An authentic register of the British successes; : being a collection of all the extraordinary and some of the ordinary gazettes, from the taking of Louisbourgh, July 26, 1758, by the Honourable admiral Boscawen and Gen. Amhurst; to the defeat of the French fleet under M. Conflans, Nov. 21, 1759, by Sir Edward Hawke. To which is added, a particular account of M. Thurot's defeat, by Captain John Elliott
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H E editors of the following col- ^ T leCtion flatter themfelves that the Puhlic will not be difpleafed to fee the great events of this me¬ morable war, events which have already been fo highly glorious and muft in their future confequences be fo advantageous to the Britifh nation, brought together in a regular feries, and, while the circumftan- ces are frefh in every man’s mind, an au¬ thentic regifter of them formed into a vo¬ lume for the ufe of the curious and of pofterity. * For this purpofe nothing was thought fo proper as a faithful copy of the Gaz¬ ettes ; to which the inquifitive may at any time have recourfe as to indubitable re¬ cords ; when had this collection never been made, fuch a fatisfaCtion might be attendedwith unfurmountable difficulties. Many things may lead the hiltorian a- ftray, but accounts publifhed under the fanCtion of royal authority immediatlv afte~ ( vi ) alter the feveral events happened, and which were tranfmitted to the govern- ment by the very perfons, who, next to divine providence, had the greatefl Share in thofe events, cannot err. The tranfa£tions here related in a plain and circumstantial manner will in all pro¬ bability be a topic of converfation among Englishmen, for many years; an attempt therefore, to preferve the memory of them pure, and free from mifreprefentation of any kind, deferves pardon at leaft, if it does not merit praife. * TUESDAY FRIDAY, AUGUST, 18, i?5S. I. Containing an account of the furvendor of Louisrgurg. H' crhe Articl£S of Capitulation. III. State of the Garrison. IV. List of the killed and wounded. Articles of capitulation between their excellencies ad¬ miral Bofcawen and major general Amherft ; and hi s excellency the chevalier Dmcour , governor of the Ijland of Gap e-Bret on, of Louifboug, the If and of ht. John , and their appurtenances. HE garrifbn of Louifbourg, fhall be pri¬ soners of war* and fhall be carried to Eng¬ land in the Chips of his Britannic majefryt 2. All the artillery, ammunition, proviflons, as wed ao the arms of any kind whatfoever, which are at prefent in the town of Louifbourg, the i Hands of Cape Breton, and 5t. John, and their appurte¬ nances, dial] be delivered, without the lead damage, to Inch commiilaries, as fhall be appointed to receive them, for the ufe or his Britannic miijefly. 3. i he governor fhall give his orders that the troops which are in the ifland of St. John, and its appurtenances, fhall go on board luch (hips of war, as the admiral fhall fend to receive them, 4* I he gate, called Porte -IDeuphine, fhall be pi veil up to the troops of his Britannic majefty, to-morrow, a eight o crock in the morning, and the garrifon, in¬ cluding all thole that carried arms, drawn up at noon on the Elplanade, where they fhall lay down tneii aims, colours, implements, and ornaments of B war • ( o war. And the garrifonftiall go on board, in order to be carried to England in a convenient time. 5. The fame care {hall be taken of the fick and wounded that are in the hofpitals, as of thofe be¬ longing to his Britannic majeffy. 6. The merchants and -their clerks, that have not carried arms, fhall be fent to France, in fuch manner as the admiral fhall think proper. Louifbourg, 26 July, 1758, (Signed) Le Chevalier de Drecour. Two hundred and twenty-one pieces of cannon, and eighteen mortars, with a confiderable quantity of ammunition and (lores, had been found in the place; and it was expedled more would be found. 1 he fol¬ lowing is the return ot the flate oi the garrifon, when it capitulated. State of the garrifon of Louifbourg , the 26th of Jtily9 1758, when it capitulated. No. of officers 214. Of foldiers fit for duty 2374. Of fick and wounded 443. Of the fca officers 135.^01 private men and marines fit for duty, 1124. W hh the fick and wounded belonging to the {hips, t 347* taken prifoners 5637.. All the French men of war that were in the har¬ bour taken and deftroyed, viz. Prudent, 74 guns, burnt by the boats? of the fleet, under the captains Leforey and Balfour. Entreprannant, 74 guns, blown up and burnt by a (hot from the marine bat¬ tery. Capricieux, Celebre, 64 guns each, burnt by the Entreprannant. Bieniaifant, 64 guns,jaKen by the boats of the fleet, and towed from under the walls of the town into the eaft harbour, bv capt. Balfour. Apollo, 50 guns ; Chevrc, Biche, r laeiie, frigates funk by the enemy acrofs the harbour s mouth to preventthe fleets going in. Diana, 36 guns, taken by his majeffy’s (hip Boreas. Echo, 26 guns, taken by his inajefly flbip Juno. ^ J Of his majefty' s forces were killed and -wounded as fol¬ lows. . Royal- Lieut. Fenton, Lieut. Howe. Gen. Am b erf s. Lieut. Nicholfon, Lieut. Campbell. Gen. * 01 hti> j. Capt. Earl of Dundonnald. Gen. Webbs. Lnfign Godirey Foe. Col. AIo nekton s . Lieut. Hart, Col. Fraferjs. Capt. Bailley, Lieut. Cuthbert, Lieut! r rater, Lieut. Murray. Capt. Rover s Hanger s. En- fign Fiancis Ceruthers. »ro Non -cornmiffion officers. 