. 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

candidate in Montcalm riding under Louis-Victor Sicotte*’s moderate liberal banner in a by-election of February 1862. He withdrew, however

. 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

French had anticipated him. Montcalm, the French commander, had occupied and fortified that area, and the

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

three historical figures: “Jacques Cartier[*], representing the first of navigators; Montcalm [Louis-Joseph de

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

Montcalm he was able “to spend more on carriages, sets of harness, horses, than a conceited and harebrained young farmer general.” But in 1759 the affairs of the purveyor-general, Cadet, began to

, 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 Quebec

Vaudreuil in March, and was given the same responsibility during the August offensive of Louis-Joseph de Montcalm*. As a result of having

). 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

Beaupré seigneury, but had retained that of royal notary. At that time he was living in Rue Saint-Louis, in the house where Montcalm