Le Mercier, Chevalier, 122, 312, 367
     his frauds, 377
     at Ticonderoga, 410

   Lery, destroys Fort Bull, 264

   Levis, Chevalier de, Montcalm’s second in command, 265, 322, 330, 526
     his opinion on Jumonville killing, 120
     pleases Montcalm, 267
     describes social life of Montreal, 315-317
     marches on Fort William Henry, 338-340
     tries to stop massacres at fort, 350
     Vaudreuil praises him, 359
     quells Montreal riots, 360
     his report of Roger’s defeat, 364n.
     at Ticonderoga defense, 410, 421, 426
     he defends Quebec, 495-496, 503
     is sent to reinforce Montreal, 517
     profits from Amherst’s blunders, 518
     his horror at army’s retreat from Quebec, 557
     urges Vaudreuil to march back, 558
     hopes to retake Quebec, 576
     attacks outposts, 577-578
     battle joined at Sainte-Foy, 580-582
     his losses, 583
     besieges Quebec, 584-585
     British fleet forces his retreat, 586-587
     prepares to defend Montreal, 589-590
     tries for better surrender terms, 597-598
     returns to France, 604

   Lewis, Major, 452-453

   Ligneris, French commander at Fort Duquesne, 157, 162, 165,
        445ff., 513
     dismisses troops for lack of food, 455
     severely wounded, 515

   Livingstone, William, 293

   Longueil, Baron de, Governor of Canada (1752), 77-78, 122, 329
     encourages hostility to British, 92
     defends Ticonderoga, 410

   Loudon, Earl of, Commander of British forces in America, 270
     his difficulties with Colonial troops, 272, 281
     his character, 280
     gets poor reports of Colonial camps, 281-282
     blames Shirley for loss of Oswego, 293
     at Fort Edward, 294
     his orders to Winslow, 305
     demands quarters for British regulars, 306
     plans attack on Louisbourg, 324-325
     abandons attempt, 326
     threatens reprisals for Fort William Henry, 354
     is recalled by Pitt, 385
     Massachusetts shares cost of his campaign, 408
     his blunders, 439

   Louis XIII of France, 34

   Louis XIV of France, orders dispersal of New York Colony population,
        206n.

   Louis XV of France, 25, 34
     Celoron de Bienville declares him lord of the Ohio, 52
     his government’s policy toward Acadians, 206
     joins Austria against Prussians, 251-252

   Louisbourg, Fortress of, 388-407 (See also Drucour)
     conquered by Nicholson (1710), 82
     restored to France, 83

   Loudon plans to attack, 324
     plans abandoned, 326
     its geography, 388
     its strengths and weaknesses, 389-390
   British fleet arrives, 390-391
     British succeed in landing troops, 392-393
     siege and defense of,