It must be diminished at least a good half. It is still more exaggerated in regard to

parture of the ships last year.

furniture, wearing apparel, merchandize and liquors which are carried up to fifteen hundred thousand livres, as well as the loss of the Palatine's village in Indian corn.

M.

DE VAUDREUIL TO THE MINISTER. [

Paris Doc.

XV. ] Montreal, 28 June, 1758.

M. de Bellestre's success last autumn in destroying the village of the Palatines and carrying the forts that

covered it would have been actually, My lord, a great aid to the Colony, had it been

remove the considerable portion of provisions of all sorts found in that village. had particularly provided for this by the orders I gave that officer. But circumstances were not possible to

sufficiently favorable to execute 1 st

.

them.

M. de Bellestre being much exposed to be pursued and perhaps cut off by a force infinitely

superior to his tions, success

own was under the absolute necessity of using the greatest activity in his operadepending essentially thereon.

of his detachment. firing the houses,

He was consequently unable to restrain the attack

This was made by one party with all possible vigor whilst others were busy barns etca.

The greater The 500 horses, lost by the enemy in this affair, were not exactly captured. part were killed or wounded, and M. de Belletre brought with him but a very small number which was a great resource to him to support his detachment on his return. 2.