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86 A MAD SCHEME. [1745.even should they fail to capture Louisbourg, hewould answer for it that they would lay the town inruins, retake Canseau, do other good service to hisMajesty, and then come safe home.^ On receivingthiscommunication, the government resolved to aidthe enterprise if there should yet be time, andaccordingly ordered several ships-of-war to sail forLouisbourg.The sarcasticDr. Douglas, then living at Boston,writes that the expedition had a lawyer for contriver,a merchant for general, and farmers, fishermen,mechanics for soldiers.andIn fact, it had something ofthe character of broad farce, to which Shirley himself,with all his ability and general good sense, wasa chief contributor. He wrote to the Duke of Newcastlethat though the officers had no experience andthe men no discipline, he would take care to provideagainst thesedefects, — meaning that he would giveexact directions how to take Louisbourg. Accordingly,he drew up copious instructions to that effect.These seem to have undergone a process of evolution,for several distinct drafts of them are preserved. ^1 Shirley to Newcastle, 24 March, 1745. The ministry was notwholly unprepared for this announcement, as Shirley had beforereported to it the vote of his Assembly consenting to the expedition.Shirleij to Newcastle, 1 Febrnar;/, 1745.2 The first draft of Shirley's instructions for taking Louisbourgis in the large manuscript volume entitled Siege of Louisbourg, inthe library of the Massachusetts Historical Society. The document'is called Memo for the attacking of Louisbourg this Spring by Surprise.After giving minute instructions for every movement, it goes on tosay that, as the surprise may possibly fail, it will be necessary to
1745.] SHIRLEY AS A SOLDIER. 87The complete and jfinal one is among the PepperrellPapers, copied entire in the neat, commercial handof the general himself.^ It seems to assume thatProvidence would work a continued miracle, and onevery occasion supply the expedition with weatherprecisely suited to its wants. "It is thought," saysthis singular document, "that Louisbourg may besurprised if they [the French] have no advice of yourcoming. To effect it you must time your arrivalabout nine of the clock in the evening, taking carethat the fleet be far enough in the offing to preventtheir being seen from the town in the daytime."then goes on to prescribe how the troops are to land,after dark, at a place called Flat Point Cove, in fourdivisions, three of which are to march to the back ofcertain hills a mile and a half west of the town,where two of the three " are to halt and keep a profoundsilence " ; the third continuing its march " undercover of the said hills," till it comes opposite theGrand Battery, which it will attack at a concertedsignal; while one of the two divisions behind thehills assaults the west gate, and the other moves upto support the attack.send two small mortars and twelve cannon carrying nine-poundballs, " so as to bombard them and endeavour to make Breaches intheir walls and then to Storm them." Shirley was soon to discoverthe absurdity of trying to breach the walls of Louisbourg withnine-pounders.1 It is printed in the first volume of the Collections of the MassachusettsHistorical Society. Shirley was so well pleased with it thathe sent it to the Duke of Newcastle enclosed in his letter of 1 February,1745 (Public Record Office).He
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Charles de Beauharnois.
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Copyright, 1892,By Francis Parkman.
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viLOUISBOURG TAICEN.A Rash Resoluti
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LISTOF ILLUSTRATIONS.VOLUME TWO.Mar
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A HALF-CENTURY OF CONFLICT.CHAPTER
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1717-1723.] CHARLEVOIX. 6and questi
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1728-1731.] THE SIOUX MISSION. 7yea
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1728.] VARENNES DE LA VlfiRENDRYE.
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1731.] LA VJ^RENDRYE'S ENTERPRISE.
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^1740.] DISASTERS. 13the Woods, mur
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1737, 1738.] FRUITLESS INQUIRIES. 1
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221739.] THE MANDANS. 17caught. Thi
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1740.] ADVENTURES OF THE EXPLORERS.
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;1742.] THE MANDAN VILLAGE. 21Thus,
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2-1 SEARCH FOR THE PACIFIC. [1742.t
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Page 82 and 83: 60 A MAD SCHEME. [1744.News of the
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Page 123 and 124: 1745.] DEFENCES OF LOUISBOURG. 95si
Page 125 and 126: 1745.] THE LANDING. 97It was about
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Page 129 and 130: 1745.] FRENCH CANNON. 101he got a l
Page 131 and 132: 1745.] THE NEW ENGLAND CAMP. 103of
Page 133 and 134: 1745.] HARDIHOOD OF THE BESIEGERS.
Page 135 and 136: ^1745.] IRREGULAR OPERATIONS. 107an
Page 139 and 140: 1745.] AMATEUR GUNNERY. 109favorite
Page 141 and 142: 1745.] RESULT OF THE FIRE. IllThe f
Page 143 and 144: 1745.] RELIGIOUS ZEAL. 113truant di
Page 145 and 146: 1745.] THE BURDENS OF COMMAND. 115c
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Page 149 and 150: 1745.] THE ATTACK. 119are at work m
Page 151 and 152: 1745.] THE ATTACK. 121the folly to
Page 153 and 154: 1745.] THE "VIGILANT" CAPTURED. 123
Page 155 and 156: ;1745.] MAISONFORT'S LETTER. 125gua
Page 157 and 158: 1745.] WARREN AND PEPPERRELL. 127In
Page 159 and 160: 1745.] EFFECT OF THE ENGLISH FIRE.
