HISTORY OF VERMONT. UT 



vivncity, but their nrtillery was not equal to that 

 O) th(^ garrison. On the ninth of May a Brit- 

 ish shi: , commanded by captain Deane entered 

 t'le hdibuur of Quebec, and announced the joy- 

 fi.i news that a British squadron was in the riv- 

 e:. On the fifteenth of Ivldy, commodore Swan- 

 ton arrived, iind in the evening ancliored above 

 point Levy. Early the next morning two of his 

 vessels slipped their cables to attack the fleet 

 which the French had collected. They were 

 no sooner in motion than the French ships fled 

 in the utmost disorder. One of their frigates 

 was driven on the rocks, another ran on shore 

 and w*s burned, and ail their other vessels were 

 t&ken or destroyed. So confounded and dis- 

 pirited were the enemy by this disaster, and the 

 dread of an approaching ficet, that in the fol- 

 lov/ing niglit they raised the siege of Quebec, 

 and retreated v.ith great precipitation, leaving 

 tJieir provisions, implements, and artillery. The 

 next morning, Murray marched out, but found 

 the enemy had lied ; and nothing left for him 

 but to take possession of their tents, stores, mag^ 

 azines of provision, ammunition, and artillery. 



Ths affairs of Quebec being settled, and a 

 proper garrison assigned for its protection,- Mur- 

 ray prepared to advance up the river to' Mon- 

 treal. The troops vvcre embarked at Quebec, 

 on board a great number of small vessels; cap- 

 tain Deane in the Diana, undertook the com- 

 mand and the hazard of conducting them up 

 the river. This officer with uncommon abili- 

 ties and attention surmounted all the difficulties 

 and hardships of an unknown, perplexed, and 

 (dangerous navigation ; and such was his atten- 



