. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... t where thefate of Quebec was de-cided the people of Ca-nada have erected, tocommemorate the hero-ism of the conqueror andthe conquered, a noblemonument inscribed withthe names of Wolfe andMontcalm. The French lost fivehundred killed and onethousand prisoners,Avhilethe loss of the Englishwas six hundred in killedand wounded. Five daysafterward, on the eight-eenth of September, thecity and garrison of Que-bec surrendered to Gen-eral Townshend. Thecapture of t
. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... t where thefate of Quebec was de-cided the people of Ca-nada have erected, tocommemorate the hero-ism of the conqueror andthe conquered, a noblemonument inscribed withthe names of Wolfe andMontcalm. The French lost fivehundred killed and onethousand prisoners,Avhilethe loss of the Englishwas six hundred in killedand wounded. Five daysafterward, on the eight-eenth of September, thecity and garrison of Que-bec surrendered to Gen-eral Townshend. Thecapture of this greatstronghold was hailedwith rejoicings in and wereshowered upon Pitt, who modestly put themaside witK ^he reverent remark: I willarm to serve my country; but the more aman is versed in business, the more he findsthe hand of Providence In April, 1760, De Levi, the French commander at Montreal, attacked Quebec with aforce often thousand men, hoping to reduceit before the arrival of reinforcements fromEngland. Murray, the English commander,marched out with three thousand men to. KING GEORGE III. attack him, and in a severe battle on. thetwenty-sixth of April was defeated anddriven back to the city with a loss of onethousand men. The French then laid siege,, to Quebec, but on the ninth of May an 322 THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. English fleet arrived to its relief, and De Leviwas obliged to withdraw to Montreal. In September, Montrealitself was investedby a powerful force under General that there was no hope of resistance,the French commander surrendered the townon the eighth of September, 1760. Withthis capture Canada passed entirely into thehands of the English. Detroit and the otherposts on the lakes were soon given up by theFrench, and the dominion of France inAmerica was confined to the valley of theMississippi. There were no further hostili-ties between the English and French. Important Treaty. The French a
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