"Arms, ammunition and two day's provisions, with "their rum and water is all the Soldiers are to take into "the boats,

"The Ships with the blankets, tents, necessaries, &c. "will soon be up.

SIGNALS."1st. For the flat bottomed boats with the "troops on board to rendez-vous abreast of the Suther"land, between her and the South Shore, keeping near "her, one Light in the Sutherland, main top mast shrouds.

"2nd. When they are to drop away from the "Sutherland, she will show two lights in the main top "mast shrouds, one over the other.

"The men to be quite silent, and when they are about "to land must not upon any account fire out of the boats.

"The Officers of the Navy are not to be interrupted in "their part of the duty, they will have received their "orders, from the officer appointed to superintend the "whole, to whom they are answerable.

"Officers of Artillery and Detachment of Gunners are "put aboard the armed sloops to regulate their fire, that "in the hurry our Troops may not be hurt by our own "artillery.

"Captain Yorke and the Officers will be particularly "careful to distinguish the Enemy, and to point their fire "against them.

"The Frigates will not fire till broad day light, so that "no mistake can be made.

"The Officers Commanding Floating Batteries will "receive particular orders from the General.

"The Troops to be supplied with provisions to morrow, "till the 14th."

Wednesday, 12th September. We were busied in cleaning our arms and distributing ammunition to our men. This day our brave General gave his last written orders in the following words:

"ON BOARD THE SUTHERLAND,

"12th September, 1759.

"The Enemy's force is now divided; great scarcity of "provisions in their Camp, and universal discontent "among the Canadians. The second Officer in command "(Levi) is gone to Montreal or St. John's, which gives "reason to think that General Amherst is advancing into "the Colony. A vigorous blow struck by the Army at "this juncture may determine the fall of Canada. Our "troops below are in readiness to join us. All the Light "Artillery and tools are embarked at the Point of Levy, "and the Troops will land where the French seem least "to expect them.

"The first body that gets on shore is to march directly "to the Enemy, and drive them from any little post they "may occupy. The Officers must be careful that the "succeeding bodies do not, by any mistake, fire upon "those that go on before them.

"The Battalion must form upon the upper ground with "expedition, and be ready to charge whatever presents "itself.

"When the Artillery and Troops are landed, a Corps "will be left to secure the landing place, while the rest "march on and endeavour to bring the French and "Canadians to a battle.

"The Officers and men will remember what their "Country expects from them, and what a determined "body of soldiers, inured to war are 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."

About 9 o'clock, the night of the 12th. we went into the Boats as ordered. Rendez-voused abreast of the Sutherland; fell down with the tide about 12 o'clock, and a little before four in the morning, were fired on by a French four Gun Battery, about two miles above the Town. Pushed towards the shore at day break.

Thursday, 13th September 1759. The Light Infantry under the command of Colonel Howe, immediately landed and mounted the hill. We were fired on in the Boats by the Enemy who killed and wounded a few. In 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 of Quebec, and immediately followed the Light Infantry up the hill. There was a few tents and a Picket of the French on the top of the hill whom the Light Infantry engaged, and took some of their Officers and men prisoners. The main body of our Army soon got to the upper ground after climbing a hill or rather a precipice, of about three hundred yards, very steep and covered with wood and brush. We had several skirmishes with the Canadians and Savages, till about ten o'clock, when the army was formed in line of battle, having the great River St. Lawrence on the right with the precipice which we mounted in the morning; on the left, a few houses, and at some distance the low ground and wood above the General Hospital with the River St. Charles; in front, the Town of Quebec, about a mile distant; in the rear, a wood occupied by the Light Infantry, (who had by this time taken possession of the French four gun Battery) and the third Battalion of the Royal Americans. In the space between which last and the main body, the 48th. Regiment was drawn up as a body of reserve. The Army was ordered to march on slowly in line of battle, and halt several times, till about half an hour after ten, when the French began to appear in great numbers on the rising ground between us and the Town, and having advanced several parties to skirmish with us; we did the like. They then got two Iron field pieces to play against our line. Before eleven o'clock, we got one brass field piece up the Hill, which being placed in the proper interval began to play very smartly on the Enemy while forming on the little eminence. Their advanced parties continued to annoy us and wounded a great many men. About this time, we ob

served the Enemy formed, having a bush of short brush wood on their right, which straitened them in room, and obliged them to form in columns. About eleven o'clock, the French Army advanced in columns till they had got past the bush of wood into the plain, when they endeavoured to form in line of Battle, but being much galled by our Artillery, which consisted of only one field piece, very well served, we observed them in some confusion. However they advanced at a brisk pace till within about thirty or forty yards of our front, when they gave us their first fire, which did little execution. We returned it, and continued firing very hot for about six, or (as some say) eight minutes, when the fire slackening, and the smoke of the powder vanishing, we observed the main body of the Enemy retreating in great confusion towards the Town, and the rest towards the River St. Charles. Our Regiment were then ordered by Brigadier General Murray to draw their swords and pursue them; which I dare say increased their panic but saved many of their lives, whereas if the artillery had been allowed to play, and the army advanced regularly there would have been many more of 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 regulars mostly) lying in the front of our Regiment, who I mean the Highlanders, to do them justice, behaved extremely well all day, as did the whole of the army. After pursuing the French to the very gates* of the Town, our Regiment was ordered to form fronting the Town, on the ground whereon the French formed first. At this time, the rest of the Army came up in good order. General Murray having then put himself at the head of our Regiment, ordered them to face to the left and march thro' the bush of wood, towards the General Hospital, when they got a great gun or two to play upon us

*Few of them entered the town the great bulk making towards the bridge of boats, near the General Hospital and regained the camp at Beauport.

from the Town, which however did no damage, but we had a few men killed and Officers wounded by some skulking fellows, with small arms, from the bushes and behind the houses in the suburbs of St. Louis and St. John's. After marching a short way through the brush, Brigadier Murray thought proper to order us to return again to the high road leading from Porte St. Louis, to the heights of Abraham, where the battle was fought, and after marching till we got clear of the bushes, we were ordered to turn to the right, and go along the edge of them towards the bank, at the descent between us and the General Hospital, under which we understood there was a body of the Enemy who, no sooner saw us, than they began firing on us from the bushes and from the bank; we soon dispossessed them from the bushes, and from thence kept firing for about a quarter of an hour on those under cover of the bank; but as they exceeded us greatly in numbers, they killed and wounded a great many of our men, and killed two Officers, which obliged us to retire a little, and form again, when the 58th. Regiment with the 2nd. Battalion of Royal Americans having come up to our assistance, all three making about five hundred men, advanced against the Enemy and drove them first down to the great meadow between the Hospital and town and afterwards over the River St. Charles. It was at this time and while in the bushes that our Regiment suffered most: Lieutenant Roderick, Mr. Neill of Bana, and Alexander McDonell, and John McDonell, and John McPherson, volunteer, with many of our men, were killed before we were reinforced; and Captain Thomas Ross having gone down with about one hundred men of the 3rd. Regiment to the meadow, after the Enemy, when they were out of reach, ordered me up to desire those on the height would wait till he would come up and join them, which I did, but before Mr. Ross could get up, he unfortunately was mortally wounded in the body, by a cannon ball from the hulks, in the