. Our colonial history from the discovery of America to the close of the revolution. ar successfully. He appointed able officers to carry out his orders. In 1758, Washington conducted an ex-pedition against Fort Duquesne, and this time the stronghold was captured. Its name was changed to Fort Pitt, and the village at that place became known as Pittsburgh. In the same year Louisburg was captured. Ticonderoga and CrownPoint were also taken,and the French were driven back intoCanada. 153. The Fall of Quebec—GeneralWolfe, who had command of the Englishforces, now proceeded up the St. Law-rence riv
. Our colonial history from the discovery of America to the close of the revolution. ar successfully. He appointed able officers to carry out his orders. In 1758, Washington conducted an ex-pedition against Fort Duquesne, and this time the stronghold was captured. Its name was changed to Fort Pitt, and the village at that place became known as Pittsburgh. In the same year Louisburg was captured. Ticonderoga and CrownPoint were also taken,and the French were driven back intoCanada. 153. The Fall of Quebec—GeneralWolfe, who had command of the Englishforces, now proceeded up the St. Law-rence river to lay siege to Quebec. Onaccount of its position on a high rock thiswas one of the strongest fortresses in theworld. For months the English were unable to make an attack upon the citadel. At last Wolfe discovered a place where his men could climb the bluff. One night -^il^^^K^1 in the fall of 1759 they rowed with muffled oars to the foot of the pathway that had been discovered. All night long the English army climbed this steep path-way to the top of the hill General General Montcalm, 132 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ENGLISH SUPREMACY liST AMERICA In the morning, Montcalm, the French commander, wassurprised to find an Enghsh force of several thousand menbefore him. The French did not wait to be attacked, butcame forth and gave battle upon the great plain called theHeights of Abraham. The battle was short and the Frenchwere totally defeated.
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