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mon successfully concealed behind cleverly constructed earthworks. By the evening of 

 June the 8th the troops were lauded on the shore of Grabarus Bay, but it was not for 

 several days later that the artillery and stores could be successfully taken ashore at Flat 

 Point Cove in consequence of the bad weather and heavy surf. 



The encampment of the army was made on a range of low rocky hills just beyond 

 the reach of the artillery of the town. The lines commenced at Flat Point Cove and 

 formed almost a quarter circle of about two miles. The headquarters were placed at the 

 centre of the encampment which had the advantage of not only the vicinity of a stream of 

 fresh water but was almost invisible from the fortifications on account of the lay of the 

 land. As soon as the French found that the English had lauded their forces, they des- 

 troyed the grand battery, spiked the guns in the lighthouse battery, and burned down 

 the storehouses and other buildings around the harbour. General Wolfe immediately 

 proceeded to the lighthouse xwint, and took possession of the battery where he mounted 

 cannon for operations agaiust Goat Island opposite. He established a base of operations 

 at the little harbour of Lorembec in his rear and erected a battery close to the careening 

 cove to harass and destroy the shipping in the port. 



It took several w^eeks to land all the stores, to build block-houses and redoubts, dig 

 trenches, and make the investment complete.' By a month's time, however, despite the 

 furious fire kept up day after day by the besiegers, the investment was complete and the 

 situation may be generally described as follows : — 



At sea the fleet under the command of Admirals Boscawen and Hardy effectually 

 blockaded the port. 



At lighthouse point, and half a mile to the westward of the careening cove, there 

 were two batteries armed wùth heavy cannon. , 



The lines of the encampment to the west of the town were iirotected by two block- 

 horrses on the left flank to prevent any attack on the rear. 



Wolfe constructed another block-hoiise on the Mira road, to secure communication 

 between the camp and the northeast arm where there was stationed a small detachment 

 of troops. Three redoubts were erected about nine hundred yards in front of the camp to 

 protect it from any attacks in that direction 



The first parallel or intrenchment was constructed from the water's edge east of the 

 barachois for a distance of five hundred yards and came within six hundred yards of the 

 nearest salient of the King's bastion. To give easy and secure access to this work an 

 epaulement or rampart was constructed of earth and sods mixed with gabions and fascines, 

 its height being nine feet, its width sixty feet, and its length a quarter of a mile. 



The second line of trenches was next constructed to the east of the barachois for a dis- 

 tance of six hundred yards, within four hundred yards of the walls. 



The third line of entrenchments was pushed forward from the extremity of the second 

 line towards the left in an oblique direction, and when completed came to within sixtv 

 yards of the glacis of the Dauphin bastion. 



' I have not j,'iven a special plan of the operations of this siege, as it seems superfluous to give another map of 

 the harbour and fortifications in addition to these appended to this work. By reference to the plan of the siege of 

 1745 the reader can easily follow the short account I have given of the operations of 175S. I do not attempt to do 

 more than describe the salient features of this siege. 



