A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . length they began to break. Wolfe ordered a bayonetcharge, which he himself led. He was twice wounded, andat length fell with a third and mortal wound. A few minutes afterward he heard theexultant cry, They run ! they run ! Who run? he demanded. The French ! they give way every-where. Go to Colonel Burton, he cried; tell him to march Webbs regimentdown to Charles River to cut off their retreat from the bridge. From chateau de Ramezay. Then he murmured, Now God be ^^^ °^-praised, I will die in peace, and in a few minut
A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . length they began to break. Wolfe ordered a bayonetcharge, which he himself led. He was twice wounded, andat length fell with a third and mortal wound. A few minutes afterward he heard theexultant cry, They run ! they run ! Who run? he demanded. The French ! they give way every-where. Go to Colonel Burton, he cried; tell him to march Webbs regimentdown to Charles River to cut off their retreat from the bridge. From chateau de Ramezay. Then he murmured, Now God be ^^^ °^-praised, I will die in peace, and in a few minutes the lifeof the victor passed away. Fate of Montcalm.—Montcalm had a similar fate. Borneon the tide of retreat toward the city, he was shot throughthe body before the gate was reached. The surgeon toldhim that the wound was mortal. So much the better,he replied : for then I shall not live to see the surrenderof Quebec. Five days afterward the city surrendered, and the colo-nial domain of New France was at an end. End of the War.—An attempt was made in the next year. 168 THE ERA OF COLONIAL WARS. to reconquer Quebec, and a severe battle was fought, butthe siege was raised on the approach of a powerful Englishfleet. Then a strong army marched on Montreal, the lastFrench stronghold, which quickly surrendered. This endedthe conflict. All Canada submitted. England was masterof the continent, with the exception of the French posts onthe Mississippi and the Gulf, from Florida to the Arcticseas. Peace and its Provisions.—There was no more fightingin America, though the war continued abroad. Peace was
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