The New Hampshire Gazette

Extract of a Letter from an Officer in the Army, dated at Albany, August 20th 1759.

" I arrived here last Night from Crown Point : The Day before a Flag of Truce came from Quebeck, with a Letter from M. Montcalm. directed to General Amherst ; this Letter was dated at Beauport, August 5th; (which Place is a little below Quebeck ;) here Monsieur Montcalm expected General Wolfe would land his Army. it being the most natural Place for that Purpose : therefore he entrenched here with all his Forces, in order to give him a warm Reception : But it appears that General Wolfe out general'd him; for he only makes a Feint Landing, or lands a few Troops upon the North Side the River, at or near the Place before-mentioned : but lands the main Body upon Point Levee, the South Side of the River. which is opposite the Town, draws his Boats over the Point to avoid the Cannon of the Town, pushes them in again, and lands upon the North Side. above the Town, where Mons. Montcalm says. General Wolfe has been entrenched ; cannonading and bombarding the Town 18 Days, till he had almost destroyed the Town ; and seems determined to have it at all Events. --He further says, he knows not but he may fall into the Hands of the English ; and if he should he doubts not he shall be well used. inasmuch as he has always treated the English so well. contrary to the express Orders from his Master ; as he is able to demonstrate by 24 Letters he wears in a Case under his Arm -He further says, his Family are gone to Trois Rivere ; doubts not but they will fare well, having the English to guard them on one Side. and the French on the other.-While the Flag of Truce was dispatching the Business, one of their Men deserted. and came to us the next Day : I understood the Sum and Substance of what he said was ; --That 'twas over with Canada --A large Fort is building at Crown-Point 900 Yards in Circumference; the Trenches to be dug 14 Feet deep, and two thirds of the Way in solid Rock ; in which they make great Progress.-- We have a most glorious Campaign, Joy and Health appears in every Countenance ; tho' the Fatigue and Labour is very hard upon the Soldiers ; no Murmuring or wrangling : All things go on Smooth and easy ; the General seems to be endowed with almost divine Qualifications for making and keeping up Peace Harmony and Unanimity in the Army."