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inguished for having undergone most amazing fatigues, made long and frequent marches through an unhospitable country, bearing excessive heat and severe cold with alacrity and cheerfulness, frequently encamping in deep snow, such as those that inhabit the interior parts of this province do not see, and which only those who inhabit the most northern parts of Europe can have any idea of, continually exposed in camp and on their marches to the alarms of a savage enemy, who, in all their attempts, were forced to fly. * * * And, in a particular manner, the freemen of this and the neighboring provinces have most sincerely to thank them for that resolution and bravery with which they, under Colonel Boquet, and a small number of Royal Americans, defeated the enemy, and ensured to us peace and security from a savage foe; and, along with our blessings for these benefits, they have our thanks for that decorum in behavior which they maintained during their stay in this city, giving an example that the most amiable behavior in civil life is no way inconsistent with the character of the good soldier; and for their loyalty, fidelity, and orderly behavior, they have every wish of the people for health, honor, and a pleasant voyage." The loss sustained by the regiment during the seven years it was employed in America and the West Indies was as follows: | KILLED || WOUNDED |-------------------------------------------------- | F | C | S | S | D | P || F | C | S | S | D | P | e | a | u | e | r | r || e | a | u | e | r | r | d.| p | b | r | u | i || d.| p | b | r | u | i | O | t | a | j | m | v || O | t | a | j | m | v | f | a | l | e | m | a || f | a | l | e | m | a | f | i | t | a | e | t || f | i | t | a | e | t | i | n | e | n | r | e || i | n | e | n | r | e | c | s | r | t | s | s || c | s | r | t | s | s | e | | n | s | | || e | | n | s | | | r | | s | | | || r | | s | | | | s | | | | | || s | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ticonderoga, | | | | | | || | | | | | July 7, 1758 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | |
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