Capture
of
Montreal
Although Montreal surrendered without a
fight, the significance of its fall, and the fact that it capitulated due to the presence
of a British army which included the 46th Regiment, justifies its inclusion
in a list of the Battles of the 46th Regiment.
The following
information is taken from
Cannon's
Historical Record of the Forty-Sixth or the South Devonshire Regiment of Foot,
published in London in 1851.
After a tedious voyage up the St. Lawrence river, in which a great number
of vessels broke to pieces, and ninety men drowned,
the British army under Lieutenant-General Amherst, and including the 46th Regiment of Foot,
came in sight of the Island
of Montreal on the 6th of September, 1760.
The troops were immediately landed, and all dispositions were made
for attacking the place, and so excellently was the plan concerted,
that Brigadier-General the Honourable James Murray landed from Quebec
on that very day, and Colonel Haviland with his force from Isle-au-Noix
on the following day.
The Marquis of Vaudreuil, the French Governor-General, saw himself
entirely enclosed, and was compelled to surrender the garrison of
Montreal on the 8th of September; thus was completed the Conquest of
Canada, which vast country has since continued under the dominion of
Great Britain.
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