William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, and the growth and division of the British Empire, 1708-1778; . writes to Grenville, I have judged it advisableto make upon the grounds of a fatal necessity . . 1 trust you and Lord Temple will be of opinion,upon fully weighing the whole extensive considera-tion, that I have not done wrong. f Events shapedPitts policy, and although the total result of thecampaigning in 1757 was discouraging, yet beforethe years close the fundamental principles of hiswar measures clearly emerge. In the last chapter an account was given of thethree expeditions in America in 1755. D
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, and the growth and division of the British Empire, 1708-1778; . writes to Grenville, I have judged it advisableto make upon the grounds of a fatal necessity . . 1 trust you and Lord Temple will be of opinion,upon fully weighing the whole extensive considera-tion, that I have not done wrong. f Events shapedPitts policy, and although the total result of thecampaigning in 1757 was discouraging, yet beforethe years close the fundamental principles of hiswar measures clearly emerge. In the last chapter an account was given of thethree expeditions in America in 1755. During 1756the French gained further advantages. The Mar-quis de Montcalm arrived in May to take commandof the French forces. He was an able and energeticgeneral, of chivalrous bravery, a leader who endearedhimself to his men by his great qualities. His isthe most shining and almost the only heroic figurethat appears in the French ranks throughout thewar. The forces at his disposal consisted of four * Walpoles Memoirs of George II., iii., Grenville Papers (Aug. 11, 1757), i., jOffiSnUi. ^T. 29. 1761] Pitts War Mints try. 115 thousand French regulars, two thousand Canadianregulars, and the native Canadian Militia. His hopeof ultimate success could be based only on the rela-tive advantage of his position ; with Montreal as hiscentre he could defend without great difficulty bothLake Ontario and Lake Champlain. The Englishon the other hand were forced to act on the cir-cumference of a vast semi-circle, in a labyrinth offorests without roads, and choked with every kind ofobstruction. * Lord Loudoun arrived in July, 1756,to take up the English command with a force whichPitt had described as a scroll of paper ; he dis-patched Webb with the 44th regiment to strengthenFort Oswego, and resolved to attack Ticonderogahimself. But Montcalm captured and burnt Fort Os-wego before Webb reached it, and before Loudounsattack on Ticonderoga was delivered the Frenchcommander had retur
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