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" upon we lialteil, and wlicoled to the right, thereby forming the line of 

 " battle. Quebec was tiien to the eastward of us in the front, willi the 

 "enemy under its walls. Our right was flanked by the declivity and 

 " the main river to the south\rard, and what is called the lower road 

 " leading (westward) from the town, with the river St. Charles and the 

 " north country, were upon our left. If the reader will attend to this 

 " description, observing the cardinal points, he may thereby form as 

 " lively an idea of tlic battle as if a plan were laid T)cfore him, and 

 " though our first disposition was afterwards altered, yet our situation, 

 " with that of the enemy, and the scene of action, could not vary. The 

 "first disposition then was: Grenadiers of Louisbourg on the right, 

 "Forty-seventh regiment (Lascelle's) on the left. Twenty-eighth 

 " (Bragg's) on the right, and Forty-third (Kennedy's) on the left ; part 

 "of the light infantry took post in the houses at Sillery, and the re- 

 " mainder occupied a chain of houses which were opportunely situated 

 "for the purpose, and covered our left flank, inclining towards our 

 " rear; the General then advanced some platoons from the Grenadiers 

 " and the Twenty-eighth regiment (Bragg's) below the height on our 

 '' right, to annoy the enemy, and to prevent their getting round the 

 " declivity between us and the main river, which they had attempted. 

 " By this time the Fifteenth (Amherst's) and the Thirty-fifth (Otway's) 

 " regiments Joined us, who formed a second line, and we were soon after 

 " followed by tlie Forty-eighth (Webb's) and the Fifty-eighth ; ( An- 

 "struther's) two battalions of the Sixtieth (Monckton's) and Seventy- 

 " eighth regiments (Highlanders) (Fraser's), by which u new disposi- 

 "tion was made of the whole; viz: 'first line. Thirty-fifth (Otway's) to 

 ■'the riglit on a circular form on the slope of the hill; Fifty-eighth (An- 

 " struther's) left; Grenadieïs (22nd, 40th, 45th) right; Seventy-eighth 

 " (Fraser's) left ; Twenty-eighth (Bragg's) right ; Forty-seventh (Las- 

 " celle's) left; Forty-third (Kennedy's) in centre.' 



" General Wolfe, Brigadiers Monckton and Murray to our front 

 " line, and the second was composed of the Fifteenth and two battalions 

 " of the Sixtieth regiment, under Brigadier Townshend, with a reserve 

 " of tho Forty-eighth regiment, under Colonel Burton, drawn up in 

 "four grand divisions, with largo intervals. The enemy now like- 

 " wise formed their line of battle, and got some cannon to play on us, 

 " with round and canister shot, but what galled us most was a body of 

 " Indians and other marksmen they had concealed in the corn opposite 

 " to tlie front of our right wing, and a coppice that stood opposite to 

 " our centre, inclining towards our left, but the Colonel Hale, by Briga- 

 " dicr Monckton's orders, advanced some platoons, alternately from the 



