. A history of the United States for secondary schools . ^ ?*//, IRTISH^ .^fBE^CH IV oREoi: •* ^^ fr{-As^ ADMIRAL -^ . Launders s J, i P<J OrUa ^o^. ???&<. PLAN OF THE SIEGE OF QUEBEC. 1 ceived mortal wounds in the fight. The former diedon the field, in the moment that he knew it to be won;the latter expired the next day. Before this most fatal of all possible blows to the powerof France in America had been struck, and while Wolfewas still sparring with his antagonist for the chance to de-liver it, General Amherst (who had been in command atthe taking of Louisbourg, in the previous year)
. A history of the United States for secondary schools . ^ ?*//, IRTISH^ .^fBE^CH IV oREoi: •* ^^ fr{-As^ ADMIRAL -^ . Launders s J, i P<J OrUa ^o^. ???&<. PLAN OF THE SIEGE OF QUEBEC. 1 ceived mortal wounds in the fight. The former diedon the field, in the moment that he knew it to be won;the latter expired the next day. Before this most fatal of all possible blows to the powerof France in America had been struck, and while Wolfewas still sparring with his antagonist for the chance to de-liver it, General Amherst (who had been in command atthe taking of Louisbourg, in the previous year) led i i,ooo ^ From Miless History of Canada, reproduced in WinsorsAmerica, v. 542. ISO COLONIAL DEVELOPMENT. men against forts Ticonderoga and Crown Point, and forced the French to abandon both. Fort French Niagara, at the point where the river Niagara reverses. ^ . x i ^ • i i i i ^ flows into Lake Ontario, had been surrendered toan expedition sent against it in July, and this compelleda quick retreat of garrisons from Venango, Le Boeuf, andPresque Isle. All the French posts farther west werecut off. A hopeless fight was kept up in other quartersuntil
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