A history of the United States for schools . 0 British and colonial troops, thelargest army yet assembled in America, assaulted Ticon-deroga, but was terribly defeated by Montcalm. This was the last important French victory. Withprodigious exertions, about 50,000 English troops hadbeen raised, — half of them British, half Amer- Turn ofican, —and great things began to be done. In ^^ ^^July, we captured Louisburg again, and, in November,we captured Fort Duquesne and changed its name toFort Pitt; since thenit has come to be thecity of Pittsburgh, stillbearing the name ofthe great
A history of the United States for schools . 0 British and colonial troops, thelargest army yet assembled in America, assaulted Ticon-deroga, but was terribly defeated by Montcalm. This was the last important French victory. Withprodigious exertions, about 50,000 English troops hadbeen raised, — half of them British, half Amer- Turn ofican, —and great things began to be done. In ^^ ^^July, we captured Louisburg again, and, in November,we captured Fort Duquesne and changed its name toFort Pitt; since thenit has come to be thecity of Pittsburgh, stillbearing the name ofthe great Washingtontook part in this affairand added to his repu-tation. The next year, 1759,saw the great struggledecided. In July, theEnglish took Forts Ni-agara and youthful GeneralWolfe spent the sum-mer in fruitless attempts to take Quebec, where Mont-calm was ensconced with 7,000 men. The place wasnowhere open to a land attack except upon the north- ^ After a print in Enticks History of the Late War, London, 1764, iv. 174 COLONIZATION OF NORTH AMERICA. Ch. IX. west side, where the precipice was so steep as to be„ „ deemed inaccessible. At length, Wolfe found How Wolfe , , , . * .,1 captured a place whcrc his men with herculean toil couldec. climb this bluff. It was done under cover ofdarkness, and, on the morning of the 13th of September,the astonished Montcalm beheld an English force 5,000strong confronting him upon the Heights of the battle which followed, the French were totally de-feated. At the decisive moment, the two heroic command-ers were borne from the field with mortal wounds, and as life ebbed away,each said his briefand touching wordswhich will never beforgotten. Now,God be praised, Iwill die in peace,said Wolfe ; ThankGod, I shall not liveto see Quebec sur-rendered, said thefaithful Frenchman. The surrender ofQuebec, which tookplace a few days later,decided the fate of Canada. But the Seven Years Wardid not come to an end unt
Size: 1457px × 1714px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookpublisherbostonhoughtonmiff
