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Beginnings 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1775 Divided in two parties to garrison Ft Chambly (Maj Stopford) and Ft St John (Col Prescott) 20 October – Maj Stopford and 83 Fusiliers surrender Chambly and 7th Colours 14 Nov – Fusilier Sergeant captures a rebel sentry as documented in a letter from General Arnold to General Montgomery “Colvil Place, 2 miles from Quebec, 14 Nov., 1775 P. S.-Since writing the foregoing, the enemy found means to make prisoner of one of our out sentinels[*]. I immediately invested the town nearly as possible with my troops, which has occasioned them to set fire to the suburbs of St. Johns, and several of the houses without the wall are now in flames.” *“George Merchant, of Smith's company, was the unlucky sentinel captured; he had been stationed in a thicket where he had the disadvantage of seeing little and being seen from higher ground. A daring sergeant of the 7th regiment of the King's troops, with a few followers, noting his exposed position, for which he was less to blame than the officer of the guard, glided through the suburb of St. John under cover of the houses, and then, concealed by a thicket, crept stealthily within a few feet of Merchant and, springing suddenly upon him, disarmed him before he could discharge his piece. But this was not done without giving an alarm, and the Englishmen and their captive were hotly pursued to the shelter of the guns of the city.” 17 November – Col Prescott, 11 officers and 120 men surrender Ft St John to Montgomery Capt Owen’s company remained in Quebec
31 December 1775 to January 1776 – The Death and Funeral of General Richard Montgomery "It was on this day that my heart was ready to burst with grief, at viewing the funeral of our beloved general. Carleton had in our former days with the French, been the friend and fellow soldier of Montgomery. Though political opinion, perhaps ambition or interest, had thrown these worthies on different sides of the great question, yet the former could but honor the remains of his quondam friend. About noon the procession passed our quarters. It was most solemn. The coffin covered with a pall, surmounted with transverse swords, was borne by men. The regular troops, particularly that fine body of men, the Seventh Regiment, with reversed arms, and scarfs on the left elbow, accompanied the corpse to the grave. From many of us it drew tears of affection for the defunct, and speaking for myself, tears of greeting and thankfulness toward General Carleton. The soldiery and inhabitants appeared affected by the loss of this invaluable man, though he was their enemy."
*Note: Colonel Lord Robert Bertie would be compensated “to replace sundry cloathing and accoutrements of the 7th regiment of foot, taken by the rebels in the year 1775” a sum total of 1,440₤ 13s 2p, on April 30, 1781, the year before his death. (The Parliamentary Register, Volume 7, 1782, pg 674)
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Siege of Quebec 1775-6: Approximately 60 men of Captain Owen’s Company of the 7th (along with 170 men of Colonel Mclean’s Royal Highland Emigrants, 40 Marines, 430 Seamen and about 500 Militia) repels invasion from Montgomery and saves Canada from falling to the Americans.