The siege of Quebec : and the battle of the Plains of Abraham . inding path,which runs up from the shore. The path was broken upby the enemy themselves and barricaded with an abatis ;but about 200 yards to the right there appeared to be aslope in the bank which was thought might answer thepurpose. General Wolfe disclosed a portion of his plan to ColonelBurton on this day in the following letter : Sutherland above carouge, Monday Sept. 10, 1759. Dear Colonel, You perfe6lly understood my meaning in every parti- cular. Gorehams first post is under the hill, where there is a little road running fr
The siege of Quebec : and the battle of the Plains of Abraham . inding path,which runs up from the shore. The path was broken upby the enemy themselves and barricaded with an abatis ;but about 200 yards to the right there appeared to be aslope in the bank which was thought might answer thepurpose. General Wolfe disclosed a portion of his plan to ColonelBurton on this day in the following letter : Sutherland above carouge, Monday Sept. 10, 1759. Dear Colonel, You perfe6lly understood my meaning in every parti- cular. Gorehams first post is under the hill, where there is a little road running from Ballings old quarter up to the river; the way down is very steep, but I believe the troops can march all along the beach from the Point of Levi. I think it is not above a mile and a half or two miles from the batteries. The deserters intelligence in respect to Mons. de Vaudreuils movements agrees in part with our observations ; but it is absolutely impos- sible that the Marquis can have so large a corps; I dont believe that their whole army amounts to that. 1759] ^HE LANDING PLACE DETERMINED 17 number. That De Levi may be gone towards Montrealis likely enougb, and seems to mark our Generals pro-gress : tke more necessity for vigour on our side tosecond his endeavours. Sixteen hundred of our menare upon the South shore, to clean and refresh themsel-ves and their transports; and, indeed, to save the wholearmy, which must have perished if they had remainedforty eight hours longer on board. To morrow the troopsreimbark, the fleet sails up the river a little higher as ifintending to land above upon the north shore, keeping aconvenient distance for the boats and armed vessels tofall down to the Foulon ; and we count (if no accidentof weather or other prevents) to make a powerful effortat that spot about four in the morning of the 13^^. Atten or eleven, or twelve at night, sooner or later, as maybe necessary, of Wednesday the 12*^ we get into ourboats. If we are forced to alter the
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