German Flats on the Mohawk from an attack, but they arrived too late. This ended the 1757 campaign and the British were again in gloom but not dis¬ heartened. Pitt was now at the head of the Government and important changes were at once made in the command, and in the plans of campaign. He at once recalled Loudon, for whom he had only contempt, and allowed Abercrombie to succeed him, hoping that Lord Howe , who was associated with him, would be the real commander . Col. John Jeffrey was selected to undertake the capture of , under whom were Wolfe, Lawrence and Whitmore. Abercrombie and Howe were to proceed against Ticonderoga and Brigadier John Forbes was entrusted with the capture of on the Ohio . Whether Lieutenant Holland remained in America during the winter of 1757-58, or returned to England with the Earl of Loudon, is uncertain, but he was probably in America. The British fleet under Admiral Boscawen sailed for Halifax on May 5th, 1758, where he arrived at the end of the month with twenty-three ships of the line, eighteen frigates and fire ships, and a number of transports with 12,600 troops, which included about 500 provincials. Amherst followed in the Dublin. On June 1st the entire fleet was off , the Dunkirk of America. had been captured by the British and Colonial forces in 1745 under Sir Win . Pepperell and was garrisoned until 1748, when it was ceded back to . This stronghold was considered by the colonists as a menace that must be destroyed. By the French officers and troops it was detested as an outpost of civilization. It was garrisoned in 1758 by about 3,000 regulars, 1,000 armed inhabitants and a band of Indians. Upon the walls were mounted 219 cannon and seventeen mortars. In the harbour were five ships of the line and seven frigates mounting in all 546 guns and carrying 3,000 men. British ships had been seen hovering in the vicinity during May, but they failed to blockade the fortress. On June 1st, however, the British fleet appeared off the harbour. On June 8th a landing was effected by Wolfe at Freshwater Cove about four miles west of and the siege began. Lieutenant Hol ¬ land was attached to Wolfe's command as engineer and was engaged in making surveys, preparing plans and taking soundings during the siege. Wolfe was his senior by only one year and appears to have held Holland in the highest esteem, on divers occasions having had recourse to his knowledge of engineering. He was treated as one of Wolfe's family and was entrusted with the attack from the northeast harbour to the west gate when the town capitulated on July 27th after an heroic defence. Five thousand six hundred and thirty-seven officers, soldiers and sailors were taken prisoners, large quantities of guns and stores captured, and by the middle of August the majority of the prisoners had been sent to . After the capitulation Holland was employed in making a survey of the fortifications, the town and their environs. The day after the capitulation, when surveying at Cove, he was visited by James Cook , then Master of Captain John Simcoe 's ship, the Pembroke , man-of-war, who expressed a desire for instruction in the use of the plane table, an instrument Holland was then using. Upon invitation of Captain Simcoe he brought the instrument to