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slope of the eminence, whilst Mr, Doughty's plan shows only one, the 

 Otway, there and adjoining the gaol; 



(d) The combined plan of Deblieg, Holland and Desbarres, Vol. I, 

 p. 264, (36 inch by 18), seems a reduced copy and not a fac-simile of 

 the original (size 5 ft. 10x2 ft. 4 in. Vol. VI, p. 280). The line of the 

 English differs considerably from that of tlie Doughty plan wdiich, in 

 contradiction to that of these three engineers, places Braggs' regiment 

 on the north side of St. Louis Eoad, instead of the south side and on 

 the eminenoe. 



(e) We would prefer relying on the official plan of 1841, by Jas. 

 AVyld, geographer to the Queen and of H.E.H. Prince Albert, dedicated 

 to the members of the United Services of the British Empire, — in pre- 

 ference to the one of Mr. St. Michel, and locate the Braggs regiment 

 soutih of the road, tlien the Louisbourg-Grenadiers on the slope, in circu- 

 lar form, and the Otway quite near the cliff. We cannot, therefore, admit 

 with Mr. Doughty " that all the plans agree as to the exact position of 

 Braggs' regiment and Louisbourg-Grenadiers, when they received the 

 French assault," for the simple reason that his and his alone disagrees 

 with them all; but we take note of his remark and admission, that this 

 last map of Wyld prepared for Hawkins, '' his latest work, agrees with 

 the maps of those who were present, is in itself significant." (Paper, 

 ppi. 402-403.) We therefore stand by it with his approval. 



It is unfortunate that Mr. Doughty contradicts himself in thus 

 placing the Braggs north of the road, the Otway adjoining the gaol, 

 and the whole of the Grenadiers on the eminence, whilst he says else- 

 where the Braggs, 28th regiment, occupied the eminence, the Grenadiers 

 stood on their right, and the Otway M-as extended between these and tàe 

 ridge of the cliff. 



He writes. Vol. Ill, p. 120:— 



" Prior to the arrival of these reinforcements some of the Canadian 

 troops had endeavoured to slip around the declivity between the British 

 right and the St. Lawrence. The movement was quickly observed by 

 Wolfe, who advanced some platoons from the Louisbourg-Grenadiers and 

 the 28th Regiment (Braggs) to the small rising ground on his right, to 

 intercept it, and as soon as Otway's regiment, the Thirty-fifth came up, 

 he further strengthened his right by extending that battalion between 

 the Grenadiers and the precipice (sic) sloping towards the river, and to 

 form part of a second line upon the right." 



And in Vol. V, p. 30, we read the following passage of the Fragment 

 of the Siege: "The Louisbourg-Grenadiers were extended on the right 

 of these regiments to the river." That portion of the slope continues 

 from the eminence, which is said " distant about 500 yards from the 

 ridge." Vol. Ill, p. 118. 