146 private men. Artillery . 1 gunner, and 3 ma¬ tron es. Wounded.. Col. Baflide, engineer in chief. Royal: Lieu l. r itz Simmonds, Lieut. Bailley, Lieut. Aihe, Enhgn \\ axerfon. Gen. A.nihcvfP s Lieut. Hamilton, Lieut, and Adjutant Mukins. Enfvm Monevnennv* * d oybes s. Capt. Rycaut, Lieut, hr. I e>v. Gfn. Whitmore s. Lieut. Pierce Butler, Lieut. John JCi-- myn, Lieut. William Hamilton. Gen. Bragg's. Cv,t. B.owne. Gen. Otway's. Lieut. Allan, Lieut. Brown, Lieut, and Adjutant Cockburn. Lnhgn Armdxon^. Gen. Hop/on’s. Lieut. Liliey. GerierafWebb's. Lieut Hopkins. Col. Anjlruthcr’s. Capt. Smith. Col. Fro- jers. Capt. Donold M’Donald, Lieut. Alexander Campbell, Lieut. John M’Donald. 7 Non-com- mifiion officers. 2 Drummers. 7 1 7 private men. Artillery. 1 corporal, x gunner, 3 matroffes. c Journal of the landing of bismajefys forces on the if and' °J Cape-breton , and of toe fiege of Louijbourg , ex¬ tracted from major-general Amherft's letters to the right honourable Mr. fereiary Pitt, dated June n and 23, and July 6, 23 and 27. N the 28th of May I had the good fortune to meet admiral Bofcawen with the fleet and the troops coming out of thq harbour of Hal- $ 2,- iiiax. ( 4 ) li tax. Lieutenant-general Bragg’s regiment, from the bay of Fundy, joined the fleet this day. The 29th we had fine weather; the fhips kept wed together ; the whole con filled of 157 foil. The Dublin went very fickly into Halifax. The ?oth the wind blew hard in the afternoon ; the (hips were greatly difperfed. The 31ft the wind lometimes contrary, obliged us to tack, and it blew ;relh. The lit of Junecapr. Rous in the Sutherland came from off the harbour of Lcuifbourg, faid, that, two fhips had got in the 30th ; that there were 13 fail in the harbour. We law the entrance of Gabarus at night. The 2d it was foggy in the morning ; about twelve faw Louifbourg and the Ihips in the harbour. The fleet, with about a third of the troops, anchored in Gabarus bay ; and this evening, with brigadier-ge¬ nera’s Lawrence and Wolfe, I reconnoitred the fhore as near as we could, and made a difpofition for landing in three places the next morning, in cafe the troops arrived. The enemy had a chain of polls from CapeNoir to the Flat Point, and irregulars from thence to t!*e* bottom of the bay; lome works thrown up at the places which appeared practicable to land at, and Dine batteries. On the third ire 11 of the tranlborts came in, this • morning all was p. epared for landing ; but the furff on the ih ore was fo great, it was impoftible to land. '! 'hi s day b r i gad i er- g e n e r 1 W h i t more a it i v c d t r om 1 lalifax, at which place 1 have left colonel Moncktcn to command. As one bay was found to have Jets iurft than the others, a difpofition was made to land the next morning in one place inllead of three. The 4th the wind and Iurft were fo very high, that ad mi a! Bofcawen to id me it was impradicable to laud.. ( 5 ) The 5 1 n a great fwell and fog in the morning, and the admiral declared it ftill impracticable to land. The 6th an appearance of change of weather, in the morning early: I was refolved to feize the fir ft opportunity ; the fignal was made to prepare to land between five and fix o’clock, and at ei^ht all the men were in the boats : the fog came on again, and the fwell encreafed during the time the men were getting into the boats, and the admiral again de¬ clared it impracticable to land. I ordered the troops on board their refpedtive fhips, firfl acquainting them with the reafon for fo doing. The 7th the weather bad in the morning ; in the afternoon the fwell rather decreafed, and gave us great hopes of landing at day-break the next morning, for which orders were given ; and Bragg’s regi¬ ment, who were in a number of (loops, to fail un¬ der convoy by the mouth of the harbour, to Lorem- hec ; fending at the fame time a proportion of artil¬ lery deftined for the Light Houfe Point, with or¬ ders to make all thefhew they could of landing, h t not to land till further orders, intending to draw the enemy’s attention on that fide. From the ?A to this time, the enemy has been re¬ inforcing their polls, adding to their works, can¬ nonading and throwing (bells at the (hips, and mak- ing all the preparations they can to oppofe our land- ins:. Seven traiifports were now -miffing with troops O f 1 i on board, three of which came in at night. i he admiral gave all necefliiry. orders for the frigates to co¬ ver our i and ing. On the 8 th, the troops were a (Tern bled in the boats before break of day, in three divifions ; '<\d com¬ modore Durell having viewed the coaif by order of the admiral, and given me his opinion the troops might land, without danger from the furff, in the bay on our left, the Kennington Halifax fnow began the fire on the left, followed by the Grammont, Dia- B 3 .na ( 6 ; na and Shannon frigates in the center, and the Sutherland and Squirrel upon the right. When the fire had continued about a quarter of an hour, the boats upon the lefr rowed into fhore, under the com¬ mand of brigadier-general Wolfe, whofe