Montcalm and Wolfe eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 931 pages of information about Montcalm and Wolfe.

Montcalm and Wolfe eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 931 pages of information about Montcalm and Wolfe.
     comments on Vaudreuil’s treatment of Montcalm, 322
     attends Indian feast, 329, 329n.
     comments on Indians, 330, 331, 333-334, 345
     carries terms to Monro at Fort William Henry, 346
     sent to Montreal, 349
     comments on official corruption, 371-372
     comments on Vaudreuil’s plans, 410
     sent to France for help to Canada, 465-467
     arranges marriage for Montcalm’s son and daughter, 467
     returns to Canada, 468
     guards Quebec shores, 525, 533-534
     is deceived by Wolfe’s feint, 535-536, 538
     despair at army’s retreat, 552
     sends troops to Quebec, 558
     help arrives too late, 559

   Bouquet, Colonel Henry, at Fort Duquesne, 440ff.
     his difficulties on the march, 442, 445
     his tact with Indian allies, 444

   Bourlamaque, Chevalier de, third in command to Montcalm, 255, 315ff.
   tries to stop Fort William Henry massacre, 350
     Montcalm’s letters to, 358-359
     at Ticonderoga, 411, 416, 418, 426, 481
     retires from Ticonderoga, 509, 516
     hears from Montcalm, 532-533
     Levis asks him to hold on, 558
     at defense of Montreal, 592
     half his force deserts, 592
     forced to retreat, 594
     negotiates Montreal surrender, 597

   Braddock, Major-General, 140-173, 174, 207
     secret orders, 141
     Shirley’s opinion of, 144
     Walpole’s comments on, 144-148
     Benjamin Franklin’s opinion of, 144
     anecdotes about, 145-146
     meets with Colonial governors, 146-147
     plans attacks on Fort Duquesne, 148-149
     his fury at Colonial apathy, 150-151
     Benjamin Franklin helps, 151-152
     march on Fort Duquesne, 152-160
     his ability, 152
     George Washington’s comments on, 152-153
     his opinion and treatment of Indians, 154
     hardships of march, 155-156
     ambushed and defeated, 161-164, 165n.
     horrors of massacre, 163
     casualties of his forces, 164 and n.
     his personal courage, 164
     fatally wounded, 164
     his retreat, 164-168
     his death, 168
     reports of massacre, 168-170
     disastrous results of defeat to settlers, 230, 234-248
     bones of his men found, 457
     Contrecoeur’s report on rout, 628-630

   Bradstreet, Lieutenant Colonel John, 276-279
     convoys stores to Oswego, 277
     repels French attack, 278-279
     some of his boatmen sent to Oswego, 284
     in Ticonderoga campaign, 415, 417-418, 422
     his plan to take Fort Frontenac, 436
     his success, 437
     prevents massacre of prisoners, 437
     destroys Fort Duquesne supplies, 454

   Breard, naval comptroller at Quebec, 368
     jailed and tried for fraud, 605

   British Colonial troops, organization and pay, 271-272
     discipline of, 272

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