. During the summer he commanded the advance guard of the forces under Montcalm*, who on 11 August invested the forts in the region

Montcalm and with the death of the fort’s commanding officer, James Mercer, a council of officers decided to surrender – a decision Schuyler evidently opposed. According to Montcalm, on 14

.) is not certain, but he was at Carillon (Ticonderoga, N.Y.) on 8 July 1758. Montcalm* noted his satisfactory conduct in a letter

Montcalm, whose victory at Carillon (Ticonderoga, N.Y.) she had celebrated, was taking place. She herself was buried in the Hôpital Général of Quebec, where from mid-July she had taken refuge with

maison Montcalm à Québec (1759),” BRH, VIII (1902), 329–40. Ignotus [Thomas Chapais], “Notes et souvenirs,” La Presse (Montréal), 5, 19 avril 1902. “Les Juchereau Duchesnay

. More interested in politics than in law, Le Sage stood as an opposition candidate in Montcalm riding under Louis-Victor Sicotte*’s

. Casgrain, “Une autre maison Montcalm à Québec (1759),” BRH, VIII (1902), 330–33.

Dieskau* and later Montcalm* in the Lake Champlain region. During the winter of 1757–58 he was in Quebec, where he associated with

[Rigaud], Montcalm*, and Lévis

. Montcalm, the French commander, had occupied and fortified that area, and the main French force was encamped there. The first of many tactical reassessments was thus forced upon Wolfe

the capture of Fort George (also called Fort William Henry; now Lake George, N.Y.) in 1757 and in Montcalm*’s well-known victory over

Montcalm*’s attack. After Lombard’s death on 11 August, Desandrouins, the sole remaining regular engineer, played a key role in the siege and capture of Oswego. He constructed an approach road for

times, almost incoherent. He was, naturally, strongly identified with the French regulars and with Montcalm

[*], representing the first of navigators; Montcalm [Louis-Joseph de Montcalm*], the first of French generals; Bishop Plessis [Joseph-Octave

Montcalm*’s favour. On 20 June 1757 Montcalm wrote to Bourlamaque*: “I commend the Hertels to you: they are nephews

purveyor in Montreal until 1759. According to Montcalm he was able “to spend more on carriages, sets of

). Bégon, “Correspondance” (Bonnault), ANQ Rapport, 1934–35. “Extrait d’un journal tenue à l’armée que commandait feu M. le marquis de Montcalm, lieutenant général,” Literary and Hist. Soc. of

responsibility during the August offensive of Louis-Joseph de Montcalm*. As a result of having scoured the region between Fort Carillon (near

). Montcalm* observed that “according to Abbé Picquet, the Indians say that the English have put a price on his head.” Lalande continues: “Generals, commanding officers, troops showed their esteem and

Montcalm* later died. This house had to be given up by Barbel’s family after his death because they were unable to pay the arrears of rent with which it was burdened. Barbel’s estate [see Marie