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• Landed at Quebec under Colonel Lord Robert Bertie to garrison the city. The regiment was intended to replace the King’s 8^th Regiment, but the growing hostilities of the colonists toward the Mother Country prompts General Carleton to retain the 8th.
• Under Gen Sir Guy Carleton with the King’s 8^th Regiment and 26^th “Cameronian” Regiment.
• The Fusiliers occupy advanced posts in Canada, but are recalled to Montreal while a detachment under Major Stopford remains at Fort Chambly. At the same time in England, recruitment is carried on to strengthen the regiments numbers.
   

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