detachment was compofed or the four eldeft companies of cqena- dicrs, followed by the light infantry, (a corpfe of 55° cholen asmarkfrnen from the different re¬ giments, ferve as irregulars, and are commanded by major Scott, who was major of brigade) and the companies of rangers, fupported by tbe Highland re¬ giment, and thoie by the eight remaining compa¬ nies of grenadiers. The divifion on the right, under the command' of brigadier-general Whitmore, confifted of the xvoy al, Laicelles, JMonckton, Forbes, Anftruther, end Webb, and rowed to our. right by the White as if intending to force a landing there. a he ceinci uivihon, unoer tne command of bri- 'gadier-general Lawrence, was formed of Amber ft’s. He p fon’s, Otway’s, Whitmore’s, Lawrence’s, and Wai barton’s, and made, at the fame time, a fhew of landing at the Frefh Water Cove. This drew the enemy’s attention to every part, and prevented tuen tioops, polled along the coaft, from joining thofe on the riodit. 1 he enemy acted very wifely, did not throw aw~ay a fhot, till the boats were near in fhore, and then diredfed the wnole fire of their cannon arid mufketry upon them. 7 he furft was fo great, that a place could hardly be found to get a boat on ihore. iNotwithftanding the fire of the enemy, and the vie ce of the lurfF, brigadier Wolfe purfued his point, and landed juft at their left of the Cove, tooic poft, attacked the enemy, and forced them to retreat. Many boats overfefe, feveral broke to pieces, and all the men jumped into the water to get on fhore. So ( 7 ) so foon as the left divifion tvas landed the fiVff •tr. &>* tt t* « » ^ & ‘t t U_< t, and followed ; then the remainder of the cen- S-n'th^fh- 35 the b°ats could fetch them It t ok up a great deal of time to land the troops- SJf er”euXft retrf a rather flight’ was throu^ tlu. lougheft ana worft ground I ever faw; and the v-lilrh eUde<f Tth c cannonading from the town, I t Wm f° far °f ufe’ that « Pointed out how 1 d could encamp to invert it : On which the re- giments marched to their ground, and lay on their l I . rhe w:ind mcreafed, and we could not get anything on lhore. The lofsof his majefty’s troops at landing is,capr. he and lieut. Cuthbert, of the Highland reod- ment; lieut . Nicholfon of mine, 4 ferjeants, 1 cor¬ poral, and 38 men killed, 21 were of L regiment, (the grenadiers) of which 8 were (hot, and the 'reft drowned in trying to get on fn ore. ive lieutenants 2 ieayeants, r corporal, and 51 men wo nded ; and of the five companies of Rangers, 1 enfign and 3 private killed, 1 wounded, and one mil- jins', » On theenemy’s fide, 2 captains of grenadiers, and 2 lieutenants are pnfonejs; 1 officer killed, and an Indian chief: Several men likewife killed; and, I imagine, about 70 men taken prifoners : They were fent on board as faft as poffible. By feme of the prifoners I had intelligence, that M. St. Julian, co- °?e ’ commanded in the Cove. That ‘there were 5 battahons in the town, namely, Bourgogne, Ar- to!S, Royal Marine, Cambife, and Volontafres strangers, with about 700 Canadians. The three firft regiments wintered in Louifbbourg; Volontaires -trang^rs came there not long finee, with part of the >Aeet5 and Cambife the night before we landed. _ _ uu ( 3 ) Wc took from the enemy three 24 pounders, feven expounders, and feven 6 pounders, 2 mortars, and 14 fwivels 5 all which were placed along the fliore, to pre¬ vent our landing; with ammunition tools, and itores of all kinds* The 9th, lieutenant-general Bragg’s regiment re¬ turned in their Hoops from Lorembec. The weather continued cxtreamly bad ; the furffi fo great, that we could net only fome of our tents on (hore in the after¬ noon. The 10th, the furfF H ill continued, and it was with great difficulty that we got any thing on fhore. The nth, the weather grew clear and better, and the light 6 pounders, which I had ordered on fhore immediately after the troops, were now only land¬ ed, and fome artillery dores with them. On the 1 2th, from intelligence I had received, that the enemy had deftroyed the grand battery, and caked in their out polls, I detached brigadier Wolfe with* I2C0 me it, 4 companies of grenadiers, 3 compa¬ nies of Rangers, and fome light infantry, round the In. E. harbou to the Ldght-Houfe Poim, wnh an intention to filence the ill and battery,- and, at tb^ fame time, to attempt to dedroy the (hips in the harbour; fending, at the fame time by lea, the pro¬ portion of artillery, tools, &c. that had been ordered for this fervice. . ' . _ lf I received,. this day, a report from brigadier Wolfe that he had taken poffeflion of the Light-HoulePoint, and ail the pods on that fide the harbour, whicn the enemy had abandoned, leaving feveral cannon, which were rendered ufclefs tools, &c. and a great quantity of fifli at Lorembec. The weather continued extremely bad ; but we got fome tools on fhore this night, fo that, on the 13th, we began to make a communication from the right to the left in riont or the camp , and I ordered three redoutes on tne molt advantageous ground in the front. A .party of the enemy enemy came out this day towards our camp, but were foon beat back by the light infantry, before two pic- quets could well get up to their afliftance. We worked