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Alexandre Picard qui commandoient ce jour-là la garde, donnèrent ordre de mettre le feu aux canons chargés à mitraille. À l'instant les Bastonnois prirent la fuite et la garde en fit autant de son côté et se sauva jusqu’à la Basse-Ville. Alors le poste resta sans être gardé ; mais quelques-uns de la garde ayant eu honte de leur fuite >roposèrent aux autres de retourner, n’entendant aucun de Effectivement ils arrivèrent à leur poste et trouvèrent les Bastonnois décampés, et s'aperçurent qu'il y avoit plusieurs Bostonnais qui avaient éte tués par la décharge des neuf coups de canons, ils trouvèrent trente: six hommes tués dont M. Montgomery étoit du nombre, et quatorze blessés, sans compter ceux qui se noyèrent en se sauvant. [l n’y eutaucun des nôtres de tué ni blessé parce que les Bastonnais furent surpris de la décharge des canons, à quoy ils ne s’attendoient pas. Ils ignoraient même qu'il y eût une batterie à ce poste, que si M. Montgomery n’eût point été tué et M. Arnold blessé, il est certain que la ville de Québec aurait été prise. Le poste qui fut attaqué par M. Montgomery etoit le plus difficile à prendre, parce qu'il falloit l’attaquer à la face des canons, dans un chemin qui ne pouvoit contenir que deux'ou trois hommes de front.”

RÉCIT DE L'ASSAUT DE QUÉBEC PAR UN OFFICIER DE LA GARNISON ; PUBLIÉ DANS LE 2e VOL. DE SMITHS HISTORY OF CANADA.

‘ About four o’clock this morning, captain Malcolm Fraser, of colonel Maclean’s regiment, in going his rounds, perceived signals not far from St. John’s gate ; and finding the weather such as the enemy wished for, by the last deserter’s report, he altrmed the guards and picquets, who stood to their arms ; all the sentries betweon Cape Diamond and Palace gate saw many and repeated flashes like lightning; on the heigths of Abraham, lights like fanthorns were placed on poles at regular distances, Two rockets were thrown up from the foot of Cape Diamond, and immediately a hot tirs was kept up on those who lined the walls at that place, æ&ad a body; of men were sesn in St, John's suburbs ;

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from the flashes of the enemy’s firing we perceived the were hid behind a band of snow ; however we returned thoir tire, directed by their flashes: during this sharp musquetry, the drums were beating to arms, the bells rang the alarm, and in less than ten minutes, every man in the garrison was under arms at his alarm post; even old men upwarus of 70 were seen forward to oppose the r bels, Colonel Maclean detached a party of the British militia, under Colonel Caldwell, to reinforce Laipe Diamond ; there he was to make the disposition

of the men, and return to the parade.

Mr. M ‘omery, with 900 of the best men attacked Près-de- Ville, and Arnold, with 700 chosen fellows cked at Saultau-Matelot, The attack at Cape Diaid, the le of men (Canadians it is said) near St s gate, with à borabardment from St. Roc's, were d'to: off our attention from the Lower Town

ere the rel vere to make the real attacks.

Ju: ar Près.de-Ville had seen the flashes, every te fore the alarm was given; the gun

ed matche: waited for the word of com- Barusfair, who commanded the battery approach of the enemYy ; he san

D à ing; they stopped within HitYy yards of 1e | Gt | jon at la o their destruction, for our gra] | | th n ons and cries were heard Scen; however, we kept 1311 | our uns ana mu U 101 )11 time, At th other end of the town Mr. Avnt in le assipg the picqu hind { [] Dieu l Vi ! RS )} W ot | hi 1) l X y ) ho tt \lat | nt d he (renerul spital: th 4 | 1} (1 ou! ruaAr«, ahtûu n de: l'eti'o0a Dar! ral 1 Ve Ï art centr( the I er Towi 114 e made « brish re h1c h un 1 O\ l'{ reneral Cat ( he IvAa ( O roved 1! Ga ou

with a detachmrent of:the ‘troops:t9' take: the'enomiy in rear) and Colonel Maclean ordered Captain Macdougal to support him with a party, and'to Keep possession of the post we had abandoned,

‘ Major Nairne of the Royal Emigrants, and Monsieur Dambourges of the same curps, by their gallant beha. viour attracted the notice of every body: The General ordered them, with a strong detachment to the support of those already engaged in the Lower Town.

“These two gentlermen mounted by Iadders, and took possession of à house with fixed bayonets, which the rebels had already entered, and thus secured a post which overloæoked a strong battery: on, Lymburner’s wharf, and commanded &-principal street:

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rank and file, not wounded ; 44 offcers and soldiers wounded. 426 taken.

“The flower of the rebel army fell into our hands; we have reason to think that a great number were killed and wounded.

“ The prisoners say, that if Mr. Montgomery had attacked with the expected resolution we should have lost Lower Town. Little know they of the situation of Près de-Ville ; after the Lower Town is taken, it remains commanded by the Upper Town.

‘ Liberty or Death, was wrote on slips of paper, and pinned to their caps.

“ We lost captain Anderson, formerly a lieutenant in the navy, 5 privates killed, and two privates wounded.

“We took at St. Roc’s two brass three-pounders, two royals, three howitzars, and some small shells.”