the Library University of Waterloo ^m- m.:.r * ^ >¥ f EXTRACT FROM A MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL, RELATING TO THE OPERATIONS BEFORE QUEBEC IN 1751), ' KEPT BY COLONEL MALCOLM FRASER, Then Lieutenant of the 78th (Fraser's HigblandcrSj) and serving in that Campaign. [Col. M. Prager died in 1815, atthe age of 82. The original of this manuscript is in the possession of the family of the late Hou. J. M. Fraser, who kindly allowed this copy to be made from it for the use of the Literary and Historical Society.] p Tuesday, 8tb. May, 1759. Set sail fiora Sandy Hook for Louisburg with af^ir wind, under convoy of the Nightingale, Captain Campbell, the fleet consisting of about twenty eight Sail ; the greatest part of which is to take in the Troops from Nova Scotia, and the rest having Colonel Fraser';:; Regiment on board. i Thursday, 17th. May. We came into the harbour of Louis- bourg, having had a very agreable and quick passage. We ^; are ordered ashore every day while here, to exercise along with the rest of the Army. On the 29th. May, and some days before and after, the Harbour of Louisbourg was so full of shotik of Ico that uo boats could go from the 8hips to Shoro, Thure la Ml iow« S5U0W Jft the hollowu, on fihoik?, l liUppniiC! tlw Uu* aomos from t\\& Gulf and vivoi of St. LawvaDC^i, 1 hear a Lieutenant, on board one of the Men of War, has shot iiinisclf, for fear I suppose, the French should do it. If ho was weaned of life, he might soon get quit of it in a more honourable way. 1st. June, The llegimcnts arc all arrived, and I hear wo shall soon sail. Monday, 4th. June, the Fleet set sail. I take it to consist of about 150 sail, including ten of the line of battle, besides frigates, bomb ketches and fire ships ; the rest are Transports and Store Ships~On the 8th. wo got si^ht of the Island of Newfoi;ndland ; very high land, a great part whereof covered with snow—The 9th. we entered the Gulf of St. Lawrence— If:. The 11th came in sight of land nigh the Bay of Gaspd. This night it blew a pretty hard gale at N. W, . licgiments OD the Expedition : . 15tb. Amherst's ........;........ 500 Men. 28th. Bragg's 550 " a5th. Otway's 800 " 43rd. Kennedy's 650 " 47th. Lascelle's 500 " 48 th. Webb's 800 « 58th. Anstruthers 500 " 60th.pnd.Battamon|j^^^j^^^^^.^^^^^^^^ c (3rd. BattallionJ b3rd. Frazer's nOO " Grenadiers of the 22nd. 40th. and ) ..^^ ,, 45th. llegimeuts from Louisbourg.. ) Artillery, 300 " • ' Rangers, 400 '< Light Infantry, 200 " Marines,., lOOO " jE In gross supposed at most, 81)00. m.» ^li ^ — 8 Wftr, lias On the 13th, June, we entered the River St. liawrcnco nt oit. If night 18th, oamo to anchor at the Isle of Bic ; l!)th. anchored n a more 1 at Isle Verte 20th. at Isle Rouge ; here we had a contvarj' f wind and strong tide running about six knots an hour, whicli hear wo retards us very much as we arc obliged to anchor when tlu; -< tid«J begins to ebb. I observe the banks of the river here, and consist for some leagues below, are inhabited, mostly on the South Side. , besides 23rd. June. The whole of our Division anchored I Saturday, — ansports nigh the Isle auz Coudres. Two Boats having gone from our sland of fleet to sound near the shore, were fired on by the Indians, covered as they say, with two pound swivels ; they came pretty nigh hrrencc them, but nobody was hurt. We found Admiral Durell with most part of his Squadron at Coudres.
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