at three redoutes in front all night. The 14th the enemy cannonaded us a great part of the day. The furff {fill continued fo great, that it was with the greateft difficulty we could land any thing. The fleet, under the command of Sir Charles Hardy, which appeared yefterday for the firft time, was in the night blown off to fea. The 15th 1 fent four more mortars in a floop to the Light-houfe, but we could not get any artillery landed on this fhore. At night two deferters from the V oluntaires Etrangers came in : faid they had 5 killed and 40 wounded in the fkirmifh on the 13th. ’I he 1 6th, the firft fine weather, we landed 12 days proviflon, and got many things on fhore, but could not yet land any artillery. The iyth I got colonel Baftide on horfeback, and, with colonel Williamfon and major McKellar, we reconnoitred the whole ground as far as we could ; and colonel Baftide was determined in his opinion of making approaches by the Green Hill, and con¬ fining the deftruclion of the fhips in the harbour, to tiie Light-Houfe Point, and the batteries on that fide. I added two 8 inch mortars and three royals to to the Light-houfe batteries. i he 1 8th we had fine weather. Some Indians took three or the tranfports men at the bottom of Ga- bartis Bay, who landed there contrary to orders. The road for the artillery was pufhed on as faff as poffible. We got three 24 pounders on fhore, though the furff was great the beginning of the day. The 1 9th the batteries of the Light-Houfe were intended to have been opened this night, but could not be got ready fo foon. L’Echo, a French fri- gate of 32 guns, was bi ought in to-day, had got out ~\U.r ’ . ■/ ! ' 4-,g'yJ W; m- ; ] :• a ( r° } out of the harbour the 13th at night, and was bound to Quebec : Ey her we have intelligence, that the Byzane got out the day we landed, and the Comet e fmee our arrival off the harbour. The 20th, the iiland battery and fhips bred at the batteries on the fhore, who began their fire this laff night. The enemy burnt an old'fhip at the bottom of the harbour. The 2 iff, very bad weather, and the furff high. The enemy difeovered us making the road for the artillery, and cannonaded us; threw feme (hot into the left of the camp, but did not oblige me to decamp any part. An advanced redoute towards Green Hill was thrown up this night. The 22d, the bad weather continued ; we were em¬ ployed on the roads, and getting up ablock-houfe on the left, by the Miray Road, to fecure the commu¬ nication to the N. E. harbour and Light- Houfe, and to hinder any parties from going into the town. The 23d, the admiral allured me, there were above a hundred boats loff ill landing the troops and provi- fions. This day fine weather; and we now have on fhore twelve 24 pounders, and fix 12 pounr lers. The enemy fired a great deal from their (hipping and iiland battery, and they threw feme (hot into the left of the camp, colonel Meffervey, and moff of his car¬ penters, taken ill of the final f-pox, which is a very great lofs to the army. Gabions and fafeines are landed, and carried forward as faff as poffible, to make an epaulment to Green-Hill. The batteri s at the Light-Houfe fire with fuccefs againff the ifland battery, and I hope will foonfilence it. On the 2.4ch, the enemy fired on the Light-Houfe batteries from the town and (hipping, and on our advanced redoute, which was finifhed, they bred from the town. Colonel B affile remained fixed in his opinion of advancing by Green -Hill. We had this day j. ( II ) cky in the park of artillery thirteen 24 pounders* and /even 12 pounders. 1 he 25th, the cannonading continued night and day. In the evening the iiland battery was ftfenced ; their own fire had helped to break down part of their vvoiks . Fafcemes and gabions were forwarded to Green -Hill, as faff as pcilible. AH the men emplov- ed at woi k , and making the neceilary communica¬ tions. I he enemy filed a good deal at our advanced redout e. T. he 26 th, a fmall alarm on the left of a party that had advanced from the town; had got up to the Bleck-Houie, which was not quite finifhed. They had with them a barrel of pitch to fet it on fire : The guard on it was not fufticient to oppofe a large party; but a detachment was lent out io quick* that they were forced to retreat without effecting their defign'* though two of the men had been in the Block-Houfe, are they were drove hack liro the town vcrv fail 1 hree hundred pioneers ordered to Green-Hill. Admi¬ ral Bofcawen landed 200 marines* and took the port at Kennirgton~Cove* which is a great eafe to the ar¬ my. 1 denied of the admiral four 32 pounders* and two 24 pounders to leave at the Light-Houfe, to keep the iiland battery in ruin, that with a pioper number of men intrenched there, brigadier Wolfe, with his detachment, might be able to come round the har- boui* blinging his artillery with him; and to try to deftroy the (hipping,* and to advance towards the Weft- Gate. J nc 27th* one bra(s 24 pounder was loft in in 12 fathom water* by Hipping oft’ the catamaran, as they were coming from the fhip to land it. The cannon I sfked or the admiral were landed this night at the Light-Houfe. The 28th, a great many popping fhots and can¬ nonading. As the poll; at Green-Hill