July 27th.-Bragg's regt. that went towards St. Joachim returned and brought with them about 70 head of cattle and near 200 sheep. Their flanking party that were in the woods were attacked; they had two killed and three wounded. The party took two Canadians prisoners. The Royal American picquet on the left had one killed and one wounded from the other side the water. A large number of fire floats were sent down by the enemy, but no mischief done by them. A new six gun battery opened at Point Levi. It is reported that Monsieur Vaudreuil threatens to give no quarter to officers or men that fall into his hands, if his Canadians are ill-treated.

28th, 29th and 30th.-Nothing very material. A deserter who had been in the Pennsilvania Provincials, taken prisoner last year and obliged to serve with the French. He says the Canadians are greatly distressed on account of their hay harvest which they expect to loose.

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July 31st. About 12 o'clock the Centurion, a 50 gun ship, came down at high water with two transports, which last were laid ashore opposite the enemies' batteries. cannonading began from our enca mpment at Montmorency on the enemies' lines, and from the shiping on their batteries; the Grenadiers of the army, with two battalions of Monckton's Brigade, and a detachment of 200 men of the 2nd battalion of Royal Americans, were ranged in boats ready to push ashore at low water. The five regiments here were under arms. The enemies fire from their batteries on the beach did considerable damage to the boats; they wounded several officers, and killed and wounded a good many men. About 5 o'clock the Grennadiers landed, and the troops followed; we marched across the Falls, viz.: Townshend's Brigade, Otway's, Anstruther's regts., with the Light Infantry, who first had reconnoitered the ford and found no enemy there. On our march a heavy clap of thunder brought on a violent shower of rain with a high wind directly in our faces, which retarded the part of the army from this place for about a quarter of an hour; when cleared up, it appeared the

Grennadiers marched before the rain and took possession of a battery and a redoubt on the beach; but the heavy fire from the entrenchments, on the top of the hill obliged them to retire. The rain had made it impossible to mount the hill, or rather precipice, in the face of their lines, on which the General ordered a retreat. The enemy cannonaded us in our retreat, but with little damage. The two armed transports were set on fire. We lost in the whole action about 30 officers, one only of whom killed on the spot, and 400 men killed and wounded. The impetuosity of the Grennadiers and their not waiting for orders, it seems, in the opinion of the General, occasioned our repulse.

August 1st A deserter from the French regulars came in, had left their camp a day before the action.

2nd and 3rd.-A Flag of Truce from the town with a letter from Monsr. Vaudreuil, giving an account that he had buried 50 of our men, had taken an officer, Capt. Ouchterlony, prisoner, badly wounded. A letter from Capt. Ouchterlony, in which he says-" he owes his life to a French Grennadier, who saved him from the cruelty of the Indians, that he is taken good care of" The officer who came with the Flag of Truce, acknowledges that they had thirty-two killed and mortally wounded by the cannonading the 31st of July.

4th.-Lt. Meach of the Rangers, and one man killed and another wounded, on a marauding party. A deserter

came in.

5th. The Geal. sent 20 guinies to the soldier who saved Capt. Ouchterlony's life. Last night Otway's regt. marched and marauded; returned this day with 4 prisoners who had got, each of them, a back burden of powder and shot, which they were carrying to a party of 150 men left in the woods to observe our motions, and to take care of the women, children and cattle in the woods behind us. Brigr. Murray with 1400 men passed by the town on some design up the

river. A great fire from the town without damage.

August 6th.-Lascelles' regiment marched at 9 o'clock at night, went to the village Chateau Richer, where they burnt a number of the enemies' battoes; the country finely improved for ten or a dozen miles on this shore.

8th.-An Indian at night came across the Fails at high water, advanced upon a sentry on the beach with a scalping knife in his hand; the soldier presented his bayonet to him, when he fell upon his knees and made a sign for quarter. No body understands his language.

