8 these two men, who were the leaders of the native Canadians and the regular troops, had its parallel in the British forces, as the regular officers and soldiers from Britain could seldom operate harmoniously with the colonials. Many of the British officers were doubtless pompous and overbearing, but generally good disciplinarians, while on the other hand the colonials were democratic, lax in discipline, poorly equipped and undoubtedly mean and selfish. Loudon sailed up the Hudson to Albany and shortly afterwards made his headquarters, from which point he directed Webb to reinforce Oswego, which was then threatened, but it was too late as this post was captured by Montcalm on August 8th and destroyed. This was a heavy blow to the British, as this success of the French gave them control of the entire north west. During the summer and autumn, the British at and the French at Ticonderoga continued to watch each other closely, but neither made any advance. Rogers' Rangers harassed the French, and Indian war parties retaliated, but the year 1756 ended in gloom for the British. It is probable that Holland was employed during this season on various duties, and he may have accompanied Rogers on some of his raids. There can be little doubt that Lieutenant Holland accompanied Loudon to New York for the winter and joined with other young officers in the social functions in which they attempted to forget the hardships of campaigning in the wilderness of . In and Quebec the festivities of the winter were continuous, broken only by reports of an occasional skirmish on the frontier. In March an unsuccessful attempt was made by the French to capture Henry. In Great Britain the winter of 1756-57 was a cheerless one. She had been worsted not only in America but on the Continent. Early in the spring decided to send reinforcements to Canada sufficient to raise the regulars to sixty- six hundred men, while the British fitted out a squadron for an attack on Quebec or . This expedition of fifteen ships, three frigates and five thousand men sailed on May 5th for Halifax under Admiral Holbourne . Loudon sailed from New York early in July with additional troops, making a total of 12,000 men. It was not until August that they left for , where the French awaited them with 7,000 troops, twenty-two ships of the line, several frigates and thirteen hundred and sixty cannon. Upon receiving this information the British expedition was abandoned and Loudon sailed back to New York with his troops. In September a furious gale shattered Admiral Holbourne 's fleet. On August 1st Henry on was again attacked by Montcalm by an overwhelming force. Lt.-Col. Munro, of the 35th Regiment , who was in command, was forced to surrender on August 8th. Plunder and massacre followed while General Webb with 2,600 men remained inactive at only fourteen miles distant. This was the most humiliating blow yet received by the British in America. On May 21st of this year Lieutenant Holland was promoted to a Captain - Lieutenantcy . He was employed by Lord Howe on scouting parties and recon¬ noitred , of which he made plans. He was also employed in making plans of the Province of New York . In November, 1757, Lord Howe was in charge of a small force sent from Schenectady to protect the settlers at