[168] On May 10, 1746, Shirley writes to Newcastle that eight hundred and ninety men had died during the winter. The sufferings of the garrison from cold were extreme. [169] _Shirley to Newcastle, 4 April, 1745._ [170] _Ibid., 29 October, 1745._ [171] _Newcastle to the Provincial Governors, 14 March, 1746; Shirley to Newcastle, 31 May, 1746; Proclamation of Shirley, 2 June, 1746._ [172] Hutchinson, ii. 381, _note_. Compare _Memoirs of the Principal Transactions of the Last War_. [173] “Un ancien prisonnier affidé que l’on a mis dans nos interests.” [174] _Extrait en forme de Journal de ce qui s’est passé dans la Colonie depuis ... le 1 Décembre, 1745, jusqu’au 9 Novembre, 1746, signé Beauharnois et Hocquart._ [175] _Shirley to Newcastle, 22 August, 1746._ [176] _Newcastle to Shirley, 30 May, 1747._ [177] _Memoirs of the Principal Transactions of the Last War._ [178] _Shirley to Newcastle, 29 September, 1746._ Shirley says that though the French may bombard the town, he does not think they could make a landing, as he shall have fifteen thousand good men within call to oppose them. [179] Hutchinson, ii. 382. [180] This list is in the journal of a captured French officer called by Shirley M. Rebateau. [181] _Journal historique du Voyage de la Flotte commandée par M. le Duc d’Enville._ The writer was on board the “Prince d’Orange,” and describes what he saw (Archives du Séminaire de Québec; printed in _Le Canada Français_). [182] The “Northumberland” was an English prize captured by Captains Serier and Conflans in 1744. [183] _Journal historique du Voyage._ [184] _Declaration of H. Kannan and D. Deas, 23 October, 1746. Deposition of Joseph Foster, 24 October, 1746, sworn to before Jacob Wendell, J. P._ These were prisoners in the ships at Chibucto. [185] This is said by all the writers except the author of the _Journal historique_, who merely states that the council decided to attack Annapolis, and to detach some soldiers to the aid of Quebec. This last vote was reconsidered. [186] _Declaration of Kannan and Deas. Deposition of Joseph Foster._ [187] _Report of Captain Cobb,_ in _Shirley to Newcastle, 13 October, 1746_. [188] _Journal historique._ [189] _Relation du Voyage de Retour de M. Destrahoudal après la Tempête du 14 Septembre_, in _Journal historique_. [190] _Relation du Combat rendu le 14 Mai_ (new style), _par l’Escadre du Roy commandée par M. de la Jonquière_, in _Le Canada Français, Supplément de Documents inédits_, 33. _Newcastle to Shirley, 30 May, 1747._ CHAPTER XXII. 169 1745-1747. ACADIAN CONFLICTS.