Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . thout obstruction. Montcalm, the French commander-in-chief, a brave offi-cer, immediately encamped with a numerous army, composed of regular troops,militia, and Indians, along the shore to the banks of the Montmorenci, a riverwhich literally falls into the St. Lawrence, about seven miles below rightly judged that Wolfe Would
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . thout obstruction. Montcalm, the French commander-in-chief, a brave offi-cer, immediately encamped with a numerous army, composed of regular troops,militia, and Indians, along the shore to the banks of the Montmorenci, a riverwhich literally falls into the St. Lawrence, about seven miles below rightly judged that Wolfe Would try to land below, and not above the fire-ships were sent floating down the river, and nothing could havesaved the English fleet and transports, if the sailors, with daring courage, hadnot boarded the burning vessels, and towed them on shore, left them to blazeaway harmless till they burned to the waters edge. The attempt was madetwice, and each time failed in the same manner. Wolfe landed, and tried tocross the Montmorenci above the falls, in the face of the French army, but wasdriven back, with a loss of five hundred men, and many brave officers. This defeat mortified the young hero so severely as to bring on a fever; but JAMES WOLFE, 303. 304 JAMES WOLFE. though he was greatly reduced by his illness, his anxiety to ret?it,re his reversedoubtless strung his mind to that pitch of determination which enabled him toaccomplish his object. The English took possession of Point Levi, oppositeQuebec ; and the fleet sailed past the city without damage. Montcalm deemedhimself perfectly secure above the city, never imagining that Wolfe wouldeffect a landing. He therefore only placed a numerous line of sentinels alongthe summit of the steep and rocky banks. Time was now becoming preciousto Wolfe; it was the beginning of the month of September, and a Canadianwinter was not far distant. After anxious searching, he selected a little inden-tation of the bank, rather more than
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