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Murray led out a sizeable portion of the Quebec garrison the next day, 27th April 1760. Kennedy’s Rangers were in the van, trotting in front of the battered scarlet army, watching for ambushes and checking the route as they moved upriver. Behind the Rangers were the grenadiers, with Amherst’s regiment and some artillery, bouncing on the uneven road and sliding on patches of ice. MacKim could hear the hacking coughs of the redcoats and saw them stumbling from weakness as they marched.
“The grenadiers look formidable from a distance,” Chisholm said, “but it’s all a sham. They should all be in their sick beds, not marching to fight a battle.”
“Half the garrison should be in their sick beds,” MacKim agreed, “and the other half are worse.”
When they reached the light infantry positions a
