Capture of Forts Oswego and William Henry by the French General, Montcalm 253
Dispute between the Earl of Loudon and the Massachusetts Court, in regard to the Mutiny Act, and quartering the troops upon the citizens 255
Alarming situation of affairs at the close of the year 1757 255
Divided counsels and isolated resources and action of the Colonies 257
General Abercrombie arrives with more troops, and forty German officers to drill and command regiments to be raised in America (which gave offence to the Colonists) 257
The Governor of Virginia recommends Washington, but his services are not recognized 257
Generals Abercrombie and Loudon at Albany hesitate and delay, while the French generals are active and successful 258
The Earl of Loudon's arbitrary conduct in quartering his officers and troops in Albany and New York (in a note) 258
Loudon never fought a battle in America; and in the only battle fought by Abercrombie, he was disgracefully defeated by Montcalm, though commanding the largest army which had ever been assembled in America. Among the slain in this battle was the brave General, Lord Howe, the favourite of the army and citizens 259
The Massachusetts Court appropriate £250 sterling to erect a monument in Westminster Abbey in honour of Lord Howe 260
Abercrombie--the last of the incompetent English Generals--recalled, and succeeded by Lord Amherst as Commander-in-Chief, assisted by General Wolfe, when, under the Premiership of the elder Pitt, the whole policy and fortunes of the war undergo a complete change 260
Colonel Bradstreet's brilliant achievement in taking and destroying Fort Frontenac 261
Lord Amherst plans three expeditions, all of which were successful 261
Louisburg besieged and taken; heroism of General Wolfe; great rejoicings 262
Admiral Boscawen returns to England; Lord Amherst's energetic movements 262
Niagara taken; Fort du Quesne taken, and called Pittsburg; Ticonderoga and Crown Point taken; Quebec taken 263
Attempt of the French to recover Quebec 266
Parliamentary compensation to Massachusetts (in a note) 267
Montreal besieged and taken, and all Canada surrendered to the King of Great Britain, through Lord Amherst 267
General Amherst's address to the army (in a note) 268