. Illustrated Quebec, (The Gibraltar and tourists' Mecca of America) Under French and English occupancy : the story of its famous annals; with pen pictures descriptive of te matchless beauty and quaint mediaeval characteristics of the Canadian Gibraltar. French met the first of a series of reverses, in the fall of Louisbourg, at which Wolfe, the most interestingfigure in the militarj history of the time, greatly distinguished himself. Then followed, in succession,the surrender or abandonment of Fort du Qucsne, in the Ohio Valley, PVontenac (Kingston) on Lake 40 Ontario, Crown Point and Ticonde
. Illustrated Quebec, (The Gibraltar and tourists' Mecca of America) Under French and English occupancy : the story of its famous annals; with pen pictures descriptive of te matchless beauty and quaint mediaeval characteristics of the Canadian Gibraltar. French met the first of a series of reverses, in the fall of Louisbourg, at which Wolfe, the most interestingfigure in the militarj history of the time, greatly distinguished himself. Then followed, in succession,the surrender or abandonment of Fort du Qucsne, in the Ohio Valley, PVontenac (Kingston) on Lake 40 Ontario, Crown Point and Ticonderoga, on Lake Champlain, and finallythe French were swept from the Lakes, and Destiny closed in iiprm Montcalthe spirited siege of Que-bec. \ery menacing tothe French must ha\-ebeen the combined landand sea force Wolfebrought with him to at-tempt the capture of theall-but-impregnaljle Wolfe, now General of the Forces of tinSt. Lawrence, came li:-brigadiers — Monckton,Townshend and Murray:and in command of thefleet were Admiral-Saunders and HolmesThey appeared beforeQuebec at the end ofJune, 1759. Disembark-ing his army of 7,000 or8,000 men on the Isle ofOrleans, but presently Niagara,m in the Withlast act theseof the disastersdrama—. STREET, EXTRA MUROS. LOOKI-Xi. ^l 41
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