The U S Campaign of 1813 to Capture Montreal
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A few openly rowed to the Canada shore, the soldiers preferring desertion to the hardships before them. Worse still was the conduct of many officers, who sold the stores on their boats and pocketed the money. With what boards were in the mlllyard flimsy sheds were run up, but they were far too few and the majority of the men had to live in tents. On the 1st December winter set in. The wretchedness of their condition can hardly be exag- gerated. The country was a wilderness, with no store of pro...visions to draw upon except what had been brought in the boats and that was speedily exhausted. Before a fort- ni'>-ht rations had been reduced to barely enough to main- 28 The Order to Disband tain life, and there were regiments that went without bis- cuits for four days, and, what made it worse, were of a quality that even starving men loathed them. The biscuits were mouldy and had been made from the flour of sprouted wheat. The meal designed as poultices for wounds, the doctors had to order to be cooked as food for the sick and they reported that, without proper food and medicines, it was impossible for those under theii- care to recover.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
A few openly rowed to the Canada shore, the soldiers preferring desertion to the hardships before them. Worse still was the conduct of many officers, who sold the stores on their boats and pocketed the money. With what boards were in the mlllyard flimsy sheds were run up, but they were far too few and the majority of the men had to live in tents. On the 1st December winter set in. The wretchedness of their condition can hardly be exag- gerated. The country was a wilderness, with no store of pro...visions to draw upon except what had been brought in the boats and that was speedily exhausted. Before a fort- ni'>-ht rations had been reduced to barely enough to main- 28 The Order to Disband tain life, and there were regiments that went without bis- cuits for four days, and, what made it worse, were of a quality that even starving men loathed them. The biscuits were mouldy and had been made from the flour of sprouted wheat. The meal designed as poultices for wounds, the doctors had to order to be cooked as food for the sick and they reported that, without proper food and medicines, it was impossible for those under theii- care to recover.
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