epel the enemy,
in case they should attempt a descent. In consequence of these
instructions, beacons were erected for the immediate communication of
intelligence; places of rendezvous appointed for the regular troops and
militia; and strict orders issued that no officer should absent himself
from his duty, on any pretence whatever. The greatest encomium that can
be given to the character of this partisan, is an account of the alarm
which the sailing of his puny armament spread through the whole extent
of such a powerful kingdom, whose fleets covered the ocean. Perhaps
Thurot's career would have been sooner stopped, had commodore Boys been
victualled for a longer cruise; but this commander was obliged to put
into Leith for a supply of provisions, at the very time when Thurot
was seen hovering on the coast near Aberdeen; and, before the English
squadron was provided for the prosecution of the cruise, the other had
taken shelter at Gottenburgh, in Sweden.

CHAPTER XVII.

_State of the Island of Martinique..... Expedition against
that Island..... Attempt upon St. Pierre..... Descent on the
Island of Guadaloupe..... Skirmishes with the Islanders.....
Fort Louis reduced..... Fate of Colonel Debrisay..... The
English Fleet sails to Dominique..... General Harrington
takes Gosier, and Storms the Post of Licorne..... He takes
Petitbourg and St. Mary's..... The Island capitulates.....
Island of Marigalante taken by General Barrington..... He
returns to England..... Treaty with the Indians in North
America..... Plan of the Campaign..... Ticonderoga and Crown
Point abandoned by the French..... General Amherst embarks
on Lake Champlain..... Niagara reduced..... Introduction to
the Expedition against Quebec..... General Wolfe lands on
the Island of Orleans, and takes Point Levi..... The English
Fleet damaged by a Storm..... General Wolfe encamps near the
Falls of the River Montmorenci, and attacks the French
Intrenchments there, but is repulsed..... Brigadier Murray
detached up the River..... Council of War called..... The
Troops land at the Heights of Abraham..... Battle of
Quebec..... Quebec taken..... Rejoicings in England_

STATE OF THE ISLAND OF MARTINIQUE.

Having finished the detail of the actions achieved in the European seas
by the naval force of Great Britain, within the compass of the present
year, we shall