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very bravely, though they were very ill difciplin'ct 

 3 Tis certain there was no want of Courage on their 

 fide, and their want of Succefs muft be imputed to 

 their unacquaintednefs with Military Difcipline, to 

 their being infeebled by the fatigues of the Sea, and 

 to the ill condudof Sir William Vhips, who upon 

 this Enterprife could not have done more than he 

 did, if he had been ingag'd by us to ftand ftili with 

 his hands in his Pockets. This day pafs'd over more 

 peaceably than the next : For then the Englifo made a 

 frefli attempt to force their paffage through the 

 Copfe, by the help of their Artillery ; but they loft 

 three or four hundred more in the attempt, and 

 were forc'd to retire with all diligence to the Land- 

 ing-place : On our fide we loft Mr. de St. Helem y 

 who dy'd of a wound in his Leg, and about forty 

 French-wen and Savages. This Vi&ory animated us 

 fo much, that we purfued the Englijh to their Camp, 

 and lay all Night flat upon the ground juft by it, 

 with a defign to attack it by the break of day : 

 But they fav ? d us the labour, for they imbarqued a- 

 bout Midnight with fuch confufion, that we kill'd 

 fifty more of 'em, rather by chance, than by dexte- 

 rity, while they were getting into their Boats. When 

 day came, we tranfported to Quebec their Tents and 

 their Cannon, which they had left behind "em ; 

 the Savages being in the mean timeimploy'd in (hip- 

 ping the dead in the Wood. 



The fame day that the Defcent was m&de, Sir 

 William Pbips weighed and came to an Anchor with 

 four great Ships, at the diftance of a Musket-fhot 

 from the lower City, where we had only one Batte- 

 ry of fix or eight Pounders. There he Cannonadoed 

 for twenty four hours fo handfomly, that the fire 

 •f the great Guns equaled that of the fmall Arms. 

 The dammage they did to the roofs of the Houfes, 

 amounted to five or fix Piiioles ; for as I informed 

 you in my firft Letter, the Walls of the Houfes are 

 lb liar d, that a Ball canijot pierce 5 em. Whea 



