Historical and genealogical account of the Clan Maclean

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conduct having brought him under the particular
notice of the commander-in-chief, General Bar-
rington, he was immediately promoted to the
rank of major, and appointed governor of the
island of Marigalantte. In the Canadian war
under General Wolffe he commanded a body of
troops, and was present at the attack upon and
surrender of Montreal. At the conclusion of
the war in Canada he returned to Great Britain,
and was immediately appointed senior major of
a corps just embodied, with which he embarked
in the expedition for reducing the island of Belle-
isle, on the coast of France. Here he was again
severely wounded by a musket shot, which shat-
tered his right arm, and was made prisoner. On
his being exchanged his bravery was again re-
warded by promotion to a lieutenant-colonelcy.
The combination of France and Spain against
Portugal in the year I762 was viewed with such
general indignation as to call forth the sympathy
of the King of Great Britain, who magnani-
mously offered assistance in men, money, and
ammunition to the King of Portugal, now hard
pressed by his too powerful antagonists. Of
those sent to the aid of the Portuguese monarch
was Colonel Francis Maclean, upon whom was
conferred, immediately on his arrival in Portugal,
the government of Almeida, a strong fortified
town on the Spanish frontier. Here he com-
manded with distinguished success for several