. Montcalm and Wolfe. France and England in North America . face ofRogers Rock, whence a French advanced party,under Langy and an officer named Trepezec, waswatching their movements. Lord Howe, withRogers and Bradstreet, went in whaleboats toreconnoitre the landing. At the place which theFrench called the Burnt Camp, where Montcalmhad embarked the summer before, they saw adetachment of the enemy too weak to opposethem. Their men landed and drove them off. Atnoon the whole army was on shore. Rogers, witha party of rangers, was ordered forward to recon-noitre, and the troops were formed for the
. Montcalm and Wolfe. France and England in North America . face ofRogers Rock, whence a French advanced party,under Langy and an officer named Trepezec, waswatching their movements. Lord Howe, withRogers and Bradstreet, went in whaleboats toreconnoitre the landing. At the place which theFrench called the Burnt Camp, where Montcalmhad embarked the summer before, they saw adetachment of the enemy too weak to opposethem. Their men landed and drove them off. Atnoon the whole army was on shore. Rogers, witha party of rangers, was ordered forward to recon-noitre, and the troops were formed for the march. From this part of the shore1 a plain covered withforest stretched northwestward half a mile or moreto the mountains behind which lay the valley ofTrout Brook. On this plain the army began itsmarch in four columns, with the intention of pass-ing round the western bank of the river of theoutlet, since the bridge over it had been , with the provincial regiments of Fitch 1 Between the old and new steamboat-landings, and parts Sketch of thec o untky ro und Tyconderoga TION. _S. Retrccnchrrvervt. C.^Aboectis. X>. Sec yV-rniXi ? _E Srertch, cuZvctrtcd-Post. ecu, TTlocctorv. H. Irctrercchncetct to Cau Per y fiatteevusDoen 2n/lf£. Meyer ofy-Go^ReA 1758.] LANGY AND TKEPEZEC. 95 and Lyman, led the way, at some distance beforethe rest. The forest was extremely dense andheavy, and so obstructed with undergrowth thatit was impossible to see more than a few yardsin any direction, while the ground was encum-bered with fallen trees in every stage of ranks were broken, and the men struggledon as they could in dampness and shade, undera canopy of boughs that the sun could scarcelypierce. The difficulty increased when, after ad-vancing about a mile, they came upon undulatingand broken ground. They were now not far fromthe upper rapids of the outlet. The guides becamebewildered in the maze of trunks and boughs;
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