MONTCALM, LOUIS-JOSEPH DE, Marquis de MONTCALM

the country for many years and whom Montcalm*, commanding the regular forces in Canada, regarded as one of the colony’s leading

Years’ War. He was the leader of an advance guard of Indians on Montcalm’s successful

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

part in the expedition led by Louis-Joseph de Montcalm* against the fortified base of Oswego (Chouaguen) (N.Y.). According to his own

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

Montcalm* to the army in Canada, Lévis accepted the post of second in command of the French regulars with the rank of brigadier. The position carried with it a salary of 18,000 livres, a

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

reinforced New France and sent out new commanders for the troops there. The Marquis de Montcalm was promoted

Montcalm* was promoted to command the French regulars in Canada, Bougainville was attached to his service as aide-de-camp. They sailed from Brest aboard

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

according to Montcalm he came from “the region of Morlaix.” Cartier arrived in Canada shortly before 1728

 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

officers to marry Canadian women. Montcalm*, who generally disapproved on the grounds that the officers were marrying below their social

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