. A history of Canada and of the other British provinces of North America . adjoining Mountain, or Mont Royal, so styled by Jacques was devastated by the Iroquois in 1689; capitulated to theEnglish in 1760; taken by the Americans under General QtTESTioxs.—To what does Chapter xv. refer? Give a sketch of Quebecand of its vicissitudes in war. What is said of Beauport Flats? For wha*Is Ste. Foye noted? Sketch the military history of the city of Moijtres^l^ CHAP. XV.] FAMOUS BATTLE-CiaOTJNDS. 169 Montgomery, in 1775, and restored in 1776 when tlie Ame-Ficana were forced to retire with t
. A history of Canada and of the other British provinces of North America . adjoining Mountain, or Mont Royal, so styled by Jacques was devastated by the Iroquois in 1689; capitulated to theEnglish in 1760; taken by the Americans under General QtTESTioxs.—To what does Chapter xv. refer? Give a sketch of Quebecand of its vicissitudes in war. What is said of Beauport Flats? For wha*Is Ste. Foye noted? Sketch the military history of the city of Moijtres^l^ CHAP. XV.] FAMOUS BATTLE-CiaOTJNDS. 169 Montgomery, in 1775, and restored in 1776 when tlie Ame-Ficana were forced to retire with their army from Canada, 5. Isle-aux-NoiXj in the Ri-chelieu river,commands theentrance toLake Cham-plain; it wasfortified by theFrench on theirretreat fromCrown Point in1759; captured by the English 3-Jil760j taken ^^i^^^^^^^by the Ameri-cans in 1775(from hence(heyissued theirproclamation tothe Canadians);and it renderedimportant ser-vice in the warof 1812-14. 6. St. Johns,RicJielieu river,at the foot ofthe navigablewaters of LakeChamplain, hadbeen occupiedby the French. Monument erected at Ste. Toye in 18G3. previous to 1749, but was fortified by Montcalm in 1758; ilwas taken by the English; again fortified and enlarged by SirGuy Carleton; captured by the Americans in 1775, and re-tained by them until they were forced to retire from Canada, in1776. It was the point of rendezvous for Burgoynea army,previous to his ill-fated expedition, which terminated so disas-trously at Saratoga, in 1777. (See pages 137 and 140.) QiTESTiONs.—TThat monument was erected at Ste. Foye in October 1863 FWhat i3 shown in the engraving? How did it get its name? Whatbattlear§re fought there? Where is the Isle aux Koix? For what l3 it notea? 170 HIS»^iiY OF CANADA. [Past III 7. FoTt Chambly^ the third important military poet on theRichelieu river, 12 miles from St. Johns, was originally builtof wood and named St. Louis, by M. de Chambly, a retiredcaptain of the regiment of Carignan-Saheres. It was
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