retreated through the forest. Back in Montreal, Montigny organized a force of 62 men in 12 canoes to carry supplies for Montcalm*’s attack

.) is not certain, but he was at Carillon (Ticonderoga, N.Y.) on 8 July 1758. Montcalm* noted his satisfactory conduct in a letter

. Observing the effect of events in America upon the international scene, Roubaud conceived the idea of forging letters in which Montcalm

(New Haven, Conn., and London, 1931; repr. Freeport, N.Y., 1966), 96–123; Francis Parkman, Montcalm and Wolfe (2v., Boston, 1884; repr. New York, 1962); J. R. Cuneo, “The early days of the

. During the summer he commanded the advance guard of the forces under Montcalm*, who on 11 August invested the forts in the region

following year by Montcalm*’s forces, securing control of the Great Lakes. In 1757 Fort George (Fort William Henry; now Lake George, N.Y

Montcalm*, who in Guy Frégault*’s opinion, also belonged “to the grand

Montcalm*’s defeat, Ramezay returned to town and resumed command of his troops. He asked Pierre-André Gohin

Montcalm*’s latest victory, at Fort Carillon (Ticonderoga, N.Y.), to the minister. But certain people distrusted Péan; in fact, the financial commissary of wars, André

Dieskau* and later Montcalm* in the Lake Champlain region. During the winter of 1757–58 he was in Quebec, where he associated with

the country for many years and whom Montcalm*, commanding the regular forces in Canada, regarded as one of the colony’s leading

). Montcalm* observed that “according to Abbé Picquet, the Indians say that the English have put a price on his head.” Lalande continues: “Generals, commanding officers, troops showed their esteem and

]. Then in August 1757 Picoté de Belestre took part in Montcalm*’s victorious offensive against Fort George (also called Fort

with Montcalm*, the new commander formed a favourable impression of him. Pellegrin’s services were not in great demand, however

garrisons, but it was in poor condition; Montcalm* referred to it as “good for nothing” and its complement of about 60 soldiers as a

night. A marginal note in Montcalm*’s journal admonished that d’Olabaratz was “a man no longer to be employed in any command

Montcalm* in the capture of Fort William Henry (also called Fort George, now Lake George, N.Y.). When the warriors returned to L’Arbre Croche they carried with them not only the spoils of war but the

Montcalm*. McCarty may have been a commissary with the Connecticut militia in William Haviland’s advance

Montcalm* during the siege of Fort William Henry (also known as Fort George, now Lake George, N.Y.) that summer, he was instrumental in capturing a British flotilla. In September 1757 Governor

movements and the events in which he participated. The following summer Malartic took part in Montcalm*’s expedition against Oswego