. The story of the Union Jack; how it grew and what it is, particularly in its connection with the history of Canada. Eng-lish flag, its white ground as well as its redcross, should be retained in the new nationalemblem. Whether heraldically correct or not, therethe broad white band first appeared, and hasever since remained, showing the red cross andwhite ground of St. Georges Jack, combinedwith the white cross and blue ground of theSt. Andrews Jack, into one Union Jack,which was thereafter to be the sole ensign of British rule. It was this two-crossed Union Jack ofQueen Anne which was raised
. The story of the Union Jack; how it grew and what it is, particularly in its connection with the history of Canada. Eng-lish flag, its white ground as well as its redcross, should be retained in the new nationalemblem. Whether heraldically correct or not, therethe broad white band first appeared, and hasever since remained, showing the red cross andwhite ground of St. Georges Jack, combinedwith the white cross and blue ground of theSt. Andrews Jack, into one Union Jack,which was thereafter to be the sole ensign of British rule. It was this two-crossed Union Jack ofQueen Anne which was raised at Plassey, whenClive won India, and at Pondicherry and atSeringapatam. Sir Wm. Johnson raisSd itabove old Fort Niagara* (25) when The last day came, and Bois le GrandBeheld with misty eyesThe flag of France run down the staflF,And that of England rise. —Spina Christi. Kerby. * *The artist would appear to have altered the flag in a sketchwhich he had made the previous year. An escutcheon willbe noted in the centre of the Union. § >- f. H ^ OD 5 y. -. O ^4 ^ o r=: c^ o •^ t^ p5 C5 ^ p J^i^ ^- - H- -J :,T. 122 The Story of the Union Jack. Under it Wolfe stormed Lonlsbicrg, the keyfortress of Cape Breton, and following up hisvictory climbed the Heights, and died victor-ious on the Plains of Abraham (26), when in1759 Quebec was gained and Canada cameunder the realm of British law. The youthful Nelson saw it fly aloft whenhe served as a middy on a British man-of-war,searching for the North Pole, and twenty-fiveyears later when in glorious action he won histitle as Baron Nelson of the Nile. The West Coast of Africa, New SouthWales and Vancouver Island were all addedunder its display, showing how the mariners ofBritain were carrying it far across the distantseas, more distant than now, for those sea-dogs of the sceptred Isles had raised theirnew Union Jack upon the mast, and bravingthe unknown oceans, were sailing their shipswherever billows rolled or winds could waftthem. CH
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