The life and letters of James Wolfe . er at low water; andit will be proper to establish ourselves with small entrenchedposts from the point of Levi to La Chaudiere. It is the busi-ness of our naval force to be masters of the river, both aboveand below the town. If I find that the enemy is strong,audacious, and well commanded, I shall proceed with the utmostcaution and circumspection, giving Mr. Amherst time to use hissuperiority. If they are timid, weak, and ignorant, we shallpush them with more vivacity, that we may be able before thesummer is gone to assist the Commander-in-Chief.^ I reckon
The life and letters of James Wolfe . er at low water; andit will be proper to establish ourselves with small entrenchedposts from the point of Levi to La Chaudiere. It is the busi-ness of our naval force to be masters of the river, both aboveand below the town. If I find that the enemy is strong,audacious, and well commanded, I shall proceed with the utmostcaution and circumspection, giving Mr. Amherst time to use hissuperiority. If they are timid, weak, and ignorant, we shallpush them with more vivacity, that we may be able before thesummer is gone to assist the Commander-in-Chief.^ I reckon weshall have a smart action at the passage of the river St. Charles,unless we can steal a detachment up the river St. Lawrence, andland them three, four, five miles, or more, above the town, andget time to entrench so strongly that they wont care to General Amherst can manage to have a superiority of A pilot station 170 miles from Quebec. 2 He found the enemy strong and well commanded/ and tlie audacitywas chiefly his )ji;ii.;AiiiKi;-(;KNKi;AL jiun. i;ui;>:kt .mum-ktunFrom the portrall by Benjamin West I HIS PERSONAL EXAMPLE 429 naval force upon the Lake Chaniplain (as he proposes), all thetroops within the entrenchments and fort of Ticonderoga willprobably be soon obliged to lay down their arms. The leastconduct there, or the least spirit of enterprise on our side, wouldhave finished the war last year. It is impossible to conceivehow poorly the engineering business was carried on here. Thisplace could not have held out ten days if it had been attackedwith common sense. The army under my command is rathertoo small for the undertaking, but it is well composed. Thetroops are firm, and were brought into fire at this siege. Thosethat were with me are most excellent pioneers. If the Frenchhad had twenty sail of men-of-war in the harbour (as theyintended), and had not gone out early to fight Mr. Boscawen,they nnist have been all destroyed. If they can collect asuf
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