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Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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British officer casualties listed from the April 28, 1760 battle outside Quebec. French account details march from Montreal under Chevalier de Levi, skirmishes, battle victory capturing artillery and tools, subsequent siege until May 7, then retreat upon British reinforcements.
Merged-components note: The table component lists the French battalions of regulars as described in the preceding text of the French account of the march to Quebec, forming a single coherent foreign news report on the battle.
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N.B. Names of the Officers Killed, Wounded, and taken Prisoners without the Walls of Quebec, 28th of April, 1760.
XVth Regiment.
Lieut. Maxwell, sen. killed.
Capt. Lieut. Coburn, Lieutenants Mackey, Maxwell, Cathcart, Winter, Ervin, Lockhart, Ensign Montgomery, Barbut, Mills, Barker, Monneypenny, all wounded, and Ensign Hamilton wounded and Prisoner.
XXVIIIth Regiment.
Colonel Walsh, Major Dalling, Captains Spann, Michael, John, Keppel, Lieutenants Fassall, Brown, Phibbs, Ensigns Gilmer, Shepherd, Beal, all wounded.
XXXVth Regiment.
Capt. Juice, wounded and Prisoner, Lieut. Brown, and Ensign Lysaght, wounded.
XLIIIrd Regiment.
Capt. Skey, wounded. Capt. Maitland, wounded and Prisoner, Lieut. Clezsans, wounded, Lieut. Lysaght and Ensign Maw, both wounded and Prisoners.
XLVIIth Regiment.
Major Hussey, killed. Capt. Archibald and Lieut. Sheriff both wounded and Prisoners. Lieutenants Forrester, Bassett, Stratford, and Ever, wounded, the last died of his Wounds, Lieut. Gibson, killed, Ensigns Eushin and Harfield wounded.
XLVIIIth Regiment.
Captains Sir James Cockburn, and Barbut, Lieutenants Waterhouse, Boyce, Crowe, Moore, Davers, Ensigns Campbell, Johnson, and Mcllvain, wounded, Ensign Nicholson, killed.
LVIIIth Regiment.
Ensign Conway, killed.
1st Battalion of Royal Americans.
Ensigns Steel, and McDonald, wounded.
IIId Battalion.
Colonel Young, Prisoner, Captains Fach and Chartres wounded, Lieut. Forbes killed. Lieut. Fach wounded and Prisoner. Lieuts. Campbell, Grant, Stephenson, Lewis, Ferres, Ensigns Pinckney, Hill, Stuart, and Mackay wounded, the last died of his Wounds.
LXIIIrd Regiment.
Colonel Fraser, Capts. Cameron, John Campbell, Alexander Hay, McLeod wounded. Capt. Lieut. Donald McDonald killed. Capt. Lieut. Charles McDonald wounded, Lieut. Cosmo Gordon killed, Archibald Campbell wounded. Hector McDonald killed. Donald McBean, Alexander Fraser, sen. Alexander Fraser, junr. Archibald McAllister, John Chisholm, Simon Fraser, senr. Simon Fraser, junr. Malcolm Fraser, Alexander Fraser of the Grenadiers, and Donald McNeal wounded, Lieut. Alexander Campbell wounded and Prisoner. Ensigns Henry Munro, Robert Menzies, Charles Stuart, Duncan Cameron, William Robertson, Alexander Gregorson, Arthur Rose wounded. Ensign Malcolm Fraser killed.
Royal Artillery.
Major Goodwin, 2d Lieuts. Heathcote and Scott, Lieuts. of the Fireworkers, Davidson and Cock wounded.
Chief Engineer Major Matt Keller wounded.
Rangers. Capt. Hazen wounded.
The Return of the Killed, Wounded and Prisoners, of the Privates belonging to each Regiment, is not yet come to Hand.
An ACCOUNT of the March and other Transactions of the French Army under the Command of the Chevalier De Levi, from the 18th of April, 1760.
