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CARLETON. 882 as the winter was commencing, he did not think it advi- sable to besiege Ticonderago. He returned therefore to St. John's, whence he distributed his army into winter quarters In the following year, 1777, an expedition being planoed from Canada, to effect a co-operation with the principal British force, the command of the armament was con- ferred on General Burgoyne. Sir Guy Carleton, (for he had been created a knight of the bath in July 1776) from his official situation in Canada, his couduct, and especially his defence of Quebec, might have reasonably expected this appointment; he was an older general, of more mili- tary experience, and from his official situation in Canada, had acquired a superior knowledge of the country, its inhabitants and resources. His character commanded greater authority than Burgoyne's had hitherto established; and as no military grounds could be alleged for super- seding Carleton to make room for Burgoyne, his promo- tion was imputed to parliamentary influence, more than to his official talents. Carleton disgusted with a preference by no means merited, as soon as he heard of the appoint- ment, resigned his government, in which he was succeeded by General Haldinard; but before he departed, exerted himself to the utmost to enable Burgoyne to take the ield with advantage. On his arrival in England, he received the congratula- tions of all the friends of his country for his very able and successful defence of Quebec, and was honoured by bis majesty with a red ribbon, as a mark of his gracious ap- probation of his conduct and services. In August 1777, Sir Guy was made a lieutenant-general in the army, and in 1781, was appointed to succeed Sir Henry Clinton as commander-in-chief in America, where he remained until the termination of the contest, when, after au interview with General Washington, in which these two veterans congratulated each other on arriving at the close of a disastrous war, he evacuated New York, and returned to England.nio 12