The life and letters of James Wolfe . 1 n mRoyal Roussillon J BrdggsU ? Sillery Ufsursbcwyp ^Grenadiers jj B I MontreaJ. PLAX or THE BATTLE OF QUEBEC The hands of the great clock in the Basilica pointed to fiveminutes past ten when the French advanced with loud shouts, andat about two hundred yards distance began firing obliquely towardsthe extremities of the British line. The rain had ceased, althoughthe sky was still lowering. Wolfe had given the strictest ordei-s A TEKRIBLE VOLLEY 493 that not a single shot of the enem}* w as to be returned, but withshouldered arms as if on parade the Briti
The life and letters of James Wolfe . 1 n mRoyal Roussillon J BrdggsU ? Sillery Ufsursbcwyp ^Grenadiers jj B I MontreaJ. PLAX or THE BATTLE OF QUEBEC The hands of the great clock in the Basilica pointed to fiveminutes past ten when the French advanced with loud shouts, andat about two hundred yards distance began firing obliquely towardsthe extremities of the British line. The rain had ceased, althoughthe sky was still lowering. Wolfe had given the strictest ordei-s A TEKRIBLE VOLLEY 493 that not a single shot of the enem}* w as to be returned, but withshouldered arms as if on parade the British hnes stood grim andsilent, a triumph of one mans superb discipline. WTien a soldierreceived a bullet and dropped, his fellows closed ranks like somany machines. Wolfe himself was shot in the wrist, but hastilybinding a handkerchief about the wound, which must have beenagonizing as the tendons had been severed, he moved alone thefront ranks, exhorting them to be steady—to stand firm. Theenemy was less than forty yards away after pouring in a fall firstbroadside. The moment for the British had come. Present—fi
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