Public school history of England and Canada, with introduction, hints to teachers, and brief examination questions . Lake Country and Westben Forts. officer was not accustomed to bush warfare, was killed and thesurvivors of the expedition were saved from destruc-tion by the skill and bravery of Washington, who fS^^^n Fortaccompanied the column. Dismay seized the British du Quesne .,.,., 1T-VT- ^^^ death of colonies on learnmg of this disaster, though Jinglisn Generalsuccesses in other parts of the continent, in some ^^^ 175^measure, atoned for Braddocks defeat Beausejourhad fallen before an ex
Public school history of England and Canada, with introduction, hints to teachers, and brief examination questions . Lake Country and Westben Forts. officer was not accustomed to bush warfare, was killed and thesurvivors of the expedition were saved from destruc-tion by the skill and bravery of Washington, who fS^^^n Fortaccompanied the column. Dismay seized the British du Quesne .,.,., 1T-VT- ^^^ death of colonies on learnmg of this disaster, though Jinglisn Generalsuccesses in other parts of the continent, in some ^^^ 175^measure, atoned for Braddocks defeat Beausejourhad fallen before an expeditionary force sent out from Massachu-setts, while Dieskau was routed and made a prisoner near LakeGeorge by Colonel, (afterwards Sir William,) Johnson, in com-mand of the colonial militia and a band of Mohawk 164 PUBLIC SCHOOL CANADIAN HISTORY. [Chap. II. 9. Capture of Quebec—For a while the advantage in the strug-gle in North America was on the side of France, though the pre-ponderance of population was vastly on the side of the Englishcolonies. Louis XV. had one general in Canada worthy of thegallant race from which he had sprung, and who strenuously endeav-oured to uphold the fortunes of his country. This was the Mar-quis DE Montcalm, a cultured andfar-seeing French nobleman, whoseabihty and enthusiasm in the profes-sion of arms had procured for himthe chief military command in Can-ada, and who was now seeking toexpel the English from the colonialpossessions of France on the conti-nent. But unfortunately for his coun-try, Montcalm was ill-supported byOld France, and his difficulties wereMarquis de Montcalm. increased by the maladministration of affairs in the colony. Despite these drawbacks, he was forsome years, however, the means of protracting the gallant strugglein America, and of
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