At the end of June Wolfe had about eight thousand six hundred
effective soldiers. Of these the ten battalions, commonly mentioned
as regiments, supplied six thousand four hundred; detached
grenadiers from Louisbourg, three hundred; artillery, three hundred;
rangers, four hundred; light infantry, two hundred; marines,
one thousand. The complement of the battalions was in some cases
seven hundred and in others one thousand (Knox, II. 25); but
their actual strength varied from five hundred to eight hundred,
except the Highlanders, who mustered eleven hundred, their ranks
being more than full. Fraser, in his _Journal of the Siege_, gives a
tabular view of the whole. At the end of the campaign Levis
reckons the remaining English troops at about six thousand (_Levis
au Ministre, 10 Nov. 1759_), which answers to the report of General
Murray: "The troops will amount to six thousand" (_Murray
to Pitt, 12 Oct. 1759_). The precise number is given in the _Return
of the State of His Majesty's Forces left in Garrison at Quebec_,
dated 12 Oct. 1759, and signed, Robert Monckton (Public Record
Office, _America and West Indies_, XCIX.). This shows the total
of rank and file to have been 6,214, which the addition of officers,
sergeants, and drummers raises to about seven thousand, besides
171 artillerymen.
Appendix I
Chapter 27. The Heights of Abraham
One of the most important unpublished documents on Wolfe's
operations against Quebec is the long and elaborate _Journal
memoratif de ce qui s'est passe de plus remarquable pendant qu'a
dure le Siege de la Ville de Quebec_ (Archives de la Marine).
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