Tuesday August 9 - The Fort, garrisoned by 2,200, capitulates. Violating the terms of capitulation, Indians kill, or recapture, many of the garrison, whereupon
Montcalm exclaims: "Kill me, but spare the English who are under my protection."
Of the 5,000 French soldiers expected, only 1,500 reach Canada.
December - The troops, in Canada, complain of being fed on horse-flesh and too little bread.
^"Loudoun to Daniel Webb" (June 20, 1757), Military Affairs in North America; 1748-1765 (1936), pgs. 370-2. Accessed 28 January 2022
^"Loudoun to Cumberland" (August 6, 1757), Military Affairs in North America; 1748-1765 (1936), pgs. 391-4. (See also
"Treachery suspected" in abortive plan to attack Louisbourg, and
second attempt on Louisbourg in 1757 put off by French ruse) Accessed 28 January 2022
^John Knox,
"3d (December 1757)"An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. I, pg. 84. Accessed 1 February 2022
^John Knox,
"The old garrison embarked to-day" (October 17, 1757), An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. I, pgs. 61-4. Accessed 2 February 2022
^John Knox,
"October 1st (1757)An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. I, pg. 50. (See
"We have had the most whimsical weather" for description of "right Nova Scotia weather," and also see
"The Charming Molly schooner" brings news of heavy losses to British fleet from September storm off Cape Breton Island) Accessed 31 January 2022