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

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^162 DUG D'ANVILLE. [1746.pense <strong>and</strong> distress ^\TOiighttwo o'clock <strong>in</strong> the morn<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong>fatally upon him, <strong>and</strong> atthe twenty-seventh hedied, — <strong>of</strong> apoplexy, by the best accounts ;though itwas whispered among the crews that he had endedhis troubles by poison.At six o'clock <strong>in</strong> the afternoon <strong>of</strong> the same dayD'Estournel, the vice-admiral, with such sliips asrema<strong>in</strong>ed with him, entered the harbor <strong>and</strong> learnedwhat had happened. He saw with dismay that hewas doomed to bear the burden <strong>of</strong> comm<strong>and</strong> over aru<strong>in</strong>ed enterprise <strong>and</strong> a shattered fleet. The longvoyage had consumed theprovisions, <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> some <strong>of</strong>the ships the crews were starv<strong>in</strong>g. The pestilencegrew worse, <strong>and</strong> men were dy<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>numbers everyday.On the twenty-eighth, D'Anville was buriedwithout ceremony on a small isl<strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> the harbor.The <strong>of</strong>ficers met <strong>in</strong> council, <strong>and</strong> the papers <strong>of</strong> thedead comm<strong>and</strong>er were exam<strong>in</strong>ed.Among them wasa letter from the K<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> which he urged the recapture<strong>of</strong> Louisbourg as the first object <strong>of</strong> the expedition;but this was thought impracticable, <strong>and</strong> thecouncil resolved to turn aga<strong>in</strong>st Annapolis all theforce that was left- It is said that D'Estournelopposed the attempt, <strong>in</strong>sist<strong>in</strong>g that it was hopeless,<strong>and</strong> that there was no alternative but to return to<strong>France</strong>. The debate was long <strong>and</strong> hot, <strong>and</strong> thedecision was aga<strong>in</strong>st him.^ The council dissolved,1 Declaration <strong>of</strong> H. Kantian <strong>and</strong> D. Deas, 23 October, 1746. Deposition<strong>of</strong> Joseph Foster, 24 October, 1746, sworn to before Jacob Wendell,J. P. These were prisoners <strong>in</strong> the ships at Chibucto.2 Tliis is said by all the writers except the author <strong>of</strong> the Journal

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