was covered* we began the road over the bog* and throwing up an apaulement. ( 12 ) apaulement. Colonel Meffervey and his fon both died this day ; and of his company of carpenters of 108 men, all but 16 in the fmall-pox, who are nurfes to the Tick. This is particularly unlucky at this time. The 29th, cannonading tontinued ; the frigate fir¬ ed conftantly at the epaulment; we purfued working at the road, which coft a great deal of labour: At night the enemy funk 4 (hips in the harbour’s mouth; Apollo, a two-deck’d one, La Fidele of 36 guns, La Cheve, and La Biche, of 16 guns each, and they cut off moil of their mails. Remain in the harbour five of the line of battle, and a frigate of 36 guns. The 30th, at night, fome firing at Kennington- Cove: The marines thought they faw Indians: The frigate fired all night at the epaulement, as the men worked in the night-time. The ill of July, the enemy creepedout in the morn¬ ing to get fome old palifades and wood. Brigadier Wolfe and major Scott’s light infantry, pufhed them in with a verybrifk fire ; and the brigadier took polls on the hills, from whence it was intended to try to de- molifh the (hipping; we marched forward on the right; forced the enemy back to Cape Noir, with a fmart fire. The 2d, the epaulement and road went on heavily, from the extreme badnefs of the ground : I he ene- tav continued their cannonading, and threw fome ihells ; we ikirmifhed all day with parties out of the t^wn. The 3d, a great cannonading from the town and (hipping on the batteries. Brigadier W olfe was mak¬ ing an advanced work on the right, thrown up at 650 yards from the covered wav, with an intention of ercdling a battery to defti oy the defences of the place, it being pretty well on the capital of the citadel bal- tion; and the falling of the ground from this place, towards the works, would hinder difcovering as much the works as would be neceffary to do them any eonfiderable damage. In the evening, the feaoffi.ers thought fome of the fhips would try to get out of the harbour. The batteries on the left immediately play¬ ed on them, but it grew fo dark they could not com- tinue. The 4th, a great fog; when there were glares of light, the cannonading began; 500 men kept con¬ tinually making fafcines. The 5th, very bad weather, the epaulemen't was haflened on as much as poilible, it fwallowed up an ■immenfe number of fafcines, coil fome men, as the frigate cannonaded on it without ceafing. The 6th, a (loop failed out of the harbour with a flag of truce to Sir Charles Hardy, to carry fome things to their wounded officers and prifoners. The many difficulties of landing every thing in aK inoft a continual fur fF, the making- of roads, draining: and paffing of bogs, and putting ourfelves tinder cover, render our approach to the place much longer than I •could wifh. On the 7th, we had very foggy weather; can¬ nonading continued all day, and a good deal of pop¬ ping Ihot-s from the advanced ports. T he 8th, I intended an attack on fome advanced 'pods at Cape Noir, but it'did not take place. Col. The cgh, m the night, the enemy made a fortis where brigadier Lawrence commanded; they came from Cape Noir, and though drunk, I am afraid l a¬ ther furprized a company of grenadiers of Forbes’s, commanded by lord Dundonald, who were polled in -a fleecke on the right. Major Mur. ay, who com¬ manded three companies of grenadiers, immediately on this occafion. Lord Dondonald was killed, lieu- C tenant tenant Tew wounded and taken prifoner, captain iontein, of the engineers, taken prifoner : i corpora], 3 men killed, i ferjeant, n men milling; 17 men wounded : The fortie was of five picquets, fupported by 600 men; a captain, chevalier de Chauvelin, was killed, a lieutenant wounded and taken prifoner, 17 men r^mcd, 4 wounded and brought off pnfoners, be- fides what wounded they carried into the town,5 one of which, a captain, -died immediately. The enemy jOi.l out a flag of tiuce to bury their dead, which when over, the cannonading began again. The fri- was io hurt, file hauled dole to the town ; the fhips hred very much again ft brigadier Wolfe’s'bat- ieries. The 10th, the road at the epaulement went on a Intlc bctiei , toe enemy ined a great deal, and threw many (hells.. < ‘The x ith, a waggoner was taken oft by fome In¬ dians between the Block-houfe and the left of the ncrth-eaft harbour. The 12th, it rained very hard all night; not a man in the detachment could have a dry thread on ; we made an advanced work to Green-hill ; at night the waggoner who had been taken luckily made his cfcape, laid, they were 250 Canadians, The citadel baftion fired very fmartly. 