[165] Minot. Belknap. Belsham. Russel. New York Gazette.

[166] Belsham.

[167] These accounts must be exaggerated. According to the letter of general Townshend, the force engaged on the Plains of Abraham amounted to three thousand five hundred men; and not more than fifteen hundred are stated to have been detached under Bougainville.

[168] Belsham.

[169] Belsham. Russel.

[170] Belsham.

[171] Belsham.

[172] Belsham. Russel.

[173] Townshend's letter.

[174] Townshend's letter. Belsham. Russel. Gazette.