Levi, Sillery, Ste Foye, Lorette, Charlesbourg, The Island Of Orleans,
Beauport And Every Inch Of British Territory Around The City Were In
Possession Of The Invaders, Every House In The Suburbs Sheltered An
Enemy - Every Bush In The Country Might Conceal A Deadly Foe.
Treachery
stalked within the camp - disaffection was busy inside and outside of
the walls.
At first many of the citizens, English as well as French,
seemed disinclined to take part in the great family quarrel which had
originated at Boston - the British of New England pitted against the
British of Canada. The confusion of ideas and opinions must at first
have been great. Several old British officers who had served in the
wars of the conquest of Canada, had turned their swords against their
old messmates - their brothers-in-arms - amongst others, Richard
Montgomery, Moses Hazen and Donald Campbell. Quebec, denuded of its
regulars, had indeed a most gloomy prospect to look upon. No soldiers
to man her walls except her citizens unaccustomed to warfare - no
succour to expect from England till the following spring - scantiness
of provisions and a terrified peasantry who had not the power, often
no desire, to penetrate into the beleaguered city during winter.
Were not these trying times for our worthy sires?
Such was the posture of affairs, when to the general joy, our gallant
Governor Guy Carleton, returned and rejoined his dauntless little army
at Quebec, having succeeded, thanks to Captain Bouchette and other
brave men, in eluding the vigilance of the enemy in possession of
Three Rivers, Sorel and Montreal.
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