Essentials of United States history . The Marquis de Montcalm. 96 ESSENTIALS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY had the spirit and the courage of a hero. He neither shunnedhardships nor feared death, and his soldiers adored him. In the early summer of 1759, Wolfe and his army of tenthousand men arrived at the Gulf of St. Lawrence in fortyWolfe be- ships. The French, believing that the river wasfore Quebec. not navigable for large vessels, had declared thatno man-of-war could get up to Quebec. But the English,by means of captured Canadian pilots and by their own skillin navigation, sailed up the river, t
Essentials of United States history . The Marquis de Montcalm. 96 ESSENTIALS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY had the spirit and the courage of a hero. He neither shunnedhardships nor feared death, and his soldiers adored him. In the early summer of 1759, Wolfe and his army of tenthousand men arrived at the Gulf of St. Lawrence in fortyWolfe be- ships. The French, believing that the river wasfore Quebec. not navigable for large vessels, had declared thatno man-of-war could get up to Quebec. But the English,by means of captured Canadian pilots and by their own skillin navigation, sailed up the river, to the great dismay of the. The Heights of Quebec French. The latter, however, believed that Quebec, perchedhigh on its steep cliffs, was impregnable, and they sent wordto General Wolfe, after he had captured Point Levi acrossthe river and was able to cover the city with his guns, Youmay demolish the town, no doubt, but you shall never getinside it. With equal firmness Wolfe replied, I will haveQuebec if I stay here till the end of November. 105. The Plains of Abraham. Week after week went byand Quebec seemed as far from capture as ever. Wolfe hadbeen very sick, but during his illness he perfected his plans so THE STRUGGLE FOR AMERICA 97 that when health returned he begged his physician to put himin such condition that he might be without pain for a fewdays and able to do his duty. In the stillness of a dark night,September 12, 1759, while the fleet deceived the French intothinking that an assault was to be made below, the armyadvanced up the river to a point above the town. At thevery place where the French had
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