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The New Hampshire Gazette Foreign News December 7, 1759
Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Copy of General Wolfe's address to his army before the Battle of Quebec, dated on board the Southerland, Sept. 12, 1759, urging a vigorous blow to determine the fate of Canada and calling on officers and men to remember what their country expects of them.
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- Mean ink quality
- 98.0% The length-weighted average confidence across the OCR lines — the mean of exactly the per-line scores whose tails the two figures below report. Typical is 99%.
- Illegible ink
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- 0.0% Text in lines that scored 80–90% — somewhat shaky reads.
- Matches source
- 97.11% How closely the served text matches the raw OCR of the same boxes, letter by letter, after collapsing spacing and case. This measures agreement, not correctness: the OCR is often wrong and the extractor corrects it, so 100% does not mean perfect, and a low figure usually means poor scan text was rewritten rather than that text was lost (length vs source shows loss).
- Length vs source
- 99.23% Below 100% means text was dropped from the OCR; above means text was added to make it read.
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- Transcription confidence
- 97.0% (typical 96%) How cleanly the extractor could assemble what it was given. Low here with clean ink scores points at layout analysis — the characters were read correctly but grouped or ordered wrongly.
- Comprehension
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The following is said to be a Copy of what the late General WOLFE delivered to his Army the Day before the Battle, dated on board the Southerland, Sept. 12, 1759.
THE Enemy's Forces are now divided, great Scarcity of Provisions in their Camp; universal Discontent among the Canadians; and the second Officer in Command is gone to Montreal, or St John's, which gives Reason to think that General Amherst is advancing into the Colony.
"A vigorous Blow struck by the Army at this Juncture, may determine the Fate of Canada. Our Troops below are in Readiness to join us; all the light Infantry, Artillery and Tools, are embarked at Point Levy, and the Troops will land where the French seem least to expect them. The first Body that gets on Shore are to march directly to the Enemy, and drive them from any little Post they may occupy. The Officers must be careful that the succeeding Bodies do not, by any Mistake fire upon those who go before them. The Battalions must form upon the upper Ground, and be ready to charge whatever presents itself. When the Artillery Troops are landed, a Corps will be left to secure the landing Place, while the rest march on, and endeavour to bring the French and Canadians to a Battle.
"The Officers and Men will remember what their Country expects from them; and what a determined Body of Soldiers, inured to War, are capable of doing against five weak French Battalions, mingled with disorderly Peasantry.
"The Soldiers must be attentive and obedient to their Officers, and resolute in the Execution of their Duty."
THE Enemy's Forces are now divided, great Scarcity of Provisions in their Camp; universal Discontent among the Canadians; and the second Officer in Command is gone to Montreal, or St John's, which gives Reason to think that General Amherst is advancing into the Colony.
"A vigorous Blow struck by the Army at this Juncture, may determine the Fate of Canada. Our Troops below are in Readiness to join us; all the light Infantry, Artillery and Tools, are embarked at Point Levy, and the Troops will land where the French seem least to expect them. The first Body that gets on Shore are to march directly to the Enemy, and drive them from any little Post they may occupy. The Officers must be careful that the succeeding Bodies do not, by any Mistake fire upon those who go before them. The Battalions must form upon the upper Ground, and be ready to charge whatever presents itself. When the Artillery Troops are landed, a Corps will be left to secure the landing Place, while the rest march on, and endeavour to bring the French and Canadians to a Battle.
"The Officers and Men will remember what their Country expects from them; and what a determined Body of Soldiers, inured to War, are capable of doing against five weak French Battalions, mingled with disorderly Peasantry.
"The Soldiers must be attentive and obedient to their Officers, and resolute in the Execution of their Duty."
What sub-type of article is it?
Military Campaign
War Report
What keywords are associated?
General Wolfe
Battle Of Quebec
Address To Army
1759
Fate Of Canada
What entities or persons were involved?
General Wolfe
Where did it happen?
Quebec (On Board The Southerland)
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Quebec (On Board The Southerland)
Event Date
Sept. 12, 1759
Key Persons
General Wolfe
Outcome
address calling for a decisive battle against the french and canadians; no battle outcome in this text.