That indulgence can no longer be accorded, since the war will go on during the winter, and the armies must be mustered as early as the month of April.

Besides, the Canadians are decreasing fast; a great number have died of fatigue and disease.

There is no, relying," added the superintendent, "on the savages save so long as we have the superiority, and so long as all their wants are supplied." The government determined to send re-enforcements to Canada under the orders of the Marquis of Montcalm.
The new general had had thirty-five years' service, though he was not yet fifty; he had distinguished himself in Germany and in Italy.

He was brave, amiable, clever; by turns indolent and bold; skilful in dealing with the Indians, whom he inspired with feelings of great admiration; jealous of the Canadians, their officers and their governor, M.de Vaudreuil; convinced beforehand of the uselessness of all efforts and of the inevitable result of the struggle he maintained with indomitable courage.

More intelligent than his predecessor, General Dieskau, who, like Braddock, had fallen through the error of conducting the war in the European fashion, he, nevertheless, had great difficulty in wrenching himself from the military traditions of his whole life.