[107] The author of _The Importance and Advantage of Cape Breton_ says: “When the hardships they were exposed to come to be considered, the behaviour of these men will hardly gain credit. They went ashore wet, had no [dry] clothes to cover them, were exposed in this condition to cold, foggy nights, and yet cheerfully underwent these difficulties for the sake of executing a project they had voluntarily undertaken.” [108] See “Montcalm and Wolfe,” chap. xix. [109] _Pepperrell to Newcastle, 28 June, 1745._ [110] _Journal of the Siege_, appended to Shirley’s report to Newcastle; _Duchambon au Ministre, 2 Septembre, 1745_; _Lettre d’un Habitant_; Pomeroy, etc. [111] Ferland, _Cours d’Histoire du Canada_, ii. 477. “L’ennemi ne nous attaquoit point dans les formes, et ne pratiquoit point aucun retranchement pour se couvrir.”-- _Habitant de Louisbourg._ [112] _Bigot au Ministre, 1 Août, 1745._ [113] _Diary of Joseph Sherburn, Captain at the Advanced Battery._ [114] He signs his name Jos. Sherburn; but in a list of the officers of the New Hampshire Regiment it appears in full as Joseph. [115] _Bigot au Ministre, 1 Août, 1745._ [116] _Duchambon au Ministre, 2 Septembre, 1745._ [117] “Another forty-two pound gun burst at the Grand Battery. All the guns are in danger of going the same way, by double-shotting them, unless under better regulation than at present.”--_Waldo to Pepperrell, 20 May, 1745._ Waldo had written four days before: “Captain Hale, of my regiment, is dangerously hurt by the bursting of another gun. He was our mainstay for gunnery since Captain Rhodes’s misfortune” (also caused by the bursting of a cannon). _Waldo to Pepperrell, 16 May, 1745._ [118] _Pepperrell to Warren, 28 May, 1745._ [119] _Letter from an Officer of Marines_ appended to _A particular Account of the Taking of Cape Breton_ (London, 1745). [120] _Sparhawk to Pepperrell,--June, 1745._ This is but one of many letters from Sparhawk. CHAPTER XX. 117 1745. LOUISBOURG TAKEN. A RASH RESOLUTION.--THE ISLAND BATTERY.--THE VOLUNTEERS.--THE ATTACK.--THE REPULSE.--CAPTURE OF THE “VIGILANT.”--A SORTIE.--SKIRMISHES.--DESPONDENCY OF THE FRENCH.--ENGLISH CAMP THREATENED.--PEPPERRELL AND WARREN.--WARREN’S PLAN.--PREPARATION FOR A GENERAL ATTACK.--FLAG OF TRUCE.--CAPITULATION.--STATE OF THE FORTRESS.--PARSON MOODY.--SOLDIERS DISSATISFIED.--DISORDERS.--ARMY AND NAVY.--REJOICINGS.--ENGLAND REPAYS PROVINCIAL OUTLAYS.