. Montcalm*, who did not like Boishébert, wrote to Lévis: “He has made a hundred thousand écus in the

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

). 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

Rigaud de Vaudreuil and later Montcalm* in the August campaign which would bring the capitulation of Fort William Henry (also

, and seems to have met Montcalm* before the latter left for Canada. Duquesne

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

. Numerous accusations had been made by his contemporaries. Montcalm* called him “ignorant and greedy.” The author of the “Mémoire du Canada

(New York, 1973), 471–75. J. C. Long, Lord Jeffery Amherst: a soldier of the king (New York, 1933), 99, 126–36, 153, 261, 266–67, 306, 309. Francis Parkman, Montcalm

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

Dieskau*’s expedition. At Quebec, Montcalm* and

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

-France (Trois-Rivières, 1968), 118–28; Canadian Jewish Archives (Montreal), I (1959), nos.4 and 5; P.-G. Roy, “La maison Montcalm sur les Remparts à Québec,” BRH, VIII

Montcalm* that August and was destroyed. Fort William Henry (also known as Fort George, now Lake George) surrendered in August 1757, and German Flats (near the mouth of West Canada Creek) was attacked in

in Quebec as aide-de-camp to Montcalm*. Following the siege of Quebec and the death of the general, he retreated with the army. At

, N.Y.) and Fort George (also called Fort William Henry, now Lake George). It was against Fort George that in August 1757 Montcalm

* – Montcalm*, who had not witnessed the event, later ventured to say that Le Mercier had “caused M. de Dieskau’s defeat and capture.” During the French army’s retreat Le Mercier had the rear

[Rigaud] considered Pierre a zealous, talented, and intelligent officer, and Montcalm* called him “a man of merit

operations on the Great Lakes planned by Lord Loudoun came to nothing when Montcalm*’s capture of Oswego (Chouaguen) drove British

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

from complete when the post was captured on 13–14 Aug. 1756 by a force under Montcalm