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be punijhed with death. If any perfons are detected robbing the tents of the Officers or foldiers, they will be, if condemned, certainly executed. The Commanders of regiments are to be an-fwerable, that no rum, or fpirits of any kind, be fold in or near the camp. When the foldiers are fatigued with work, or wet upon duty, the General will order fuch refrefhment as he knows will be of fervice to them, but is determined to allow no drunkennefs, nor licentioufnefs, in the army. If any Sutler has the prefumption to bring rum on more, in contempt of the General's regulations, fuch Sutler fhall be fent to the Provoft's in irons, and his goods confifcated. The General will make it his bufinefs, as far as he is able, to reward fuch as fhall particularly diftinguifh themfelves; and, on the other hand, will punifh any mifbehaviour in an exemplary manner. The Brigadiers-General are defired to inform themfelves, if the orders and regulations are properly made known to the foldiers of their refpeftive brigades."
The forty-eighth regiment, and all the grenadiers, rangers, and light infantry, with working parties from the other corps, marched up to the place where our batteries are to be erected, and broke ground; the 48th are intrenching themfelves on a convenient fpot, at half the diftance, in order to preferve the communication between our camp and the batteries. The rangers took port on all the adjoining hills, which command the road to the batteries, and the circumjacent country, for a great extent; dividing themfelves into fmall parties, with breaft-works about them of ftone, timber, &c. the workmen and grenadiers returned to camp in the evening. Great rejoicings* were obferved in the enemy's camp to-day, which
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* Upon inquiry at Quebec, afterwards, into this matter, I was informed that it was nothing more than M. de Montcalm exercifing his army, who, upon the ringing of ab?ll in the fteeple of Beauport church, ran out of their tents and formed : and, upon a repeti-
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