9th. At one o'clock this morning the lower town on fire, and burnt furiously till ten. Last night a party of about 80 men made a fein! to pass the Falls, and drew a large body of the enemy into the entrenchments, when a canonnading began from our encampment, which must have killed a number of the enemy. The ships above the town gone up the river with Brigr.-Genl. Murray.,

10th.-The General, with the 2 Grenadier companies of the Royal Americans, went by water to the village St. Joachim; there were about 70 men in arms on our landing; and preparing to attack them, they fired and wounded four of Capt. Porter's Grennadiers, and then fled into the woods.

August 11th.-At about seven o'clock this morning the working party were attacked; our loss was about 40 killed and wounded, among the wounded was Lieut. Mountain in the arm. A serjeant of Otway's missing, supposed to be made prisoner. One of the enemy, a Canadian, was killed; and not more that we know off. Genl. Murray, by advice from him, has had three different skirmishes with the enemy above the town, in each of which he had the advantage; our loss is about 100 men killed and wounded; among the latter are Capt. Delaune, Major Irwin; and Major of Brigade Maitland, Brigadier, was opposed by Genl. Levi with 4000 men. The Leostaff frigate, and Hunter slcop, with some transports and some armed sloops, were to have passed the

town, and neglected the finest opportunity they could possibly have had; there was only a small schooner passed, at which the town fired from all their batteries.

August 12th.-A gale of wind at N.E. with much rain. Received advice that Capt. Gorham's detachment had burnt the village St. Paul, about 50 houses, with the loss of one killed and two wounded. A deserter from the enemy says there is great dissatisfaction among the army; that our shot did great execution when the town was on fire.

15th. A shot from the battery below the hill set fire to the powder in a floating-battery, by which she was burnt; as she burnt down a number of shells burst. A brigantine fell down the narrow pass betwixt this and the Isle of Orleans towards St. Joachim. A detachment of 200 men from Point Levi attempted to join Genl. Murray, but did not succeed; about 9 o'clock the town was on fire, but soon extinguished.

16th. A corporal came into the French camp; he says their allowance of bread is reduced; confirms the uneasiness and distress of the Canadians.

Mr. Cameron, a volunteer in the 47th Regiment, with a party of 1 serjeant, corporal, and 20 men, was attacked by about 200 Indians; he retired to a house and defended himself til relief came; he had one killed and one wounded; he killed four of the Indians, one of which, supposed to be one of their chiefs, was scalped.

August 18th.-A few houses burnt on the Isle of Orleans and at Point Levi every day for these two days past. A detachment of the Highland regiment have taken post at St. Joachim.

19th. Two companies of the Louisbourg Grenadiers joined us, relieved by Capt. Porter's company and some Marines. In the night the other company of the Louisbourg Grenadiers

came over.

20th.-Marched the Grenadier companies above to take post at L'Ange Gardien and along this shore, to prevent the peasants getting in their harvest. Yesterday five men were killed at Point Levi by the fire from the town. Working at a new battery of eight pieces of cannon.

The detachment under Capt. Gorham returned; besides the village of St. Pauls (Bay?) they burnt a village at Malbay, the village of St. Anne (de la Pocatière ?) on the South Shore, and a number of other houses, and landed upwards of 200 head of cattle and sheep on the Isle of Coudre. The Indian that was taken prisoner made his escape from the Admiral's ship; t'is not known in what way.

August 22nd.-A detachment of Light Infantry and Rangers, about 240 men, went in boats to St. Joachim, where the enemy have taken post in a house near the one occupied by the Highlanders.

23rd. This morning a field six-pounder and a Howitzer were sent to St. Joachim. The village of St. Joachim on fire.

24th.-A Flag of Truce from the town giving an account of Capt. Ouchterlony's death An An officer of the Royal Americans badly wounded in the leg as he was mounting the quarter guard. Yesterday seven sailors who were marauding on the South Shore were attacked, two of which were killed and scalped and five wounded.

The party that went to St. Joachim under the command of Capt. Montgomery,* met the enemy and had a skirmish with them, of whom they killed and scalped about twenty; we had three men slightly wounded. From thence they marched by land along the shore towards our camp, and burnt all the houses, viz.: the village of St. Anne, Chateau Richer, L'Ange Gardien is now burning. The corn is too green to take fire.

Capt. Alexander Montgomery, of the 43rd, (see M. Fraser's Journal.)