'Fhe 13th, the enemy threw a great many fhells; we perfected our our works as faft as we could; bad rainy weather ; the enemy was at work at Cape Noir to hinder us taking pofteflion near that point, which is of no confequence ; fome deferters came in, faid a iloop from Miray got in three davs ago. I he 14th the batteries were traced out laft night w ith an intention to place twenty 24 pounders divi¬ ded in four different batteries, to deftroy the defences, und a battery of 7 mortars, with fome 12 pounders to ricochet the works and the town. The ( 1 5 ) _ _ - The 15th the cannonading and firing continued » the enemy tried to throw fomc (hells into camp, fup~ poled to be intended againft our powder magazine- At ten at night the Light-houfe battery fired fonie rockets as a fignal of fhips failing out of the harhoui; Sir Charles Hardy anfwered it 3 the frigate got out, and Sir Charles Hardy’s fleet got under fail and went to fea. Before day-break, captain Sutherland, pofted at the end of the north-eaft harbour, was attacked, and there was a great deal of firing; the grenadiers of brigadier Wolfe’s corps marched to fuftain him,.. and all the light infantry ; it was over before they could get up, and, by a defer ter from the enemy, they were only 100 men come from Miray, where- they left Monf. de Boifbere, who had, on the other fide the water, 300 men with boats to pafi. Major Scott, with the light-infantry, purfuejd, but could not get up with them. I encamped a corps forward- 'The 1 6th, towards night, brigadier Wolfe puffed on a corps, and took poileffion o'. the hills in theirorvt of the Barafoy, where we made a lodgment; the ene- ‘my fired’ very brifkly from the town and fhipping. The 1 7th, a great fire continued from the town and fhipping; we refolved to extend the parallel from the right to the left. The fleet returned. The 1 8th, all laft night the enemy fired mufketry. from the covert-way, and tried to throw fliells into- th e camp. The 19th, I relieved the trenches by battalions, the 14 battalions forming 3 brigades; a fmart fire from the covert-way ; the batteries on the left fired againff the baflion X)auphine with great fucc fs. The 2 iff, one of the fhips in the harbour had feme powder blown up in her, made a great explofion, and let the fhip on fire, which foon caught the fails or two more; they burned very faff, and we kept filing on them the whole time, to try to hinder the boats and people from the town to get to their afliftance; the C 2 in- - - k ■ ?; ( 16 ) Rntreprennent, Capricieux, and Subern, were the ibrce burned Clips; the Prudent and Bienfaifant re. uiamed. J ne 22d, two batteries on the right opened with, niuecn ^4 pounders, and another of 7 mortars, and bred with great fuccefs; the enemy fired very well from the town for feme time, and threw their {hells into our works. Ourfhcllsput the citadel in flames, i ciucred coionel Wilhamfon, to confine his fire as much as ne could to the defences of the place, that we might not deftroy the houfes. A lieutenant of the Royal Americans, going his rounds on an ad¬ vanced poft, loft his way, and was taken prifoner near Cape N oir. A battery was begun on the left -tor four 24 pounders. 1 he 23d, the cohorns were ufed at night, and the J rench mortars fent to throw ftones from thetrenches.. f l!e e:le’lly f-r«i alPforts of old iron, and any fluff they could pick up. Colonel Baftide was out to day yrr the firft time fince he revived the contufion. Uurnatteries fired with great fuccefs. This night the ftiells fet fire to the barracks, and they burnt with great violence. On the 24th, the fire was veiy brifk on our fide, -ind the enem/s decreed. The admiral eave me 400 lea men to help work at the batteries,. &c. and 200 miners added to a corps of too already eftablifh- t.iat we might make quick work of it, and they were immediately employed. The 4 gun-battery opemri, arc another or 5 erecting. One of the men 0 war In harbour, the Bienfaifant, fired at our trenches at high-water, and the citadel and baftion-* 1 auphine fired again ft the 4 gun battery; but our men firing final 1 arms into the embrazures., beat tho ene ny off their guns. ^ the batteries fired wit!) great fuccefs,. ne admiral lent me word, he intended to fend in b^ats with 600 men, to fake or deftroy the Prudent and ( l7 ) and the Bienfaifan-t in the harbour. I ordered all the batteries at night to fire into the works as much as poffible, to keep the enemy’s attention to the land* The miners and workmen went on very well with their approaches to the covered way, though they had a continued and a very fmart fire from it, and grape- fhot, and all forts of old iron from the guns of the ramparts. We continued our fire without eeafing, and a Ricochet: The boats got to the fhips at one in the morning, and took them both : They were obliged to burn the Prudent, as fire was a-ground ; and they towed off the Bienfaifant to the N. E. har¬ bour. The 26th, the admiral came on fhore, and told me he propofed fending 6 fhips into the harbour the next Day. Juft at this time I received a letter from the governor, offering to capitulate, and the articles (which were printed in the extraordinary Gazette laft night) were agreed upon. [See the firlf Gazette.] The troops remained in the trenches this njo-ht as ufual. . b The 27th, three companies of grenadiers, under the command of major Farquhar, took poffeifion of the weft-gate ; and I fent in brigadier-general 'Whit¬ more to fee the garrifon lay down their arms, and poft the necefiary guards in the town, on the ftcres, magazines, &c. And I had the arms brought out of town, and 1 1 colours, which I fend you under the care of capt. William Amherft. As I have given in orders, that I defired every commanding officer of a corps would acquaint the officers and men, that l was greatly