Oswego [see Montcalm]. For his role in this campaign he was awarded a pension of 500 livres. In 1757 he distinguished himself at the siege of Fort William Henry (also called Fort George

Montcalm and with the death of the fort’s commanding officer, James Mercer, a council of officers decided to surrender – a decision Schuyler evidently opposed. According to Montcalm, on 14

[The occasional reference to Saint-Ours can be found in AN, Col., C11A, and in the Journal du marquis de Montcalm (Casgrain). The most interesting and informative material is to be

Montcalm with an occasion to write to François de Lévis*: “We are going to have a lawsuit for cuckoldry . . . which, if

or the Acadians, he had decided to surrender without offering any resistance. Montcalm remarked about Villeray: “He is the less guilty of the two commandants; but they wanted to sacrifice him

priest of Quebec, Abbé Resche, officiated at Montcalm’s burial on the evening of 14 Sept. 1759

Montcalm’s inexperienced engineer, Jean-Nicolas Desandrouins*, in laying out the siege works. The French trenches and

Montcalm brought a certain number of these Algonkians to Montreal and took them on an expedition against Fort William Henry (or Fort George, now Lake George, N.Y.). Among his forces were 30

accordance with Montcalm’s favourite scheme for increasing the usefulness of colonial manpower. Writing to

MONTCALM, LOUIS-JOSEPH DE, Marquis de MONTCALM, seigneur of Saint-Veran, Candiac, Tournemine

purveyor in Montreal until 1759. According to Montcalm he was able “to spend more on carriages, sets of

first 30 years’ service in the west. In 1757, as liaison officer with Indian auxiliaries accompanying Montcalm

Montcalm, Lombard sailed from Brest in the frigate Sauvage, which carried Lévis*, and reached Quebec on 31 May

Montcalm]. Following this success, scouting parties continually struck deep into English territory, leaving the enemy uneasy and uncertain where the French

AN, Col., E, 125; F3, 15, ff.225–30. Journal du chevalier de Lévis (Casgrain), 155, 161–64, 166. Journal du marquis de Montcalm (Casgrain), 110–11, 149–51, 192, 245, 462–63

Montcalm’s successful expedition against Chouaguen (Oswego) in August 1756. Early in July the following year he spoke for the Nipissings at a conference and war feast held when Montcalm

.  j.s.p.] Journal du marquis de Montcalm (Casgrain), 431, 557, 595. “Journal du siège de Québec” (Fauteaux), APQ Rapport, 1920

Montcalm of Bougainville’s assistance when it was so desperately needed on the Plains of Abraham. On 6 September Holmes accompanied

Montcalm’s army to a camp near Cap-Santé at the mouth of the Rivière Jacques-Cartier. In the early months of 1760 Vaudreuil was concerned with the safe convoy of food to French military