17 5 8 rial in behalf of the citizens who were fearful that if an assault took place the English would wreak revenge for the massacre at Fort William Henry. Drucour gave way; another officer was sent to overtake the bearer of the defiant letter and to bring the missive back. Articles of capitulation were then agreed upon and signed. The grena The ceremony of surrender took place on the following day. At eight o'clock in the morning, the Dauphin's Gate was delivered to a party of diers. About noon, red lines of English soldiers, with music at their head, filed in across the drawbridge and drew up about the King's Bastion. Salvos of artillery from the fleet and camp saluted the cross of Saint George as it rose above the ramparts. The garrison, their worn uniforms grimy with dust and stained with powder and blood, were drawn up on the esplanade; there they laid down their weapons; then they marched away. Thus, for the second and last time, Louisburg became a possession of the English crown. "Louisburg Taken" Medal It was the first considerable success that the English had won since the war began, but it made up for much that had gone before. before. Five thousand six hundred and thirty-seven combatants, two hundred and thirty-nine cannons and mortars, and vast quantities of arms, munitions, and military stores fell into Noisy Rapture the hands of the conquerors. The captured soldiers and sailors were sent to England as prisoners of war and were soon exchanged; the inhabitants of the town were transported to France. The brilliancy of the attack and the gallantry of Wolfe were in inspiring contrast with the inglorious circumspection of Lord Loudoun and Colonel Webb, and New England was roused to enthusiasm and pious thanksgiving. In old England also there was noisy rapture." The good news reached London on 1 7 5 8 the eighteenth of August and, on the sixth of September, "the colours that were taken at Louisburg were carried in outer gate of Quebec had been forced open. As governor of Louisburg, Brigadier-general Whit- Wolfe's Zeal more was given four regiments "to hold guard over the desolation they had made." Colonel Monckton was sent to the Bay of Fundy and the River Saint John "to destroy the vermin who were settled there," and Wolfe was given the duty of laying waste the Gaspé coast. Impetuous and impatient by nature and irritable with disease," Wolfe had hoped that the English fleet and army would sail up the Saint Lawrence to attack Quebec, a hope that was frustrated by the news from Abercromby and the hesitancy of Boscawen. When Amherst, in answer to an inquiry on this subject, informed him that "I have proposed it to the Admiral and yesterday he seemed to think it impracticable," Wolfe wrote to his superior: "If the Admiral will not carry us to Quebec, August 8 reinforcements should certainly be sent inland to the continent without losing a moment's time. Lawrence has any objection to going, I am ready to embark with four or five battalions and will hasten to the assistance of our countrymen. This damn'd French garrison take up our time and attention which might be better bestowed." If To such a man, the task of destroying the settlements Wolfe's at the mouth of the great river and of dispersing the inhabitants there was detestable. To his father he wrote: "Great Exploit " 1 7 5 8 "Sir Charles Hardy and I are preparing to rob the fishermen of their nets and to burn their huts. When that great exploit is at an end I return to Louisburg." Although he did not like his part, he played it with soldierly obedience and characteristic thoroughness. He destroyed much property but "he would not suffer the least barbarity to be committed upon the persons of the wretched inhabitants." Even Vaudreuil commended his treatment of the prisoners that he made. In reporting to Amherst the execution of the order, Wolfe said: "We have done a great deal of mischief-spread the terror of His Majesty's arms through the whole Gulf, but have added nothing to the reputation of them." He soon sailed for England where he received the compliments of Pitt and the applause of the people. His health, weak at the best, was more than ever shattered; he was given three months for recruiting it before reëmbarking for the campaign that was to bring him death and immortality. In 1760, orders were issued to destroy the fortress and Crumbled harbor of Louisburg and to trans fer the garrison and P. P. C. Ruins of Louisburg Casemates stores to Halifax. For months, hundreds of men labored at the work and, for generations afterward, the place was used as a stone-quarry. Green mounds and embankments of earth, crumbled casemates that serve as shelter for sheep and cows, a few ruins and a few fishermen, are all that remain today of what was once "the Dunkirk of America." As we take our final leave of Louisburg, it is proper to make a farewell call upon Sir William Pepperrell. Soon after his return from Louisburg in 1746, he retired from business, the richest man in the colonies. At his home in Kittery, Maine, he lived in baronial style and entertained with lavish hospitality. He kept a coach-and-six and his river barge was manned by blacks in showy livery. He wore a powdered wig and his coat of scarlet 17 5 8 cloth was richly trimmed with gold lace. To the needy 1749, he visited London and was graciously Facsimile of Pownall's Commission, making Sir William received by George II. After his return, he was often A Canadian Menu Woman's C H HAPTER X THE CAMPAIGN TICONDEROGA D OF 1758 AND FORT FRONTENAC ESPITE the victories of the preceding summer, the winter of 1757-1758 was a trying one at Quebec and Montreal. Food was scarce and, early in the winter, soldiers and people were put on short allowance. "They are going to issue rations of horseflesh to the troops," wrote Montcalm from Quebec on the second of December to Lévis at Montreal. Two days later, he wrote again: "Besides in the soup, my guests eat horse-flesh [du cheval] served in every style: Langue de cheval boucanée, meilleure que celle d'orignal, Not every one submitted to the hardship as goodhumoredly as did Montcalm. At Montreal, the people rose in riot and a mob of women gathered before the governor's palace and demanded audience. Vaudreuil admitted four and informed them that if they caused any more trouble he would throw them into prison and confiscate half their property. As it was rumored that Cadet, the commissary, had collected all the sorry jades in the country, Vaudreuil sent the women to the abbatoir |