APPENDIX THE final touches to the naval part of the "immortal story" of Quebec are contained in the "Extracts from Wolfe's Last Orders," given by Major Wood in The Logs of the Conquest of Canada (pp. 155-8): 12th Sept. At anchor at Cape Rouge. The troops on shore, except the Light Infantry and Americans, are to be upon the beach to-morrow morning at 5 o'clock in readiness to reembark. The Light Infantry and Americans will embark at 8 o'clock. The detachts. of Artillery are to be put on board the armed sloops this day. The troops are to hold themselves in readiness to land and attack the enemy; as the Leostaff and the Squirrel, frigates, are ordered to follow the flat-bottomed boats, the troops belonging to these ships are to remain in them. DISTRIBUTION OF THE FLAT-BOTTOM'D BOATS TO EMBARK TROOPS .4 .4 (To take in Kennedy's out of the Emplo'nt trans't (To take in Col. Howe's corps of Light Infantry out of the Eden and Mary trans't .2(To take in Anstruther's out .41 of the George Medway. .2 To take in Lascelles' regt. in 5 boats out of the Ward, and fifty of the Royal Am'n. Grens. in the sixth boat The remains to be taken into the boats of the fleet, two hundred Highlanders of which Captain Leslie's schooner takes 50 from the Ann Elizabeth. The remaining 150 Highlanders in the Ward transport will be taken in by the following boats SHIPS THAT CARRY TROOPS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FLAT-BOTTOMED BOATS Appendix Laurel, Transport. 400 Royal Americans. 150 Highlanders to be removed from the George transport into the Sea Horse frigate. 100 Highlanders to be removed from the Ann Elizabeth transport into the Sea Horse tomorrow morning after re-embarcation of the first body of troops from Brigar. Monckton's 1 5 Anstruther's. Flat, and Men-of-War's boat's detach't. of Highlanders. Total, 30 Flat-bottom'd and the American Grens. Captain Shad has received the Genl.'s directions in respect to the order in w'ch. the troops move and are to land, and no officer must attempt to make the least alteration or interfere with Capt. Shad's particular province, least as the boats move in the night there be confusion and disorder among them. The troops will go into the boats about 9 o'clock to-morrow night, or when it is pretty near high water; but the naval officers commandg. the different divisions of boats, will apprize them of the fittest time to land. As there will be a necessity for remaining some part of the night in the boats, the officers will provide accordingly, and the soldiers shall have a gill of rum extraordinary mixed with their water. Arms, ammunition, and 2 days' provisions, with their rum and water, is all the soldiers are to take in their boats. Their ships, with their blankets, tents, necessarys, and so forth will soon be up. 1st. 2nd. SIGNALS For the flat-bottom'd boats with the troops on board to rendezvous abreast of the Sutherland, between her and the South shore, keeping near. 1 Light in the Sutherland's main-top-mast-shrouds. When they are to drop away from the Sutherland, she will shew two lights in the main-top-mast-shrouds, one over the other. The men are to be quite silent, and when they are about to land, must not upon any account fire out of the boats. The officers of the navy are not to be interrupted in their part of duty; they will receive their orders from the officer appointed to superintend the whole, to whom they are answerable. Officers of Artillery and detachments of gunners are put on board the armed sloops to |