was well set off by the dirks and claymores that swung
to the stride of the mountaineer.

Each regiment had one company of grenadiers, picked out
for their size, strength, and steadiness, and one company
of light infantry, picked out for their quickness and
good marksmanship. Sometimes all the grenadier companies
would be put together in a separate battalion. The same
thing was often done with the light infantry companies,
which were then led by Colonel Howe. Wolfe had also made
up a small three-company battalion of picked grenadiers
from the five regiments that were being left behind at
Louisbourg to guard the Maritime Provinces. This little
battalion became famous at Quebec as the 'Louisbourg
Grenadiers.' The grenadiers all wore red and white, like
the rest, except that their coats were buttoned up the
whole way, and instead of the three-cornered hats they
wore high ones like a bishop's mitre. The artillery wore
blue-grey coats turned back with red, yellow braid, and
half-moon-shaped black hats, with the points down towards
their shoulders.

The only remaining regiment is of much greater interest
in connection with a Canadian campaign. It was the 60th
Foot, then called the Royal Americans, afterwards the
Sixtieth Rifles or 'Old Sixtieth,' and now the King's
Royal Rifle Corps. It was the first regiment of regulars
ever raised in Greater Britain, and the first to introduce
the rifle-green uniform now known all over the Empire,
especially in Canada, where all rifle regiments still