Capt. Ochterloney (as acting major. According to General Wolfe's Embarkation Statement, June 5th 1759 (q. v.) the regiment was 581 strong.

Some rather interesting details concerning the after service of Brigadier Monckton are given in the New York Colonial Documents, vol. viii.

He was of a very generous nature and had a particular sympathy for his subalterns to whom he was more than a father. During his services in the West Indies when he was in charge of the Martinique expedition, he constantly set his table for forty persons, giving instructions to invite sufficient officers, preferably subalterns, to dinner to make up the complement. If this order were neglected and any vacancies appeared at table the General's aide-de-camp was soundly rated for his neglect.

During the engagement on the Plains, Monckton's regiment was in reserve.

Laurence's Regiment, the third Battalion of the 60th, on the day of the battle was commanded by Colonel John Young of whom a very interesting story is told. He was present at the affair of Fort William Henry when he with others was plundered and stripped by the Indians. Col. Young was a tactful and efficient officer, and after the British occupied the city he served with distinction as Judge of the Police. At the Battle of the Plains, Laurence's corps had the honour of holding the landing place at the Foulon in case the attacking force should meet a check, and require to retreat to the boats. Brigadier Lau

(1) See vol. II, chapter VII.

rence, from whom the regiment was named was its Colonel in 1757 and at the Siege of Louisburg commanded the Second Brigade.

Captain Knox refers to the remarkable recovery of the Colonel's property after the fall of Quebec in these words: "Lieutenant Colonel John Young, of the Royal Americans, having, when made a prisoner, in August 1757, at Fort William-Henry, been shamefully stripped and plundered among the rest of his fellow sufferers, lost, with several other things, a pair of silver mounted, screw barrelled pistols Monsieur Belcombe, a very agreeable French Officer, was particularly polite to the colonel, in his captivity; this gentleman is now, in his turn, a prisoner to us, and thereby had an opportunity of renewing his acquaintance with Mr. Young. Yesterday, he took a merchant of his own nation, and his intimate friend, to wait upon the colonel, and to request a favour, which the other chearfully promised to grant if in his power: thereupon the officer produced a pair of pistols, now the property of the merchant, and intreated he would take them into his possession in trust for this citizen, until the fate of Quebec should be determined by a peace; lest upon a general search being made for arms, the pistols should be taken from him, especially being of English workmanship."

"The Colonel, no doubt, agreeably surprised to meet with his old companions, of whom he had been master above twenty years, interrogated the Frenchman, how and when he obtained them, and how long he had been possessed of them."

"To these questions he first received evasive replies, till

acquainting Monsieur Belcombe and his friend, that they were formerly his property, taken from him by the Indians, as before mentioned; producing at the same time, a seal, some spoons and other articles in plate, all equally engraved with the colonel's own crest; and comparing them with the pistols, put it beyond a doubt. At length the merchant politely restored them, upon Colonel Young paying him five Louis d'or, the sum for which he affirmed he bought them from an Indian Sachem, sometime after the demolition of Fort William Henry."

To the Royal Americans belongs much of the glory gained by the British at Quebec in 1759.

It is rather interesting in this connection to note that on the formation of the regiment a large number of the officers were foreigners. By an Act, 25 George II., John de Noyelles and forty nine other foreign officers were commissioned for the American service.

Among the best known of the regiment's Commanders was Sir Frederick Haldimand K. B. who although of English parentage was born in Switzerland. In 1756 he came to America as Colonel of the Sixtieth and in 1760 took part in the expedition against Montreal. In 1777, he was commissioned Lieutenant General and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. He succeeded Sir Guy Carleton as Governor in 1778, holding the office until 1784 when he retired to Switzerland and died at Yeverden, June 1791.

During the siege of Quebec, one of the officers of the Sixtieth was Lieutenant Arthur St. Clair who was born in Edinburgh in 1735, and came to America in 1755. After the campaign with Wolfe and the end of the war, he secured a