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Show 'The American Revolution Might Have Eroded DifferirTTrf "Bouquet was the most brilliant I but the bullet that struck down wif , . '-'illY 11 . . . "Bouquet was the most brilliant ! leader of light infantry that the 1 French and Indian War produced. 1 Had he survived until the Revolu-i Revolu-i tion, Bouquet would is the reason- able surmise against his erstwhile : fellow-officers and friends in ihe Colonies Col-onies have pitted his battalions with the ruthless efficiency of the professional pro-fessional soldier." E. Douglas Branch in a talk before WESTERN-I WESTERN-I ERS in Chicago. July, 1944. J "It seems a heartless thing to say. q . -1 1 1 1 but the bullet that struck down Wolfe on the Plains of Abraham, and the fever that carried Bouquet away at Pensacola, did good service to Ihe country destined to become the United Unit-ed Stales of America; for they were such accomplished soldiers, men of such talent and genius, that had Ihev been in command of the British forces in the War of the Revolution mat struggle might have hcen short-er short-er and its results possibly Cnstlv different. They were both ylim. ii. n ivmercntiy lr . . enough men when they died to h,vc beenavaUable for service in 1775 We do not find such another In d.an , ighler as this gallant S ' s r the colonial, records, and It wrthy that the same sort of . s were found en.i, , V situation wheL dock. pmVed themselves hi -ed wher, under ,he cZ, " B'lCr and abler man." " c |
