. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... downwards, and these officers were to holdrank in the united army according to theircommissions. Had this liberal and just sys-tem been adopted at the outset, it would haveput a very different face upon the affairs ofthe colonies.* These energetic and justmeasures v/ere promptly responded to by thecolonies, which placed a force of twenty*eight thousand men in the field. To thesePitt added twenty-two thousand British reg-ulars, making a total of fifty thousan
. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... downwards, and these officers were to holdrank in the united army according to theircommissions. Had this liberal and just sys-tem been adopted at the outset, it would haveput a very different face upon the affairs ofthe colonies.* These energetic and justmeasures v/ere promptly responded to by thecolonies, which placed a force of twenty*eight thousand men in the field. To thesePitt added twenty-two thousand British reg-ulars, making a total of fifty thousand meng * Sparks IVritin^s of Washington, vol. ii., p 289—Note. 3IO THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. the largest army that had ever been assem-bled in America, and exceeding in numberthe <:ntire male population of Canada. The Earl of Loudon was recalled, and in-stead of a single supreme command threeseparate expeditions were organized underdifferent officers. An expedition against English one of theservice,. WILLIAM PITT. Louisburg was placed under the orders ofLctfd Jeffrey Amherst, an able and uprightsoldier, assisted by Brigadier General James/Wolfe; who, though only thirty-one yearsold, had spent eighteen years in the army,and had served at Dettingen, Fontenoy and Laffeldt. He was consideredablest commanders in theand was universally beloved. To GeneralForbes the task of conquering the Ohio val-ley was assigned ; and the expedition againstTiconderoga and Crown Point was intrusted,to General Abercrombie. Pitt had little faithin Abercrombie, whohad been Lord Loudonsmost trusted lieutenant;but retained him toplease Lord Bute, andassociated with him, ashis second in command,the young and giftedLord George Howe, inthe hope that Howesgenius would redeemAbercrombies faults,and lead him to expedition againstLouisburg consisted ofa fleet of twenty ships ofthe line and eighteenfrigates, under AdmiralBoscawen, and an armyof fourteen thousandmen, under General Am-herst. The
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