The life and letters of James Wolfe . h the army under mycommand, upon condition of being replaced, man for man, bysome of the Rangers and some of Frazers additional companies,who are not so proper for the field, though very sufficient for thedefence of a fortified place. If there was any reason to appre-hend that this change might have the least ill consequence Ishould not venture to propose it. Mr. Lawrence, who has a verybad fortress and a veiy weak garrison, accepted of the sick andrecovering men of the two American battalions as part of the500 regulars intended for the defence of Novia Sc
The life and letters of James Wolfe . h the army under mycommand, upon condition of being replaced, man for man, bysome of the Rangers and some of Frazers additional companies,who are not so proper for the field, though very sufficient for thedefence of a fortified place. If there was any reason to appre-hend that this change might have the least ill consequence Ishould not venture to propose it. Mr. Lawrence, who has a verybad fortress and a veiy weak garrison, accepted of the sick andrecovering men of the two American battalions as part of the500 regulars intended for the defence of Novia Scotia, knowingvery well that upon the success of our attacks in Canada, thesecurity of the whole continent of North America in a greatmeasure depends. I am. Sir, etc., J. Wolfe. When Wolfe came to muster his troops on shore at Louisbourghe found he had exactly 8,635 men, whereas Pitt had planned forhis having 12,000. Besides Carleton, the Major-Generals staff was composed asfollows. Adjutant-General, Major Barre; Chief Engineer, Major. lUGlIT HON. ISAAC IIAUJM-;, M. 1. ( DKlUTY AI ?JUTANT-UENERAL Al IHKBEC)From a roiitanporaii/ cnfffaviiig NO NEWS OF DURELL 431 Mackellar; Aides-de-camp, Captains Hervey Smith and ThomasBell; Deputy Quartermasters-General, Captains Caldwell andLeslie ; Majors of Brigade, Captains Guillem, Spittal and addition to the three brigades, there was a corps specially formedof picked men denominated by Wolfe, the Louisbourg Grenadiers,and led by Alexander Murray ; a Light Infantry corpsunder the Hon. Howe and another connnanded byMajor Dalling. Then there were Major Scotts Provincial Rangers. Up to the 1st of June the troops landed daily for exerciseand review by the Commander-in-Chief in alternate battalions. Iflattered myself, writes Knox, a captain in the expedition, whocame to be its first historian,^ that I should have seen theGrenadier companies of this garrison reviewed by General Wolfe,but it was ove
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