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already mentioned iu the account of the first siege. These forces were under the com- 

 mand of G-eneral Amherst, and were divided into three brigades, under the orders of 

 Brigadier-Grenerals Whitmore, Lawrence and Wolfe, respectively.' 



The expedition reached ils destination full of enthusiasm and without any accident 

 after leaving Halifax. Soldiers and sailors had complete confidence in their officers, among 

 whom Wolfe already occupied a conspicuous position for his great courage, his remark- 

 able resolution and energy, despite his feeble health, and his determination to win fresh 

 laurels for his country on a continent where its armies had so far met with few suc- 

 cesses. The issue proved that Pitt had made a wise choice when he took that young 

 soldier as the hope of England in the conflict which was now to be fought out to the 

 bitter end on the continent of America. 



Although the fleet arrived oiF Grabarus Bay on the 2nd of June, it was not until the 

 8th of the same month that a landing could be effected. It is rarely that there is no surf 

 rolling on the noble beach of shinole and sand that stretches for several miles around the 



board tlie Namur. In addition to the large sliips, there were tlie frigates .luno, Gramont, Niglitingale, Hunter, 

 Boreas, Hind, Trent, Port Mahon, Diana, Shannon, Kennington, Scarborough, Squirrel, Hawk, Beaver, Tyloe (sloop- 

 ofwar) and Halifax; the Etna and Lightning flreships, and 118 transports, carrying tlie following land forces, 

 according to Brown in his " IL'story of Cape Breton," p. 295 : 



1st Regiment, Royals 854 



lath " Amherst's 703 



17th " Forbes' 6i.O 



22nd " Wliitmore's 910 



28th " Bragg's 027 



40th " Hopson's 655 



35th " Otway's 565 



45ili Regiment, Warburton's 852 



47th 

 48th 

 58th 

 6011) 

 60tli 

 7Sth 



Lascelles' 856 



Webb's 932 



Anslruther's 615 



2nd Battalion, Monckton's 925 



3rd " Lawrence's 814 



Frazer's 1084 



Also five companies of Ringers, a brigade of artillery and engineers and 200 carpenters, altogetlier exceeding 

 12,000 men, exclusive of officers and troops left for the defence of Halifax, consisting of the 43rd Regiment, under 

 Colonel Kennedy, of 659 men, and detaclmients from the 1st, 29lli, 35th, 45lli, 47tli, second battalion of OOtli and 

 7Sih Regiments, and artillery, in all 1,000 men. Brown's account dill'ers from Parkman, " Montcalm and Wolfe," 

 ii. 56, who puts the whole force of soldiers, including Provincial Ranger.s, at 11,000. Entinck, " Hi.st. of tlie T-ate 

 War," iii. 221-222, gives the number at 11,936 ; Knox, in his " .lournal," i. 127, at 11,112, besides officers, artillery 

 and Rangers. Murdoch, " Hist, of Nova Scotia," ii. 337, follows Entinck, and adds 324 artillery, or 12,260 in all. 

 Mante, " History of the War," is probably correct in the statement that only 9,900 were fit for duty. 



Entinck, (iii. 227, n.) describes as follows an important part of the land forces: ''Our liglit infantry, High- 

 landers and Rangers, the French termed tlie Englisli savages, perhaps in contradistinction to their own native 

 Indians, Canadians, etc., the true French savages. «- * * Some were dressed in blue, some in green jackets and 

 drawers, for the easier brushing through the woods, with rufl's of black bear-skins round their necks ; the beard of 

 their upper lips, some grown into whiskers, others not so, but all well smutted on that part, with little round hats 

 lilce several of our seamen. * * * The Rangers are a body of irregulars, wlio have a more cut-tliroat savage 

 appearance, which carries in it something of natural savages ; the appearance of the light infantry has in it more 

 of artificial savages." 