pleafed with the brave and good beha¬ viour of the troops, which has, and always mult in- fure fucceis : I am to acquaint you, fir, that I took the liberty to add to it* that I would report it to the I'* KiP£. ( I* ) Extract of a Letter fro?n Admiral Bofcawen to the Right Horn Mr . Secretary Pitt , dated Namur y ( labroiife-Bay , July the 2%t\ 1758. I wjll not trouble you with a particular detail of the landing and fiege, but cannot help mentioning a particular gallant action in the night between the 2 5xh and 26th irritant: The boats of the fquadron were in two d vifions, detached under die command oi captains Laforey and Balfour, to endeavour either to take or burn the Prudent of 74 guns, and Bien- failant of 64, the only remaining French fhips in the. harbour ; in which they fucceeded fo well, as to burn the former, fhe being a-ground, and take the latter, and tow her into the N. E. harbour,. notwithftand— ing they were expofed to the fire of the cannon and. mufquetry of the ifiand battery, Point Rochfort, and the town, being favoured with, a dark night, Our lofs was inconfiderablc, 7. men killed, and 9 wounds cd. I have given the command of the Bienfaifant to capt. Balfour, and the Echo, a frigate, to capt. La¬ forey ; Mr. AiFeck and Mr. Bickerton, lieutenants,, who boarded the Bienfaifant, fucceed thole gentlemen in the ./Etna Firefhip and Hunter Hoop. 1 have only farther to allure his majefty, that all his troops and officers, both lea and land, have flip-., ported tne fatigue of this fiege,. with great firmnefs and alacrity. M •v ( l9 J An Account of the Guns , Mortens, Shot , Shells , /«? the Town of Louifkourg , found upon the Surrender of the Town to His Majeffs. Forces, under the Command of his Excellency Major General A mb erf. Iron Ordinance, mounted on {landing Carriages with* Beds and Coins* Mortars, Brafs, with f 12 one ^ches Beds, | 9 — “ — (_ 6 one half — — Mortars, Iron, with V 1 2 one ^nc^s Beds, y1 “ “ — Mufquets, with Accoutrements, — — Powder, whole Barrel?, . — , — , Mufquet Cartridges, — — _  - — — 6  3 — 1 — 3 — 6 _ 4- - 7500 — 600 80000 13 .1607 1658 4000 2336 139 134 33° 130 53 245 153 • 850 38 138 27 Lead Lead pig, Ditto fheet, Iron of forts, ( 20 } Tons Tons 72' 6 6oo 760 900 822 22 12 42, l8 12 36 36 — l8 T his is all that the commiffaries have as yet found, but there is undoubtedly more not yet accounted for. b. As to the number and force of the Freneh Jhips destroyed ; the fate of the garrijon of Lcut/bourg ; and of the killed and wounded of his majejiys forces^ fee the preceding Gazette. Wheel-barrows, Shovels, - Wood _ Ditto, - Iron — Pick Axes, Iron crows. Iron wedges, Hand mauls. Pin mauls, - Mafons trowels, Hammers, — Axes, Whitehall , Augujl 19. This, morning two officers arrived with letters from lieutenant general Bligh and captain Howe, to the right honourable Mr. fecretary Pitt, dated Cherburg the 16th and 17th inftant, giving an ac¬ count, I hat his majefty’s forces, after having com¬ pletely demoliffied the bafon, piers, and harbour of Cherbourg, and deflroyed all the batteries, forts, magazines, and ftores, at that place, and along the coaft, were all reimbarked, without the leaf! oppc- fition from the enemy, in order to purfue the fur¬ ther objects of his majefty’s inftru£Hons. Twenty- two fine brafs cannon, and two brafs mortars, have been font to England; and 173 iron cannon, and three iron mortars, were dsftroycd. TUES- ( 21 ) TUESDAY, AUGUST, 22, 175S; Containing an account of the capitulation of Tr- conderoga, with a lilt of the killed and wounded. Extract °fa letter Jro?n major general jdbercromby to the right bon . Mr. Secretary Pitt , dated at campi at Lake George, July 12, * *758. TH E embarkation of the artillery, {lores, and provifions being completed on the evening of the 4th inftant, next morning at break of day the tents were ftruck, and all the troops, amounting to 6367 regulars, officers, light infantry, and rangers included, and 9024 provincials, including officers and batteau men, embarked in about 900 batteaux *35 whale boats, the artillery to cover our land- mg, being mounted on rafts. At five in the evening reached Sabbath Day Point (25- miles down the lake) where we halted till ten, then got under way again, and proceeded to • the landing place (a cove leading to the French advanced guard) which we reached early next morning the 6th. Upon our arrival, fent out a reconnoitring par¬ ty, and, having met with no oppofition, landed the trocp.3, formed them in four columns, regulars in the center, and provincials on the flanks, and marched towards the enemy’s advanced guard, com- pofed of one battallion, polled in in a logged camp, which, upon our approach, they deferted, firfl fet- ting fire to their tents, and dellroying every thins* they could s but as their retreat was very precipitate, they ( 2 2 } they feveral tilings behind, which they had not nine c i : her iO burn or carry off. In this catno we likewife found _cne prifoner and a dead man. The army in the foregoing order continued their maren through the wood, on the weft fide, with a defign to inveft Ticondcroga ; but the wood being very thick, impaflable with any regularity to fuch a body of men, and the glides unfk-ilful, the