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34G BPafiADIKK-GEXF.nAL ALEXANDEU GRANT OF GRANT. [171G-
• .1.
Although prechuled by his parole from active service in a nuhtary
capacity, Colonel Crant was not thereby incapacitated for promotion.
He was, under the new administration which had ]-iseii u])tni tlie fall
of the Treasurer God'.lj.hin, "for his loyalty, courar- ,
laised to the rank nf Brignnier-Ger. ral ;
' but th.n: ;
General Grant retaineo. the cojiuelcy uf his regiment,
and
thus
e-P'-'rience,"
promoted.
v. Inch, viih several
others, was now ordered home from Flanders. This act of the new
ministry was intended to weaken tlie forces at jMarlborough'.s disposal,
and to restrain his movements, l)ut it was also meant to signalise the
new administration by seeking to win laurels in another field. 'Jlns was
an expedition fitted out for the avowed oViject of taking Quelx'C from
France. It is not necessary here to detail the circumstances of tliis enter-
prise, which was unsuccessful in its results, as it is only interesting hi
this connection, that General Grant's regiment went to form part of it.
On the regiment landing at Portsmouth, about the middle of April
1711, under orders for Canada, it was decided that the whole regiment
should not proceed abroad, but that it should be reduced, and a certain
number of men incorporated with other regiments under the command
of Brif-adier-General Hill, Commander-in-chief of the expedition. Of these
there Avere seven, representing a force of about 5000 men, but as some
of the regiments wanted their full complement, it was directed, on or
about 18th xVpril, that one entire company from General Grant's regi-
ment should be added to the regiment under Colonel Disney, and that
a further number of men should be distributed among the other regiments
ordered for sen'ice, according to the requirements of each." This was done,
and 233 men, with non-commissioned officers, were therefore drafted from
General Grant's regiment and incorporated with those of General Hill, and
Colonels Disney, Wiiidress, and Clayton.^
These, on the other hand, paid
levy money as for new recruits.' to enable the olficers of General Grant's
re^dment to raise new men, and also an allowance for such arms, clothes,
and accoutrements as General Grant's men took with them.
1 Commission, .lattd 12th February 1711, -at 3 p„ft Memorial at Castle Grant.
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* £!.I32 was the amount payable as levy money.
: Order bv Rri^adier-Geueral HiU, ibid. Draft Memorial at Castle Grant.