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field or field of Indian corn extending on Marolimont and on the Plains. 

 They were followed by a few grenadiers and the party who had reached 

 the summit of the cliff. " The fugitives fled before them and, being 

 " vigoroiisly pursued, their lieutenant, his drummer, and several of the 

 " men were taken prisoners. The remiainder escaped from the field, 

 " passing through the hushes which surmount the cliff and endeavoured 

 " to reach the shelter of the town." They fled to and Joined the post 

 at rAnse-des-Mères.^ 



They must necessarily have covered the ridge of the race-course 

 on their way, because they kept firing all along on the boats. 



For we read again: 



Col. Howe having taken possession of the St.-Michel (Samos) 

 batteiy, " drove in all the small parties which were posted on the 

 '"'heights and annoyed our columns going up the Hill." The Towns- 

 hend Papers, Vol. V., p. 214; iUd., p. 268. 



" The light infantry was disposed, some in the woodis upon our 

 " left flank, to cover that dde, and others to scour the face of the banJc 

 " towards the town.'' Vol. V, p. 50. 



And this is confirmed also by Moncrief, who says, that after the 

 taking of Vergoo^s piicket and some prisonexs, — " the remainder made 

 " their escape along the edge of the lank toward the town, and with some 

 " small flying parties posted there kept firing upon some of our boats, 

 " which had by mistake dropped down too far that way, where the 

 " general was obliged to follow in his own boat to order them back." 

 Vol. v., p. 50. 



Vol. III., 81. — "A few of the boats of the second division, swept 

 " down by the ebb tide, had passed the landing place and were endea- 

 " vouring to effect a landing at l'Anse-des-Mères, somewhat nearer the 

 " city. They diid not accomplish their purpose, for some of the pickets 

 " who had escaped from the posts coimmanding the precipice, pre- 

 " vented their disem)baxkation. Then Wolfe came." 



^ The site of L'Anse-des-mères properly so called according to Bouchette, 

 woudd be placed at the soiuth-west extremity of Oajpe Diamond, not very far 

 from the wall of the citadel, wnere a small cove is indented in the cape a/nd 

 is now called Diamond Harbour. 



It is to be found in the same locality under the same name of Anse-des- 

 mères, according to the plan by A. Larue, surveyor, published by Wm. Cowan 

 & Son (without date, but known to be 1832), and lithographed by Allan & 

 Ferguson, for Roibert Weir, wholesale stationer, Glasgow. 



But it is now well known, that from early times, the popular acception 

 of rAnse-des-Mères, was at mid-disitance from the town and the Foulon. 

 Franquet, the French King's engineer (1752), placed it à un quart de lieue de 

 celle du Foulon ; — tha.t is on lime with the east end of the raice-course ; 

 it is known bo-day as such. The plan Vol. II., p. 272 (also in Mante), 

 shows the .last boats landing there, having been carried down so far and 

 they were fired at from the post above. 