troops were bewildered, and the columns broke, falling in one upon another. jLoid Howe, at the head of the right center co¬ lumn fupported by the light infantry, being advanc¬ ed, fell in with a French party, fuppofed to confift ot about 400 regulars, and a few Indians, who had IikewHe loft them/elves in their retreat from the ad- . vanced guard ; of thefe our flankers killed a great many, and took 148 prisoners, among whom were live officers and three cadets. But this fmail fuccefs coft us very dear, not as to the lofs of numbers, for we had only twTo officers killed, but as to confequence, his lordlhip being the firft man that fell in this fkirmifh ; and as he was, very defervedly, univerfally beloved and refpedfed th roughout the whole army, it isnoteafyto conceive the grief and confternation his untimely fall occa - fioned ; for my part, I cannot help owning that I felt it moft heavily, and' lament him as fmcerelv. The 7th, the troops being greatly fatigued, by having been one whole night on the water, the fol¬ lowing day conftantl'y on foot, and the next night under arms, added to their being in want of provi- iion, having dropped what they had brought with them, in order to lighten thcmfelves, it was thought more advifeabfe to return to the landing-dace, which we accordingly did about eight that morn¬ ing- About eleven in the forenoon, fen t off lieute¬ nant colonel Bradftreet, with the 44U1 regiment, fix _ ( a3 ) fix companies of the -ift battalian of Royal Ame¬ ricans, the batteau men, and a body of rangers' and, provincials, to take pofTeffion of the Saw-mill within two miles of Ticonderoga, which he foon eiteaed ; as the enemy who tvere pofted there after deftroying the mill, and breaking down their bridge, had retired home time before. Lieutenant colonel jbradffreet having laid ano¬ ther bridge acrofs, and having fen t me notice of his being m poffeffion of that ground, I accordingly marched thither with the troops, and we took *up our quarters there that night. The prisoners we had taken being -unanimous in their reports, that the French had eight battalions, fome Canadians and .colony troops, in all about boco, ^ encamped before that fort, who were en¬ trenching themfelves, and throwing up a breaft- work, and that they expe&ed a reinforcement of 3000 Canadians, beiides Indians, who had been de¬ tached -under the command of monf. de Levy, to make a diverfion on the fide of the Mohawk river, mit upon intelligence of our preparations and near approach, had been repeatedly recalled, and was hourly expe&ed ; it was thought moft advifeable to lofe no time in making the attack ; wherefore early in the morning of the 8th, I fent Mr. Clerk, the engineer, acrofs the river on the oppofite fide of the fort, in order to reconnoitre the enemy’s intrench- ments. Upon his return, and favourable report of the practicability of carrying thofe works, if attacked before they were finifhed, it was agreed to Form them that very day : Accordingly the rangers, light infantry, and the right wing of provincials, were ordered immediately to march, and poF themfelves m a line out of cannon fhot of the intrenchments ; tee right extending to lake George, and their left to lake Champlain, in order that the regular troops, deftinrd ; s I By H } ( 24 ) de {lined for the attack of the intrenchments, might form on their rear. The picqueta were to begin the attack, fuftained by the grenadiers, and they by the battalions : the whole were ordered to march up brifkly, rufh upon the enemy s fire, and not to give their’s, until they were within the enemy’s breaft-work. After thefe orders i filled, the whole army, except what had been left at the landing-place to cover and guard the batteaux and whale-boats, and a provin¬ cial regiment at the Saw-mill, were put into motion, and advanced to Ticonderoga, where unfortunately they found the intrenchments, not only much ffronger than had been reprefented, and the breaft- work at leaft eight or nine feet high ; but likewife the ground before it covered with felled .trees, the branches pointed outwards, which fo fatigued and retarded the advancing of the troops, that, notwith- ftanding all their intrepidity and bravery, which I can~ not fufficiently commend, we fuftained fo consider¬ able a lofs, without any profpedt of better fuccefs, that it was no longer prudent to remain before it ; and it was therefore judged neceffary, for the prefer- vation or the remainder of lb many brave men, and to prevent a total defeat, that we fhould make the heft retreat poftible: accordingly after feveral re¬ peated attacks, which lafted upwards of four hours, under the moll difadvantageous circumftances, and with the lols of 464 regulars killed, 29 miffing, 1117 Wounded 3 and 87 provincials killed, 8 miffing, and 239 wounded, officers of both included, I retired to the camp we occupied the night before, with the broken remains of feveral corps, fending away all the wounded to the batteaux, about three miles dis¬ tance ; and early the next morning we arrived there ourfelves, embarked and reached this in the evening oi the 9th. Immediately after my return here, I lent ( ^5 ) Pent the wounded officers and men, that ^ould be moved, to Fort Edward and Albany. 