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A half-century of conflict. France and England in North America. Part ...

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1745.] DISORDERS. 137"A great Noys <strong>and</strong> hubbub a mongst ye Solders about ye Plunder; Som Curs<strong>in</strong>g, som a Sware<strong>in</strong>,"writes one <strong>of</strong> the disgusted victors.They were not, <strong>and</strong> perhaps could not be, longkept <strong>in</strong> order; <strong>and</strong> when, <strong>in</strong> accordance with thecapitulation, the <strong>in</strong>habitantshad been sent on boardvessels for transportation to <strong>France</strong>, discipl<strong>in</strong>e gaveway, <strong>and</strong> General Wolcott records that, while Moodywas preach<strong>in</strong>g on a Sunday <strong>in</strong> the garrison-chapel,there was "excessive steal<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> every part <strong>of</strong> thetown." Little, however, was left to steal.But if the army found but meagre glean<strong>in</strong>gs, thenavy reaped a rich harvest.French ships, <strong>in</strong>stead <strong>of</strong>be<strong>in</strong>g barred out <strong>of</strong> the harbor, were now lured toenter it.The French flag was kept fly<strong>in</strong>g over thetown, <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> this way prizes were entrapped to theestimated value <strong>of</strong> a million sterl<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>half</strong> <strong>of</strong> whichwent to the Crown, <strong>and</strong> the rest to the British<strong>of</strong>ficers <strong>and</strong> crews, the army gett<strong>in</strong>g no share whatever.Now rose the vexed question <strong>of</strong> the relative partborne by the colonies <strong>and</strong> the Crown, the army<strong>and</strong> the navy, <strong>in</strong> the capture <strong>of</strong> Louisbourg; <strong>and</strong>here it may be well to observe the impressions <strong>of</strong>a French witness <strong>of</strong> the siege. "It was an enterpriseless <strong>of</strong> the English nation <strong>and</strong> its K<strong>in</strong>g than<strong>of</strong> the <strong>in</strong>habitants <strong>of</strong> New Engl<strong>and</strong> alone. Thiss<strong>in</strong>gular people have their own laws <strong>and</strong> adm<strong>in</strong>isareforsed to st<strong>and</strong> at their Dores to gard them." — Diary <strong>of</strong> a Soldier,anonymous.

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