An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . h army. Ihesame thing happened at Crown Point. Fort Niagara was besiegedby. General Prideaux on the 6th July; but he being killed, the command devolved on Sir William Johnson, who gained a battle over thegarrison in an open field chosen by themselves. After xhis they r<?-tired to their works, and on the 25th capitulated. Meanwhile Wolfe embarked at Louisbourg with eight thousan
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . h army. Ihesame thing happened at Crown Point. Fort Niagara was besiegedby. General Prideaux on the 6th July; but he being killed, the command devolved on Sir William Johnson, who gained a battle over thegarrison in an open field chosen by themselves. After xhis they r<?-tired to their works, and on the 25th capitulated. Meanwhile Wolfe embarked at Louisbourg with eight thousandmen, and landing before Quebec offered General Montcalm was accepted, and the English were defeated. Not discouraged,Wolfe landed his men [September 3^ at Point Levi, and determinedto scale the heights of Abraham, hitherto considered the following morning the astonished Montcalm beheld his enemydrawn up in battle array on the mountain. But with the courageof a noble nature, he determined to march out and give battle. Thedisposition of the armies was masterly, and the action worthy of thetwo greatest generals in America. At its commencement, Wolfe was QUEBEC TAKEN BY THE ENGLISH. 309. DEATH OF GENERAL -WOLFE wounded in the wrist, and nr,t long afterwards in the body; but hestill cheered on his men until a third ball pierced his breast, and hewas conveyed to the rear. Monckton, second in command, also this time the French centre was broken ; and the Highlanders,rushing forward whh drawn swords, completed the rout. When inthe agonies of death Wolfe was told that the enemy were flying, heexclaimed—I die content. Some time after, his gallant antagonist,Montcalm, also mortally wounded, expired, expressing his satisfactionthat he would not live to see the surrender of Quebec. The cityimmediately capitulated. Next year Montreal was taken, with all itsdependencies; and henceforth Canada was a British province. Thisvictory closed the war in America
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