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As for the war itself, deplorable as it must always be, the knowledge that they were fighting against a generous and worthy foe could not but be a source of happiness; and, in conclusion, the lady added that they had within the walls of Louisbourg a surgeon of uncommon skill with gunshot wounds, and that his services should always be at the command of any English officer who might desire them.
Ames's Almanac for 1746 had recently edified Bostonians with a song of triumph over fallen Louisbourg: Bright Hesperus, the Harbinger of Day, Smiled gently down on Shirley's prosperous sway, The Prince of Light rode in his burning car, To see the overtures of Peace and War Around the world, and bade his charioteer, Who marks the periods of each month and year, Rein in his steeds, and rest upon High Noon To view our Victory over Cape Brittoon.
Their disputes were carried on with great vehemence, when a packet bound from Louisbourg for France, was taken by one of the English ships stationed at Newfoundland. She had letters on board, which put the enemy's superiority beyond all doubt, at least by sea.
But Howe young, ardent, gallant, yet profound was dead; and the hopes of discerning judges were centred on Wolfe. The war had not been going well, and this victory at Louisbourg was the first that the British people could really rejoice over with all their heart. The British colonies went wild with delight.
"If only it had come three years earlier," breathed Wolfe "before we had suffered such loss and disgrace!" The young soldier knew that an expedition had been fitted out a few months ago for Louisbourg in Acadia that French fortress of Cape Breton which alone had been able to resist the English arms.
The English Commander-in-Chief, Lord Loudoun, assembled a large military force at Halifax in 1757 for the purpose of making a descent on Louisbourg; but he returned to New York without accomplishing anything, when he heard of the disastrous affair of William Henry, for which he was largely responsible on account of having failed to give sufficient support to the defenders of the fort.
"Unlucky? How?" "Wal, fust and foremost, ef it hadn't been you, you'd never a' got me to pint the Parson's nose for that French hole, Louisbourg." "Why not?" asked Claude, in some surprise; "you don't suppose that there's any danger do you?" "Wal, it's a risky business no doubt o' that thar.
But five years afterwards Cape Breton had been lost to France for ever. The fact is that the French never really colonized Cape Breton at large, and Louisbourg least of all. They knew the magnificent possibilities of Sydney harbour, but its mere extent prevented their attempting to make use of it.
That night the glare of a big fire inside the harbour showed that Drucour felt too weak to hold the Royal Battery. Unlike his incompetent predecessor, however, he took away everything movable that could be turned to good account in Louisbourg; and he left the works a useless ruin. The following day he destroyed and abandoned the battery at Lighthouse Point.
At this Claude was silent for a few moments. At length he said, "O, Père Michel, must I stay here when she goes? Can you tell me what they are going to do with me?" "It is about yourself that I am going to speak, and it was for this that I came," said the priest. "Can I go with the others to Louisbourg?" asked Claude, eagerly; for he thought only of being near Mimi.
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