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seven of whom were wounded.* On this oc- 

 casion, the humanity and magnanimity of gener- 

 al Carleton, seemed to have deserted him. By 

 his orders, Allen and the other prisoners were 

 immediately loaded with irons, and in that con- 

 dition sent on board a man of war ; and carried 

 to England in the most uncomfortable situation 

 in which they could be placed. 



In the mean time, Montgomery was pushing 

 the siege of St. Johns, as f-ist as his embarrassed 

 circumstances would permit ; and derived much 

 assistance, from the Canadians who had joined 

 his army. On October the eighteenih, these 

 Canadians e-',:^aged in a plan to reduce Cham- 

 bly, a fort which lay further down the river Sorel 

 than that at St. Johns. They carried their ar- 

 tillery in butteaux, and passed the works at St, 

 Johns without sustaining any loss. The fort at 

 Chambly was garrisoned by only a part of the 

 seventh British regiment, and was soon forcedi 

 to surrender to majors Brov/n and Livingston. 

 The garrison, amounting to about one hundred 

 men, became prisoners of war^ and uere allowed 

 their baggage ; their women and children were 

 allowed to go with them, and take their effects ; 

 and the baggage claimed by the one and the 

 other was astonishingly great. By this capture, 

 the Americans obtained one hundred and twenty 

 barrels of gun powder, and a considerable qu?i<V 

 tity of other stores. What was most of all IV- 

 ceptable, and till that time had been unknov/rx 

 in America, was the colors of the seventh regi- 

 xnent ; being captured, these were transmitted 



*. Gordcin. Vol. I. p. 4z6y , 



