This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...most intelligent man among us." In the midst of getting off prisoners to England and disposing of the innumerable details which demanded his attention, Amherst had to decide what he would do next. How could he best help Abercromby? Should he take ship at once to the south with reinforcements, or should he try to draw ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...most intelligent man among us." In the midst of getting off prisoners to England and disposing of the innumerable details which demanded his attention, Amherst had to decide what he would do next. How could he best help Abercromby? Should he take ship at once to the south with reinforcements, or should he try to draw Montcalm off by an expedition up the River St. Lawrence in fulfilment of the original intention of the campaign? He was deliberate as usual, much to Wolfe's annoyance. "We are gathering strawberries and other wild fruits of the country with a seeming indifference about what is doing in other parts of the world," he wrote impatiently on August 7th, and he pressed Amherst for some hint of his intentions. Amherst was undecided; the Admiral and he were of opinion that they could not go to Quebec but must do something in General Abercromby's favour; so they advertised for pilots to go up the St. Lawrence,1 where they had little intention of even attempting to go. Wolfe wrote to Amherst on August 8th a letter which, to say the least, was not wanting in directness--Wolfe to "All accounts agree that General Abercromby's army is Amherst cu deep, and all the last advices from those parts trace the bloody steps of those scoundrels, the Indians. As an Englishman, I cannot see these things without the utmost horror and concern. We all know how little the Americans are to be trusted; by this time, perhaps, our troops are left to defend themselves, after losing the best of our officers. If the Admiral will not carry us to Quebec, reinforcements should certainly be sent to the continent without losing a moment's time. The companies of Rangers, and the Light Infantry, would be extremely useful at this juncture; whereas here they are perfectl...
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