Chapter I: Ligonier made Commander-in-Chief 313

Preparations for 1758; Amherst 314

The Plan of Campaign for America 315

The Expedition against Louisburg 316

The Siege opened 319

Fall of Louisburg 321

The Operations of General Abercromby 322

Lord Howe; New Views as to Equipment of Troops 323

Embarkation of Abercromby's Army 324

The Skirmish by Lake Champlain; Death of Howe 326

Montcalm's Plan of Defence 327

Action of Ticonderoga 328

Retreat of Abercromby 331

Bradstreet's Capture of Fort Frontenac 332

Forbes's Operations on the Ohio 333

Defeat of Major Grant 335

French evacuate Fort Duquêsne 336

Burial of Braddock's dead 337