MONTCALM, LOUIS-JOSEPH DE, Marquis de MONTCALM

who had been in the country for many years and whom Montcalm*, commanding the regular forces in Canada, regarded as one

Montcalm’s successful expedition against Chouaguen (Oswego) in August 1756. Early in July the following year he spoke for the Nipissings at a conference and war feast held when Montcalm

Montcalm to carry out defensive works to bar the road to the enemy at three points, Carillon, Fort Saint-Frédéric, and on the Île aux Noix. It has been proven that at the time of General

Montcalm* against the fortified base of Oswego (Chouaguen) (N.Y.). According to his own statement, he was carrying out the responsibilities of adjutant general and chief of staff, and his task was to

appointed assistant chief of staff under Montcalm*. Because of the competition for

Oswego [see Montcalm]. For his role in this campaign he was awarded a pension of 500 livres. In 1757 he distinguished himself at the siege of Fort William Henry (also called Fort George

-Joseph de Montcalm* and Montcalm’s aide-de-camp, Captain Louis-Antoine de

send reinforcements and a new general staff under the Marquis de Montcalm* to the army in Canada, Lévis accepted the post of second in

Montcalm]. Following this success, scouting parties continually struck deep into English territory, leaving the enemy uneasy and uncertain where the French

Marquis de Montcalm was promoted major-general (maréchal de camp) and dispatched to take command

elected to the Royal Society of London. He received a commission as captain on 27 February, and when Louis-Joseph de Montcalm* was

Montcalm, who held him in high esteem, considered his ardour quite praiseworthy, although sometimes out of place in a man of his age. According to

School Society (1855), and the Stadacona Club of Quebec (1861). Contemporaries praised his generosity, which he displayed for example at the time of the fire in the Montcalm district of Quebec on 7

Montcalm he came from “the region of Morlaix.” Cartier arrived in Canada shortly before 1728 and obtained from Pierre Lepage de Saint-Barnabé, seigneur of Rimouski, a piece of land on the Île

 Aug. 1844 at Saint-Jacques-de-l’Achigan (Saint-Jacques, Montcalm County), L.C., son of Joseph Dupuis, a farmer, and Euphrasie Richard, of Acadian ancestry; d. 24 Aug. 1876 at Montreal, Que

one of the fewer than 20 regular officers to marry Canadian women. Montcalm*, who generally disapproved on the grounds that the

Monckton in 1755. The next year he served with distinction in Montcalm*’s attack on Oswego (Chouaguen), no doubt the reason for

Montcalm, Lombard sailed from Brest in the frigate Sauvage, which carried Lévis*, and reached Quebec on 31 May