The life and letters of James Wolfe . his brigadiers wasnot asked. Stanhope was therefore right in his assertion, sinceimpugned by various partisans and upholders of family interestthat, The honour of the first thought belongs to Wolfe alone. On the following day Wolfe took Monckton, Townshend,Holmes, Carleton, and Delaune of his staff, to make a surveyof the spot he had selected. In order that their uniforms shouldnot betray their rank to the enemy, they threw on grenadiers over-coats as a disguise; but they must have worn them loosely, thedisguise being far from perfect. The French officer i
The life and letters of James Wolfe . his brigadiers wasnot asked. Stanhope was therefore right in his assertion, sinceimpugned by various partisans and upholders of family interestthat, The honour of the first thought belongs to Wolfe alone. On the following day Wolfe took Monckton, Townshend,Holmes, Carleton, and Delaune of his staff, to make a surveyof the spot he had selected. In order that their uniforms shouldnot betray their rank to the enemy, they threw on grenadiers over-coats as a disguise; but they must have worn them loosely, thedisguise being far from perfect. The French officer in command atSillery reported to Bougainville seeing three boats of the enemy,carrying many officers in gay uniforms, one in particular in a bluesiirtout, with much gold lace. After a reconnaissance they plantedsome javelins and regained their boats about six in the evening. ^ Its guns could not be trained through a sufficiently wide arc to affordany flanking fire, and there were no embrasures at all towards the rear.—Wood, p. ^^ \
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