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further operations, and he went into winter quarters at
Albany.
The Campaign against The objective point of the campaign of
Canada. J 759 ^as the conqucst of Canada. An
elaborate plan of operations was adopted,
by which it was proposed to concentrate three English
armies against Montreal and Quebec. One under Wolfe
was to pass up the St. Lawrence, the second under Amherst
was to move by way of Ticonderoga and Crown
Point, while the third was to reduce Niagara, cross Lake
Ontario, and descend upon Montreal. Massachusetts put
seven hundred men in the field, and all the other colonies
made strenuous efforts to increase the army. Full fifty
thousand men were employed in this campaign, of which
the colonies furnished one half. The seizure of Canada
was still a favorite undertaking in Western Massachusetts,
and enlistments were not backward. Northampton had
fifty-three soldiers in the regiment of Col. Israel Williams,
in which were also men from nearly every other town in
the county. The Northampton soldiers were dispersed
among the several companies — : twenty-two were in the
company of Capt. Elijah Smith, and thirty-one in that of
Col. Israel Williams. ^
The details of this campaign, which resulted in the par-
tial subjugation of Canada, are too well known to require
extended notice. All the soldiers enlisted or impressed
from this section formed part of the army of Gen. Amherst.
Ticonderoga and Crown Point were abandoned at
his approach, but his movements were so dilatory — owing
to lack of transportation and supplies—that he failed to
cooperate with Gen. Wolfe, and after the surrender of
Quebec he retired to winter quarters. Gen. Prideaux led
the army for the reduction of Niagara. He succeeded in
the enterprise, but lost his life in the attack, and was succeeded
in the command by Gen. William Johnson. Col.
Gage superceded Gen. Johnson, but for the same reason
that baffled Gen. Amherst, he failed to carry his part of
the general plan.
1 For Muster-rolls see Appendix.