On the 18th of April we left Montreal, under the Command of Monsieur Levi, with the following Battalions of Regulars, Canadians and Indians.
In all ten Battalions: but as they were defective the whole is supposed to have amounted to 4500 Regulars, besides 6000 Canadians, of which 200 were mounted and formed a Body of Horse, 250 Indians of the Iroquois and other Nations. Our Provisions, Ammunition and heaviest Baggage were carried down in 6 Frigates from 44 to 26 Guns, who had under their Convoy a great Number of Schooners, Battoes, and other small Craft for the Army. We had nine Days March from Montreal to Carillon, and the tenth Day arrived on the Plains of Abraham, three Leagues from Quebec:
Eleven Companies of Grenadiers advanced while the Rest of the Army were posted in the Houses, on each Side of the Road leading from Carillon to Quebec:
* The French oft times put Leagues for Miles.
At about half a League's Distance we met an advance Party of the English, with whom we had three or four distant Skirmishes, in their Retreat to the Town. The 28th, about nine in the Morning, we perceived the Body of the English Garrison in Motion, beating the General, at ten were formed the Regiments of Royal Roussillon and Languedoc in the Centre, the Regiments of Guienne, Berry's and Queen's on the Right, and the Regiments of Languedoc, Berry, and the Grenadiers on the Left, we formed a Line three deep, and in the Intervals of the Regulars were posted the Canadians. The Battalions of Marine with the Indians were advantageously posted in the Entrance of a Wood: The English advanced with great Resolution, with their Field Pieces in Front, and their first Impression was so violent as to oblige our Center to give Way, but we soon recovered our Disorders, and continued returning the Compliment of their Fire: Our Wings at the same Time advanced and formed a Semicircle upon the Enemy's Flanks, whereupon they thought proper to return into the Town, leaving us the Field; their Artillery, and above 2000 Entrenching Tools. In this Action Mons. Bougainville La Mare commanded on the Right, Mons. Dumas in the Center, and the Chevalier de Levi on the Left. We opened Ground that Evening, and continued our Work till the 7th of May, when we began to batter the Walls with six Iron Pieces of 12 Pounders, which continued until the Arrival of the Vanguard, which Mons. Levi imagining to be only the foremost of a large Reinforcement, raised the Siege, after nailing up some of his battering Cannon, and leaving the heaviest of his Baggage behind, the Artillery taken from the English having been sent up the River in one of the Ships. I compute in the Action on the 28th of April, our Loss about Eighteen Hundred killed and wounded. When we left Montreal it was in a weak State of Defence, not above ten Pieces of indifferent Cannon mounted on the Walls. The Garrison 2000 Men, mostly Canadians; but there does not appear any Scarcity of Provisions. [Thus far the French Account.]
| One Battalion of the Queen's Regiment, 500 Men. | ||
| One ditto | Regiment of Bayard, | 500 |
| One ditto | Guienne, | 500 |
| One ditto | Languedoc, | 500 |
| One ditto | Laffarre, | 500 |
| One ditto | Rouifillon, | 500 |
| Two ditto | Berry, | 1000 |
| Two ditto | Marine, | 1000 |
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Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Quebec
Event Date
28th Of April, 1760
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british: numerous officers killed (e.g., lieut. maxwell, major hussey, lieut. gibson), wounded (e.g., colonel walsh, capt. skey), and prisoners (e.g., capt. juice, colonel young); private returns pending. french: about 1800 killed and wounded. french victory, captured english artillery and 2000 entrenching tools; siege raised may 7 upon british reinforcements.
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British casualty list from battle outside Quebec. French account: Army of 4500 regulars, 6000 Canadians, 250 Indians marched from Montreal April 18, arrived Plains of Abraham April 28. Skirmishes with English advance party. Battle: French formed line with regiments including Royal Roussillon, Languedoc; English advanced, French center gave way briefly but recovered, flanked enemy who retreated into town. French opened trenches, battered walls until May 7, then retreated leaving baggage.