Page 161 and 162: 1745.] CAPITULATION. 131Warren was
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1745.] SURRENDER. 133as the conditi
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1745.] PARSON MOODY. 135would "soon
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1745.] DISORDERS. 137"A great Noys
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—1745.] ARIklY AND NAVY. 139been
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1745.] NEWS OF THE VICTORY. 141prec
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;1745.] PROVINCIAL OUTLAYS REPAID.
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CHAPTER XXL1745-1747.DUG D'ANVILLE.
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1745.] MUTINOUS MILITIA. 147Louisbo
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1745.] STEPHEN WILLIAMS. 149ity,
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1745, 1746.] SHIRLEY'S SCHEMES. 151
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^1746.] ALARM IN CANADA. 153Pennsyl
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1746, 1747.] BROKEN PROMISES. 155wi
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^1746.] D'ANVILLE'S FLEET. 157crowd
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1746.] D'ANVILLE'S DISASTERS. 159du
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1746.] THE FLEET AT CHIBUCTO. 161th
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1746.] DEATH OF THE VICE-ADMIRAL. 1
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1746.] A LAST EFFORT. 165the result
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" ^1746.] THE STORY OF "LA PALME."
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CHAPTER XXII.1745-1747.ACADIAN CONF
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1745, 1746.] ACADIAN DILEMMA. 171Br
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;1745,1746.] THE ACADIANS. 173fires
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1745,1747.] THE ACADIANS. 175not su
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1745-1747.] SHIRLEY AND THE ACADIAN
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1745-1747.] SHIRLEY'S PLANS. 179the
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1746,1747.] DANGER OF THE PROVINCE.
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1746,1747.] NOBLE AT GRAND PRE. 183
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;1747.] A BOLD ENTERPRISE. 185reduc
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1747.] A WINTER MARCH. 187On the ne
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1747.] A WINTER MARCH. 189BoisWbert
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1747.] PLAN OF ATTACK. 191party was
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1747.] DEATH OF NOBLE. 193"Friends,
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"196 ACADIAN CONFLICTS. [1747.when
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CHAPTER XXIV.1745-1748.FORT MASSACH
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258 APPENDIX.tra toujours jusqu'a c
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260 APPENDIX.L'Acadie, Etechemains
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264 APPENDIX.meme on perd ce que L'
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266 APPENDIX.pez, ou bien leur rend
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268 APPENDIX." 2° Que les Anglois
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270 APPENDIX.Reponsb." Non parce qu
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272 APPENDIX.dela de ces 20 lieues
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:278 APPENDIX.les regies. On en a d
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282 APPENDIX.tout ce que les intere
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284 APPENDIX.du six an sept, fut ta
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292 APPENDIX." Depuis la retraite d
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294 APPENDIX." Comme ils finissaien
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298 APPENDIX."L'ennemy s'etant empa
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300 APPENDIX.ete repousses deux foi
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302 APPENDIX.battoit le flanc droit
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304 APPENDIX." Les ennemis ayant to
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306 APPENDIX.bloquoient le port, Ce
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308 APPENDIX.a monsieur Verrier, in
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310 APPENDIX.leur embarquement pour
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314 APPENDIX.Artillery in three wee
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;316 APPENDIX.with Stores from Cana
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318 APPENDIX.fair way of being serv
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320 APPENDIX.Shirley to Newcastle,
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;322 APPENDIX.Shirley to Newcastle,
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324 APPENDIX.great measure become t
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326 APPENDIX.tents of which are con
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328 APPENDIX.I sent an Express Boat
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330 APPENDIX.Shiblet to Newcastle,
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332 APPENDIX.increas'd at Menis; th
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334 APPENDIX.goes to England in the
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336 APPENDIX."As the Sentiments, wh
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338 APPENDIX.ofUtrecht, and making
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346 APPENDIX.oners just Arriv'd fro
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348 APPENDIX.Newcastle to Shirley,
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350 APPENDIX.Majesty's Commands con
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856 APPENDIX.Government in it, & th
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INDEX.
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;;.362 INDEX.English rivals for, i.
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364 INDEX.i. 252 ; the interview wi
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;366 INDEX.Bieuville, Le Moyne de,
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.368 INDEX.Bruyas, the Jesuit, i. 1
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;370 INDEX.son, i. 141 ; on the pes
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;372 INDEX.Covenanters, the, i. 193
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;374 INDEX.enemy begs for mercy, i.
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;;376 INDEX.except those France may
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378 INDEX.French of Acadia, the, tr
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;;380 INDEX.Guillanme le Sincbre, i
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;382 INDEX.colony in Louisiana, i.
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384 INDEX.Kalm, the Swedish natural
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ii. 167.La Perelle, ii. 132, 303.La
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;;388 INDEX.Littlefield, Edmund, ho
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;,;390 INDEX.Mandans, the, ii. 15 ;
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;892 INDEX.Maurepas, Count de, memo
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;;394 INDEX.Morpain, Captain, oppos
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;;396 INDEX.to allow the French to
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;398 INDEX.Ouacos, the, i. 357.Ousl
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;400 INDEX.Colonel March attacks, i
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;402 INDEX.Protestants, the, exclud
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;404 INDEX.Ei
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;St. Paul's Bay, i. 25.St, Peter, I
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;;408 INDEX.orderin Lonisbourg, ii.
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;410 INDEX.between the " Bastonnais
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;412 INDEX.Olson's camp, i. 143 ; P
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;414 INDEX.49 ; attacked by the Fre
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