one place, but the Light Infantry in the mean time landing at another place, they retreated in great haste. We took an officer and some men prisoners, with the loss of one sergeant killed, Lieutenant McNeil of our Regiment and some men wounded. We have established a post at the Church of St. Joseph at Point Levy.

24th February 1760. Monsieur St. Martin who commanded the former French detachment at Point Levy having returned with eight hundred men to attack our post at the church, the General went to attack him with the 15th, 28th and Colonel Fraser's Regiment, together with the Light Infantry, and two pieces of cannon. The Light Infantry having landed, the French retreated, and the General ordered the 28th and Colonel Fraser's Regiment to march upon the ice as quick as possible, and intercept them; we marched about five miles, and we were within five minutes of cutting off their retreat. We returned in the evening with about fifteen prisoners, and without any loss on our side, tho' I hear some of the Enemy were wounded by our company of Light Infantry, which was very nigh them and exchanged a great many shots with their main body.

2nd. March, 1760, Captain Cameron of our Regiment was pitched on by the General as a proper person to command at Lorette, as he spoke French, and by that means may the more readily procure intelligence of the enemy's motions. They have threatened to attack us all winter, and the General seems now to think them in earnest.

On the 17th March, 1760, Captain Donald McDonald of Colonel Fraser's Regiment with the Light Infantry and other detachments, making in all about five hundred men, went out to the advanced posts of Lorette and. St. Foy, and next morning, 18th March, attacked the French post at St. Augustin, where they took about eighty prisoners, without any loss on our side, and returned that night to Town, having suffered very much by the excessive cold of the preceding

night: several having lost the use of their fingers and toes.

The Scurvy, occasioned by salt provisions and cold, has begun to make fierce havock in the garrison, and it becomes every day more general. In short, I believe there is scarce a man of the Army entirely free from it.

April, 1760.-About the 23rd or 24th of this month, the Ice on the River St. Lawrence broke, and began to come down the river in great sheets, extending from one side to the other of the river. A few days ago, the General despatched a small schooner down the river to meet the Fleet and hurry them up, as he expects to be attacked as soon as the river is clear of Ice above the Town. The Ice below, had been broken some time ago.

24th April 1760.-Great havock amongst the Garrison occasioned by the Scurvy &c; this is the more alarming, as the General seems certain that the French are preparing to come and attack the place, and will he says, be here in a very few days.

The following is a state of the Garrison of Quebec:

On the night of the 26th April, a man of the French army who, with some others had been cast away in a boat that night, came down the river on a piece of ice, and being taken up next morning at the Town, gave the General information that the Chevalier de Levi, was within twenty miles of us, with an army of about twelve thousand men, made up of regulars, Canadians and savages.

27th April, 1760. The Governor marched out, with the Grenadiers and Piquets of the garrison, to support the Light Infantry which had taken post some days. before near Cap Rouge. By the time he got out, the vanguard of the French army appeared; upon which, he thought it advisable to withdraw the Light Infantry, and all the other outposts and retire to Town; and for that purpose he sent orders to the 28th, 47th and 58th and Colonel Fraser's Regiment to march out to St. Foy and cover his retreat; the 35th Regiment, 2nd Battalion Royal Americans having been detached in the morning to prevent the enemy, in case they attempted to land at Sillery or any other place near the Town. The retreat was accordingly effected without any loss, tho' the enemy were so nigh as to skirmish with our rear till we got within half a league of the Ramparts.

On the 28th April, 1760, about eight o'clock in the morning, the whole Garrison, exclusive of the Guards, was drawn up on the parade, and about nine o'clock we marched out of Town with twenty pieces of Field Artillery, that is, two to each Regiment. The men 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 were about three quarters of a mile out of Town, the General ordered the whole to draw up in line of Battle, two deep, and take up as much room as possible. Soon thereafter, he ordered the men to throw down the intrenching tools, and the

whole Army to advance slowly, dressing by the right, having drawn up the 35th Regiment and 3rd battalion Royal Americans in our rear as a corps of reserve, with one hundred men (in a redoubt which was begun by us a few days preceding) to cover our retreat in case of necessity. In this order, we advanced, about one hundred paces, when the cannonading 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 distant, we continued cannonading 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 affair begun now to turn serious, when the General ordered the Light Infantry, who were posted on the right of our army, to attack five companies of French Grenadiers who they obliged to retire, but they being 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 right from firing for some minutes, which gave the enemy full time to form. On the left, matters were in a worse situation. The Company of Volunteers of the garrison, commanded by Captain Donald McDonald of our Regiment, and Captain Hazen's company of Rangers, who covered the left flank of our army having been almost entirely destroyed, were obliged to give way; by this means the left of the 28th Regiment was exposed, and this obliged them to give ground after an obstinate resistance; Colonel Fraser's Regiment was next them to the right, and being in danger of being surrounded, and at the same time extremely galled by a fire from the Bushes in front and flank, were under a necessity of falling back instantly, when Colonel Fraser who commanded the Left Brigade consisting of the 28th, 47th and his own

Regiment, sent orders to the 47th to retire; they were drawn up with a small rising ground in their front, which till then covered them pretty much from the enemy's fire, but as most of the Regiment to the right,as well as the two Regiments to the left of them, had by this time retired, it was absolutely necessary for the 47th to quit that ground, otherwise they must inevitably have been surrounded in a few minutes. Most of the Regiments attempted to carry off their artillery, but the ground was so bad with wreaths of snow in the hollows, that they were obliged to abandon them, after nailing them up, as well as the intrenching tools. Every Regiment made the best of their way to Town, but retired however in such a manner that the enemy did not think proper to pursue very briskly, otherwise they must have killed or made prisoners many more than they did. Our loss was about three hundred killed, and about seven hundred wounded, and a few Officers and men made prisoners. We had about three thousand in the field, one third of whom had that very day, come voluntarily out of the Hospitals; of these, about five hundred were employed in dragging the cannon, and five hundred more in reserve, so that we could have no more than two thousand in the line of battle, whereas the enemy must have had at least four times as many, beside a large body in reserve, and notwithstanding their great superiority we suffered very little in the retreat, some Regiments attempted to rally, but it was impossible to form in any sort of order with the whole, till we got within the walls.

Our Regiment had about four hundred men in the field near one half of whom had that day, come out of the Hospital, out of their own accord. We had about sixty killed and forty wounded, and of thirty nine officers, Captain Donald McDonald who commanded the volunteer company of the army, and Lieutenant Cosmo Gordon who commanded the Light Infantry company of our Regiment, were both killed in