REVIEW--CELERON DE BIENVILLE--DE VAUDREUIL--MONTCALM--HIS MILITARY AND HOUSEHOLD STAFF--DE LEVIS, BOURLAMAQUE, BOUGAINVILLE--CHATEAU DE VAUDREUIL--THE MEETING OF MONTCALM AND DE VAUDREUIL--MONTCALM'S POSITION--THE THREE MILITARY ARMS--THE MILITIA, MARINE, REGULARS--THE RED ALLIES--CAPITULATION OF OSWEGO--SACKING--TE DEUM IN THE PARISH CHURCH--THE TWO PREJUGES--WINTER IN MONTREAL--GAMING AT QUEBEC--A WINTER WAR PARTY--SOCIAL GAYETIES AT MONTREAL--SCARCITY OF PROVISIONS--SHIPS AWAITED 391 CHAPTER XL THE CAMPAIGN OF 1657 THE SIEGE OF WILLIAM HENRY--WINTER GAYETY AND GAUNT FAMINE SHIPS ARRIVE--NEWS OF GREAT INTERNATIONAL WAR--RED ALLIES IN MONTREAL--STRONG LIQUOR--PREPARATIONS FOR WAR--FORT WILLIAM HENRY FALLS--ARRIVAL OF SAVAGES AND TWO HUNDRED ENGLISH PRISONERS--CANNIBALISM--THE PAPER MONEY--FEAR OF FAMINE--MONTCALM'S LETTER TO TROOPS ON RETRENCHMENT--A SELF-DENYING ORDINANCE--GAMING AMID SOCIAL MISERY--HORSE FLESH FOR THE SOLDIERS--DE LEVIS PUTS DOWN A REVOLT--THE "HUNGER STRIKE"--THE LETTERS OF MONTCALM--BIGOT AND LA GRANDE SOCIETE--"LA FRIPONNE" AT MONTREAL--MURRAY'S CRITICISM. NOTE: THE PECULATORS 403 CHAPTER XLI 1758 THE VICTORY OF CARILLON A WINTER OF GAYETY AND FOREBODING SIXTY LEAGUES ON THE ICE--SHIPS ARRIVE--FAMINE CEASES--ENGLISH MOBILIZATION--TICONDEROGA (CARILLON)--MILITARY JEALOUSIES--SAINT-SAUVEUR--RECONCILIATION OF MONTCALM AND VAUDREUIL--ENMITIES RENEWED--WINTER IN MONTREAL--HIGH COST OF LIVING--THE "ENCYCLOPEDIA"--AVARICE AND GRAFT--MADAME DE VAUDREUIL 415 CHAPTER XLII 1759 THE FALL OF QUEBEC MONTREAL THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT THE SPRING ICE SHOVE--NEWS FROM FRANCE--MILITARY HONOURS SENT BUT POOR REINFORCEMENTS--PROJECTED FRENCH INVASION OF ENGLAND--GLOOM IN CANADA--THE MONTREAL MILITIA AT THE SIEGE OF QUEBEC--FALL OF QUEBEC, MONTREAL SEAT OF GOVERNMENT--THE WINTER ATTEMPT TO REGAIN QUEBEC--THE EXPECTED FRENCH FLEET NEVER ARRIVES--RETREAT OF FRENCH TO MONTREAL 425 CHAPTER XLIII 1760 THE FALL OF MONTREAL THE CAPITULATION THE LAST STAND AT MONTREAL--THE APPROACH OF THE BRITISH ARMIES--SURRENDER OF ARMS BY FRENCH ON THE ROUTE--PAPER MONEY VALUELESS--MURRAY'S ADVANCE FROM QUEBEC--HAVILAND'S PROGRESS FROM LAKE CHAMPLAIN--AMHERST'S DESCENT FROM OSWEGO--MONTREAL WITHIN AND WITHOUT--THE COUNCIL OF WAR IN THE CHATEAU VAUDREUIL--THE TERMS OF CAPITULATION--THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH AMHERST--HONOURS OF WAR REFUSED--DE LEVIS' CHAGRIN--THE CAPITULATION SIGNED--THE CONDITIONS--FORMAL POSSESSION OF TOWN BY THE BRITISH--THE END OF THE FRENCH REGIME 431 APPENDIX I THE GOVERNMENT OF LA NOUVELLE FRANCE