The Siege of Quebec : And the Battle of the Plains of Abraham V.2
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Forty vehicles were reported to be in the 1759] ^^^ THIRD MONTH OF THE SIEGE 213 " service of the artillery at 7 fr. 100 per day, whereas the " adlual number was found to be 8. The discipline of the " town was very poor, there were no fixed posts or regular " guard." '^ The commanders of the battalions who took charge of the town, brought their majors wath them and reorganized the service." 15*^ The British made a determined effort to destroy all the principal buildings in the upper town of Que...bec. A new six gun battery directed against the Bishop's Palace was opened on this day, and Colonel Williamson was ordered to commence the construction of a battery to des- troy the citadel and the buildings in its vicinity.
A deserter brought word to the French camp that the British were scattered at Ange-Gardien and that a strong detachment could effedl their capture. Twelve hundred men were sent there immediately for this purpose, but nothing was accomplished : " The Indians, following the " example of the troops, who for some time occupied them.- " selves solely with marauding and pillage, disbanded *' themselves, and advanced without precaution towards a •' house, which they supposed abandoned; 'twas full of " Bnglishmen, whose fire they received, which put them " to flight : nothing was to be undertaken in this diredlion " and a retreat was necessary." The Marquis de Vaudreuil, wrote to Bougainville on this day: " II est bien facheux queles Anglois continuent " a incendier les habitations et que la pluspart des Cana- " diens n'ayent pas exadlement suivi les avis que vous " leur avies fait donner." 214 THK SIEGE OF QUEBEC [^759 1 6^^ The Frencli endeavoured to intercept the commu- nication between the British fleet and army, and for this purpose they kept several floats on the river beyond the the range of the guns.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Forty vehicles were reported to be in the 1759] ^^^ THIRD MONTH OF THE SIEGE 213 " service of the artillery at 7 fr. 100 per day, whereas the " adlual number was found to be 8. The discipline of the " town was very poor, there were no fixed posts or regular " guard." '^ The commanders of the battalions who took charge of the town, brought their majors wath them and reorganized the service." 15*^ The British made a determined effort to destroy all the principal buildings in the upper town of Que...bec. A new six gun battery directed against the Bishop's Palace was opened on this day, and Colonel Williamson was ordered to commence the construction of a battery to des- troy the citadel and the buildings in its vicinity.
A deserter brought word to the French camp that the British were scattered at Ange-Gardien and that a strong detachment could effedl their capture. Twelve hundred men were sent there immediately for this purpose, but nothing was accomplished : " The Indians, following the " example of the troops, who for some time occupied them.- " selves solely with marauding and pillage, disbanded *' themselves, and advanced without precaution towards a •' house, which they supposed abandoned; 'twas full of " Bnglishmen, whose fire they received, which put them " to flight : nothing was to be undertaken in this diredlion " and a retreat was necessary." The Marquis de Vaudreuil, wrote to Bougainville on this day: " II est bien facheux queles Anglois continuent " a incendier les habitations et que la pluspart des Cana- " diens n'ayent pas exadlement suivi les avis que vous " leur avies fait donner." 214 THK SIEGE OF QUEBEC [^759 1 6^^ The Frencli endeavoured to intercept the commu- nication between the British fleet and army, and for this purpose they kept several floats on the river beyond the the range of the guns.
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