fortunately
destroyed.

The loss on this occasion to the British was very slight, there being
only 7 killed and 9 wounded. The Bienfaisant having been surveyed, was
received into the Navy and given to Captain Balfour whilst the command of
L'Echo was conferred on Captain Laforey.

In consequence of this success and the threat of an immediate assault on
the town, the French commander, M. Drucour, decided to surrender on the
following day. This success was highly esteemed in England, and Admiral
Boscawen and General Amherst received the thanks of the Houses of
Parliament.

WOLFE AND HARDY.

After the siege Wolfe wrote to Lord George Sackville, speaking in warm
terms of Boscawen and his men, and says:

"Sir Charles Hardy, too, in particular, and all the officers of the Navy
in general have given us their utmost assistance, and with the greatest
cheerfulness imaginable. I have often been in pain for Sir Charles's
squadron at an anchor off the harbour's mouth. They rid out some very
hard gales of wind rather than leave an opening for the French to escape,
but, notwithstanding the utmost diligence on his side, a frigate found
means to get out and is gone to Europe charge de fanfaronades. I had the
satisfaction of putting 2 or 3 hautvizier shells into her stern and to
shatter him a little with some of your Lordship's 24 pound shot, before
he retreated, and I much question whether he will hold out the voyage."

The Pembroke formed one of this squadron under Sir Charles Hardy, and
after the capitulation of the town, was despatched with nine other ships,
and a small body of troops under Wolfe to harry the French settlements
around Gaspe Bay as a preparation for the attack on Quebec it was
intended to make in the following year. Several settlements and magazines
were destroyed, four guns and a pair of colours were captured, and then
the squadron returned to Halifax for the winter.

Admiral Sir Charles Saunders was selected to command the fleet that was
to be employed in this new movement against the capital of New France; a
man of whom Horace Walpole wrote:

"The Admiral was a pattern of the most sturdy bravery, united with the
most unaffected modesty. No man said less, or deserved more. Simplicity
in his manners, generosity, and good-nature adorned his genuine love of
his country."

WITH DURELL'S SQUADRON.

He left Spithead on 17th February 1759, with the intention of calling at
Louisburg, the appointed rendezvous for