dy Emily. Mr. Milbank
was walking by himself in ovation after the car, and they
were going to see the bonfire at the alehouse at the corner.
The whole procession returned with me; and from the Countess's
dressing-room we saw a battery fired before the house, the mob crying,
'God bless the good news!' These are all the particulars I know of the
siege. My Lord would have showed me the journal; but we amused ourselves
much better in going to eat peaches from the new Dutch stoves
[_hothouses_]."

NOTE: On the battle of Ste.-Foy and the subsequent siege,
Levis, _Guerre du Canada. Relation de la seconde Bataille de
Quebec et du Siege de cette Ville_ (there are several copies of this
paper, with different titles and some variation). _Murray to Amherst,
30 April, 1760_. Murray, _Journal kept at Quebec from Sept.
18, 1759, to May 17, 1760_ (Public Record Office, _America and
West Indies_, XCIX.). _Murray to Pitt, 25 May, 1760_. _Letter from
an Officer of the Royal Americans at Quebec, 24 May, 1760_ (in
_London Magazine_ and several periodical papers of the time).
Fraser, _Journal_ (Quebec Hist. Soc.); Johnstone, _Campaign of
1760_ (Ibid.). _Relation de ce qui s'est passe au Siege de Quebec,
par une Religieuse de l'Hopital General_ (Ibid.). _Memoirs of the
Siege of Quebec_, by Sergeant John Johnson. _Memoires sur le
Canada, 1749-1760_. Letters of Levis, Bourlamaque, and Vaudreuil,
May, June, 1760. Several letters from officers at Quebec
in provincial newspapers. Knox, II. 292-322. _Plan of the Battle
and Situation of the British and French on the Heights of Abraham,
the 28th of April, 1760_,--an admirable plan, attached to
the great plan of operations at Quebec before mentioned, and
necessary to an understanding of the position and movements of
the two armies (British Museum, King's Maps).

The narratives of Mante, Entick, Wynne, Smith, and other
secondary writers give no additional light. On the force engaged
on each side, see Appendix K.

Chapter 30

1760

Fall of Canada

The retreat of Levis left Canada little hope but in a speedy
peace. This hope was strong, for a belief widely prevailed
that, even if the colony should be subdued, it would be restored
to France by treaty. Its available force did not exceed
eight or ten thousand men, as most of the Canadians below
the district of Three Rivers had sworn allegiance to King
George; and though many of them had disregarded the oath
to join the standard of Levis,