. New France and New England. in pointThe French ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ hcadlong spccd was the salvation ofsurprised ^^^q enterprise. The French were practically takenunawares; for although rumours of the scheme had reachedthem, they had been inclined to laugh them to scorn. Whatlikelihood was there of an enemy attacking them with anyhope . Their batteries mounted at least 150 heavy guns,against which the provincial assailants brought a vastly infe-rior armament in size and strength. The British ships, how-ever, constituted a powerful reinforcement. The Frenchgarrison consisted of 560 French regulars an
. New France and New England. in pointThe French ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ hcadlong spccd was the salvation ofsurprised ^^^q enterprise. The French were practically takenunawares; for although rumours of the scheme had reachedthem, they had been inclined to laugh them to scorn. Whatlikelihood was there of an enemy attacking them with anyhope . Their batteries mounted at least 150 heavy guns,against which the provincial assailants brought a vastly infe-rior armament in size and strength. The British ships, how-ever, constituted a powerful reinforcement. The Frenchgarrison consisted of 560 French regulars and Swiss merce-naries, with about 1400 Canadian militia, some 2000 in all. The New Englanders effected a landing on the i st of May,and immediately laid siege to the town. On the next dayVaughan led 400 men behind a line of hills to a point wherethere were large magazines of naval stores. These he seton fire; and what with the pitch and tar and other such com- 1 [Horace Walpole, Memoiis of the Reign of Kin^ George I/., ^-].
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