The border wars of New England, commonly called King William's and Queen Anne's wars . commander with the spirit of a Nelson or a Wolfe Thk Queens re^mcnt, afterward the Kincs Own, lost two hnndrod nnd nineteenofTlcprs and men and twenty women. These were probably the trxips Charlevoix refersto us the queens pimrds. etc. Captain Lfinrence , of regiment,afterward Lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, escaped with the loss of his clothes,also his own and his companys bapKagc and arms. Charlevoix makes the numlwrof drowned , evidently mere , an fully six
The border wars of New England, commonly called King William's and Queen Anne's wars . commander with the spirit of a Nelson or a Wolfe Thk Queens re^mcnt, afterward the Kincs Own, lost two hnndrod nnd nineteenofTlcprs and men and twenty women. These were probably the trxips Charlevoix refersto us the queens pimrds. etc. Captain Lfinrence , of regiment,afterward Lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, escaped with the loss of his clothes,also his own and his companys bapKagc and arms. Charlevoix makes the numlwrof drowned , evidently mere , an fully six weeks rlap^ed before thedisaster was known at Quebec. More or less accurate returns were made of the troopslost, but not of the shipwreeked crewn. Only one of the New England transports wentashore, but without loss of life. 2S0 TTIK BOUDER WARS OF NKW EN(;LAND [1711 woulil hav(^ met the crisis cliftcrcntly. But Walkeraud Hill tlinchoil from it. lu vain Vetch urged theadmiral to recall his decision. A wiiy of retreat notabsolutely disgracefulwas quickly seizedupon, defeat confessed,. SCHUYLER AND THE INDIAN SCOUTS. and the great fleet steered for Spanish River, now Syd-ney, in Cape Breton, and thence for England, afterseeing the colonial vessels safe on their own coast. 1711] THE GREAT .SHIPWRECK 281 Word Avas iimiiediately sent to Xicholsou, who, uitlithe prospect of having all Canada upoii his hands, hadno choice but to break camp and disl )and pieet turns his forces, in the deepest mortification at ^k. seeing his really great efforts twice brought to naughtbefore he could even strike a single blow. Upon New England news of the disaster fell Avitlistunning effect. Success, full and ample, had beenlooked for, not defeat. Looked at in any way it Avasrealized that all hope of the concpiost of Canada Avasnow at an end for years to come, if not forever. Fromthe attitude of the commanders all along there werewell-groumled fears that New England, and particularlyBoston, would be made
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