A Half-Century of Conflict - volume Ii
A Half-Century of Conflict - volume Ii
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They did not come; and in August he wrote toNewcastle that it would now be impossible to reach Quebec before October, which would be too late. [Footnote: _Shirley to Newcastle, 22 Aug. 1746. _] The eight battalions had been sent to Portsmouth forembarkation, ordered on board the transports, then ordered ashore again, and finally sent on an abortive expedition against the coast of France. There were those who thought that this had been their destination from thefirst, and that the proposed attac...k on Canada was only a pretence todeceive the enemy. It was not till the next spring that Newcastle tried toexplain the miscarriage to Shirley. He wrote that the troops had beendetained by head-winds till General Saint Clair and Admiral Lestock thoughtit too late; to which he added that the demands of the European war madethe Canadian expedition impracticable, and that Shirley was to stand on thedefensive and attempt no further conquests. As for the provincial soldiers, who this time were in the pay of the Crown, he says that they were "veryexpensive, " and orders the Governor to get rid of them "as cheap aspossible.
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They did not come; and in August he wrote toNewcastle that it would now be impossible to reach Quebec before October, which would be too late. [Footnote: _Shirley to Newcastle, 22 Aug. 1746. _] The eight battalions had been sent to Portsmouth forembarkation, ordered on board the transports, then ordered ashore again, and finally sent on an abortive expedition against the coast of France. There were those who thought that this had been their destination from thefirst, and that the proposed attac...k on Canada was only a pretence todeceive the enemy. It was not till the next spring that Newcastle tried toexplain the miscarriage to Shirley. He wrote that the troops had beendetained by head-winds till General Saint Clair and Admiral Lestock thoughtit too late; to which he added that the demands of the European war madethe Canadian expedition impracticable, and that Shirley was to stand on thedefensive and attempt no further conquests. As for the provincial soldiers, who this time were in the pay of the Crown, he says that they were "veryexpensive, " and orders the Governor to get rid of them "as cheap aspossible.
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