. New France and New England. SIR WILLIAM HOWE handles and footholds on that steep precipice. The heightof the climb was a little over two hundred feet, or about thesame as that of Bunker Hill Monument. But at length itwas safely accomplished, and just as the first streaks of dawnglimmered on the eastern horizon, the gallant Howe with hismen leaped upon the summit and scattered the French sen-tinels, who were seized with panic and stood not upon the THE FALL OF QUEBEC 323. GENERAL JAMES WOLFE order of their going. It was still early dawn when the six-teen hundred were drawn up in order on the
. New France and New England. SIR WILLIAM HOWE handles and footholds on that steep precipice. The heightof the climb was a little over two hundred feet, or about thesame as that of Bunker Hill Monument. But at length itwas safely accomplished, and just as the first streaks of dawnglimmered on the eastern horizon, the gallant Howe with hismen leaped upon the summit and scattered the French sen-tinels, who were seized with panic and stood not upon the THE FALL OF QUEBEC 323. GENERAL JAMES WOLFE order of their going. It was still early dawn when the six-teen hundred were drawn up in order on the Plains of Abra-ham. Other boats were following close behind, and by sixoclock three thousand more had climbed the rocky alarm was now spreading in many directions, but it wasa long march for any of the French forces to reach the spotwhere Wolfe stood. When the tidings came to T\T i 1 1 • r 11 ^x-, . Complete Montcalm his countenance fell. This is a very surprise ofserious business, he said, and instantly put a large *^ ^^^^portion of his force under marching orders. Not a momentwas to be lost, for Wolfe on the Heights of Abraham was 324 NEW FRANCE AND NEW ENGLAND in possession of his line of communication. Nothing was tobe done but to go and fight the Enghsh in a position wheredefeat meant destruction. By nine oclock in the morningMontcalm had about five thousand men on the plateau, whileWolfe was waiting for the numbers of the French to reach apoint w
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