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but did not succeed. My scheme would have been to have pushed the rebels off the heights as far as Cape Rouge, at least, as far as La Suède, which, if you remember, is the cross road which leads from old Lorette to St. Foy. By taking post there, we must have cut off all the out-parties that had been on the lower road of the General Hospital and BeauPort, which they had no time to call in, and which must have past that way. I mentioned it to Major Carleton, who arrived in the Isis; he spoke of it to his brother, the General, but he still (perhaps with propriety) adhered steadily to his resolution of running no risk as to the safety of the place. No body was more ready than he was at all times to expose his person, his timidity was only shewn in respect to others, and the safety of the town. Other people in his situation perhaps might have extended their view to the recovery of the country, and to the operations of the summer campaign. I confess those ideas struck me in the course of the winter. Nobody knows better than you do how far the minds of mankind are depressed on receiving a check, and that in all military operations there are particular circumstances which authorize a commander to undertake, with propriety, what with reason may be deemed rashness at another time; that there are particular moments which, if lost, may never be regained, when it is of the greatest consequence to see with quietness and judgment, and execute with rapidity. By all accounts which we afterwards received, had we followed up our blow of the 31st December, the enemy might have been driven out of the Province. Not more than 400 of them kept together, and they were obliged to send large parties every two or three days afterwards to bring back their fugitives; and, indeed, during a great part of the winter we were blocked up by the rebels, not superior to us either in numbers or the goodness of their troops, and they were of necessity obliged to post themselves round us in such a straggling manner, to cut off our communication with the

country (which they absolutely effected), that had we taken advantage of it, their headquarters might have been beaten up, and they punished for their temerity. Had they been the best troops in the world, and the best officered, we could not have treated them with greater respect. However, a great many circumstances combined to do as we have done, and which were more, I believe, than was expected from us. Nor is it possible to conceive that people unused to arms could do more than our Militia, the British in particular. I forgot to mention a circumstance in favour of the Canadians (I would willingly say as much in their favour, consistent with truth, as I could). A habitant (peasant) from Beaumont (the only one that crossed to town during the winter from that side) came to Quebec in a canoe with some fresh provisions, and mentioned that many of the inhabitants of the South side were inclined to serve the government, if they knew how. The General by this man wrote to Mons. de Beaujeu, who lived in obscurity on the Isle aux Grues, to try and endeavour to assemble the Canadians, and cut off the guard they then had at Pointe Levy. He engaged about 150 Canadians in that design; but they were betrayed by others of the disaffected Canadians. Some of them assembled in a house together, were surrounded, and about thirty taken prisoners. Messire Bailly, a priest, was shot through the body, and also taken; he, however, has since been released, and recovered of his wounds. The priests in general behaved well, and refused to confess the Canadians in the rebel interest, for which they suffered persecution. Messire de Lotbinière, alone excepted, he they proposed to make Bishop. Mons. de almost the only person of the noblesse that did not do everything he could for the public service. I mentioned to you before of having refused the command of the Militia without the rank of Colonel in the King's service.

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CAPTURE OF QUEBEC, IN 1759.

This narrative of the operations before Quebec, in 1759, appeared first in the New York Mercury of the 31st December, 1759, without the writer's name. Although it does not possess that ampleness of detail which renders the journal of Captain John Knox so valuable, or even the extent of the siege-narrative written by Lieutenant (afterwards Colonel) M. Fraser, it has, nevertheless, marked value in a historical point of view, and affords a clear, though succinct, account of the devastations inflicted by the invading army on the fertile parishes on both shores of the St. Lawrence, in the vicinity of Quebec. The Literary and Historical Society is indebted for the use of the New York Mercury of 1759, containing this narrative, to the Hon. John Fraser de Berry, M.L.C., whose ancestors, in the Highland regiments, took a conspicuous part in the Canadian campaign.-J. M. LEMOINE.

A JOURNAL

OF THE

EXPEDITION UP THE RIVER ST. LAWRENCE;

CONTAINING

A TRUE AND PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE FLEET AND ARMY, FROM THE TIME OF THEIR EMBARKATION AT LOUISBOURG 'TIL AFTER THE SURRENDER OF QUEBEC.

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(Re-published under the Auspices of the Quebec Literary and Historical Society.)

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On the 1st of June, 1759, we embarked on board the transports at Louisbourg, bound on the expedition to Canada.

The 4th day, we set sail for the River St. Lawrence, which we made on the 9th, and were 'til the 16th before we got into it. For about 40 leagues up the river, the depth of water is 100 fathoms. The 19th day, we came into 17 fathom water; and on the 23rd, we joined Admiral Durell, who, with 7 sail of the line and some frigates, lay as guard to protect the river at the Isle of Coudre. This island is pleasantly situated, lies partly high, and was very well peopled before we came up. And passing this island about a league up, we anchor'd and two of our small boats went in shore and were attacked by a small party of Canadians and Indians, and were obliged to retreat to their ships.

The 25th, we made the out end of the Isle of Orleans, and on the 27th landed on it without the loss of a man. A small party of the rangers were almost surrounded bya large party

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