. A history of the United States. g orFort Duquesne. This was Quebec,their oldest settlement. Montcalm and Wolfe; Fall ofQuebec, 1759. — The French com-mander at Quebec was the Marquisde Montcalm, the governor of NewFrance. To increase his troops hepressed into service boys of fifteenand men of eighty. Indians werecalled from far and wide. For theattack Pitt sent General James Montcalm and Wolfe were menof unusual ability. Montcalm hadone advantage, the position of Quebec, which made it almostunassailable. For nearly three months Wolfe watched before Quebec,trying to find a weak pla
. A history of the United States. g orFort Duquesne. This was Quebec,their oldest settlement. Montcalm and Wolfe; Fall ofQuebec, 1759. — The French com-mander at Quebec was the Marquisde Montcalm, the governor of NewFrance. To increase his troops hepressed into service boys of fifteenand men of eighty. Indians werecalled from far and wide. For theattack Pitt sent General James Montcalm and Wolfe were menof unusual ability. Montcalm hadone advantage, the position of Quebec, which made it almostunassailable. For nearly three months Wolfe watched before Quebec,trying to find a weak place in Montcalms fine of attack that he made was easily repulsed. But Mont-calm had posted most of his army to guard the more dis-tant approaches, thinking the heights immediately above thecity, rising in a wall from 250 to 350 feet, could be easilydefended. He once said that a hundred men posted therewould stop the whole English army. Wolfe discovered azigzag path up the side about a mile and a half from the British Soldier THE ENGLISH TAKE QUEBEC 159 Volunteers attempted this path one dark night in surprised the guards stationed at the top. By morn-ing 4,000 men were in possession of the heights, or Plains ofAbraham, as they are commonly called. Montcalm immediately advanced to the attack. The Brit-ish did not fire until the French were within forty French first wavered, then fled, and Montcalm couldnot rally them. Both he and Wolfe were mortally days later Quebec surrendered. Only Montreal wasnow left in the hands of the French, and it surrendered thenext year.
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