July 4, 1759. This morning a flag of truce sent into town. In the afternoon another sent from town ; the business not known ; excessive rain and thunder, succeeding by lightning. The Light Infantry under orders of marching all this day.
5th. Colonel Burton, with the 48th regiment and Major Dalling's Light Infantry, took post opposite the south side of the town. The General and Admiral (Saunders)...
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The Siege of Quebec: Week One
JOURNAL
OF THE PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS
DURING THE SIEGE OF QUEBEC
AT ANCHOR OPPOSITE THE ISLAND OF ORLEANS
JULY 26TH 1759
BY AN OFFICER OF FRASER'S REGT
Prefatory note: The name of the author of this journal is not known, but it is supposed to have been an officer, or non-commissioned officer in "Fraser's Highlanders." The original manuscript is property of Mr. Galloway, of Inverness....