CHAPTER XXXIX

MONTREAL, MILITARY HEADQUARTERS

THE FINAL STRUGGLE FOR SUPREMACY--THE SEVEN YEARS, 1756-1763--THE CAMPAIGN OF 1756 (OSWEGO)--THE WINTER AT MONTREAL

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