many, joined the navy. From 1766 to 1769 made a voyage
around the world; served in the West Indies during the Revolutionary
War, and commanded the van of the French fleet in the action off
Chesapeake Bay. Retired from active service, 1790; nominated by Napoleon
to the Senate, and raised to the nobility. =Index=: =WM= Aide-de-camp to
Montcalm, 1; despatched to France to represent desperate state of
colony, 62; commands Grenadiers along Beauport shore, 85; incurs Bigot's
hostility, 88; ordered to protect country west of Quebec, 151, 158;
interview with Montcalm at Beauport, 160; Vaudreuil writes that safety
of colony is in his hands, 161; duped by Wolfe's strategy, 177;
criticized by Chevalier Johnstone, 177; his promotion due to court
favour, 177; disregards instructions of governor by changing commander
at Le Foulon, 178; great reliance placed on him, 178; his failure to
reinforce post at the Foulon, 178, 184; his failure to follow British
fleet down from Cap Rouge, 184; held responsible for disaster, 210; his
delay at Sillery, 211; arrives after battle, 222; his letter to
Ramezay, regarding provisions, 226; holds his position at Cap Rouge
while rest of army retreats, 229; on march to Quebec, hears of
capitulation, 234; replaces Lusignan at Ile-aux-Noix, 245; congratulates
Levis on victory of Ste. Foy, 267. =Bib.=: Works: _Traite du Calcul
Integral_; _Voyage autour du Monde_; _Essai Historique sur les
Navigations Anciennes et Modernes_ (Acad. des Sciences Morales et Pol.,
Vol. I); _Notice Historique sur les Sauvages de l'Amerique
Septentrionale_ (_ibid._, Vol. III). His letters are printed in Doughty,
_Siege of Quebec_; and his manuscript journals are in the Canadian
Archives. _See also_ De Kerallain, _La Jeunesse de Bougainville_;
Michaud, _Biog. Univ._; Larousse, _Grande Dict. Univ._; Casgrain,
_Montcalm et Levis_; Parkman, _Montcalm and Wolfe_; Wood, _The Fight for
Canada_; Hart, _The Fall of New France, 1755-1760_.

=Boulay, Angelique Louise Talon du.= =WM= Wife of Montcalm, 5; her grief
at his departure for Canada, 8.

=Boulduc.= =F= Prosecutor of Prevote, dismissed, 138.

=Boulle, Eustache.= =Ch= Brother-in-law of Champlain, 134, 145;
appointed by Champlain as his lieutenant, 155; returns to France, 209;
converted to Roman Catholicism, receives bequest from his sister, 267.

=Boulle, Helene.= =Ch= Marries Champlain, 66; spends four years in
Quebec, 141; returns to France, 141; studies Algonquian language, 263;