The History of Canada: Canada under French ruleRowsell & Hutchison, 1890 |
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Side viii
... Fleet caught in a hurricane . 35 His defeat and loss 51 Loss of the " Tilbury " · 35 Dispersion of the British fleet CHAPTER III . [ 1757. ] . 36 The French force march by western side of lake . De Lévis in command . The remaining force ...
... Fleet caught in a hurricane . 35 His defeat and loss 51 Loss of the " Tilbury " · 35 Dispersion of the British fleet CHAPTER III . [ 1757. ] . 36 The French force march by western side of lake . De Lévis in command . The remaining force ...
Side x
... fleet destroyed Desperate condition of the fortress 135 • 134 Capitulation proposed . • 135 · . 113 Terms refused . 136 • 114 Finally accepted . 137 . 115 British take possession of the fort- ress . 138 116 News received in England ...
... fleet destroyed Desperate condition of the fortress 135 • 134 Capitulation proposed . • 135 · . 113 Terms refused . 136 • 114 Finally accepted . 137 . 115 British take possession of the fort- ress . 138 116 News received in England ...
Side xiii
... Fleet sails from Louisbourg " 238 Saint Antoine and Saint Croix The British toast on sailing . . · 238 burned . . 258 The fleet reaches Anticosti " Old Killick " . 239 • 241 French prisoners at Quebec . De Vaudreuil addresses letter to ...
... Fleet sails from Louisbourg " 238 Saint Antoine and Saint Croix The British toast on sailing . . · 238 burned . . 258 The fleet reaches Anticosti " Old Killick " . 239 • 241 French prisoners at Quebec . De Vaudreuil addresses letter to ...
Side xiv
... fleet · Murray placed in command Scarcity of money at Quebec 297 . 298 298 298 The landing effected 276 News in London . 299 The line formed . . 277 Wolfe's memory · 300 Montcalm hears of landing 277 Saunder's high character · 302 The ...
... fleet · Murray placed in command Scarcity of money at Quebec 297 . 298 298 298 The landing effected 276 News in London . 299 The line formed . . 277 Wolfe's memory · 300 Montcalm hears of landing 277 Saunder's high character · 302 The ...
Side xvi
... Fleet sails away · 374 . 357 De Vauclain in " l'Atalante " Scarcity for firewood · 374 · 357 Discipline relaxed The French camp abandoned · 375 · 358 De Lévis ' retreat Severe punishments · 375 · 358 Loss of the " Lowestoft " Murray ...
... Fleet sails away · 374 . 357 De Vauclain in " l'Atalante " Scarcity for firewood · 374 · 357 Discipline relaxed The French camp abandoned · 375 · 358 De Lévis ' retreat Severe punishments · 375 · 358 Loss of the " Lowestoft " Murray ...
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Abenakis Abercrombie Accordé advance Amherst Arch arms army arrived artillery attack attempt bateaux battalion batteries Beauport boats Bougainville British camp Canada Canadian cap Rouge capitulation captain carried colonel colony command commenced Crown Point defence despatched detachment duty enemy England expedition fire fleet Forbes force fort Duquesne fort Edward fort William Henry France French frigates garrison governor guns Haldimand Halifax hundred île île aux Coudres Indians intrenchments island killed king la petite guerre lake Champlain lake George lake Ontario land letter light infantry lord Loudoun Louisbourg miles militia Montcalm Montreal Murray Niagara obtained officers orders Oswego party Pitt Point Lévis position possession Pouchot prisoners province provisions qu'ils Quebec rangers received regiment remained retreat returned Rogers Royal Americans Saint Lawrence sent sera seront shew ships shore siege soldiers surrender taken Three Rivers Ticonderoga tion took Townshend troops Vaudreuil vessels William Henry Wolfe Wolfe's wounded wrote
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Side 284 - Thereupon the general rejoined: "Go, one of you, my lads, to Colonel Burton — ; tell him to march Webb's regiment with all speed down to Charles River, to cut off the retreat of the fugitives from the bridge.
Side 506 - Lawrence : and his Britannic Majesty consents to leave to the subjects of the Most Christian King the liberty of fishing in the gulph of St. Lawrence, on condition that the subjects of France do not exercise the said fishery but at the distance of three leagues from all the coasts...
Side 489 - I had but too much reason to expect your Majesty's displeasure. I did not come prepared for this exceeding goodness; pardon me, Sir, it overpowers, it oppresses me...
Side 505 - His Britannic majesty, on his side, agrees to grant the liberty of the Catholic religion to the inhabitants of Canada ; he will, consequently, give the most precise and most effectual orders, that his new Roman Catholic subjects may profess the worship of their religion, according to the rites of the Romish Church, as far as the laws of Great Britain permit.
Side 505 - Xlllth article of the treaty of Utrecht : which article is renewed and confirmed by the present treaty, (except what relates to the island of Cape Breton, as well as to the other islands and coasts in the mouth and in the gulph of St. Lawrence :) And his...
Side 264 - In this situation there is such a choice of difficulties that I own myself at a loss how to determine. The affairs of Great Britain I know require the most vigorous measures, but then the courage of a handful of brave men should be exerted only where there is some hope of a favourable event.
Side 272 - The officers and men will remember what their country expects from them, and what a determined body of soldiers, inured to war, is capable of doing against five weak French battalions, mingled with a disorderly peasantry. The soldiers must be attentive and obedient to , their officers and resolute in the execution of their duty.
Side 505 - The Island called Newfoundland, with the adjacent Islands, shall from this time forward belong of Right wholly to Britain, and to that end the Town and Fortress of Placentia, and whatever other Places in the said Island are in...
Side 485 - I am sorry for it, since otherwise he would have certainly compelled us to leave him [Has ruled us, may not I say, with a rod of iron !] But if he be resolved to assume the office of exclusively advising his Majesty and directing the operations of the War, to what purpose are we called to this Council ? When he talks of being responsible to the People, he talks the language of the House of Commons; forgets that, at this Board, he is only responsible to the King.
Side 507 - France ; provided that the navigation of the river Mississippi shall be equally free, as well to the subjects of Great Britain as to those of France, in its whole...