Young folks' story of our country; a thrilling and accurate history of America, told in the simple language of childhood .. . Am-hersts troops could not co-operatewith Wolfe, because vessels had not been provided to carry them down LakeCham-plain. On the 26th of June, General Wolfe arrived in the St. Law-rence,opposite the Isle of Or-leans. He had with him 8,000 troops and a fleet of 22ships (A the line, besides frigates and smaller vessels. This immense fleet hadentire command of the river; and Wolfe found it easy to erect batteries onPoint Le-vi, opposite Que-bec. The city was composed of tw
Young folks' story of our country; a thrilling and accurate history of America, told in the simple language of childhood .. . Am-hersts troops could not co-operatewith Wolfe, because vessels had not been provided to carry them down LakeCham-plain. On the 26th of June, General Wolfe arrived in the St. Law-rence,opposite the Isle of Or-leans. He had with him 8,000 troops and a fleet of 22ships (A the line, besides frigates and smaller vessels. This immense fleet hadentire command of the river; and Wolfe found it easy to erect batteries onPoint Le-vi, opposite Que-bec. The city was composed of two parts, theupper and the lower town. Wolfes guns easily destroyed the houses alongthe river, but could do no harm to the citadel in the upper town. For milesabove the city the rocks rose high above the river bank, and every landingplar« at their foot seemed to be guarded by cannon or floating batteries. The lower side of the city was protected by the rivers St. Charles andMont-mo-ren-ci, and between these the French had an intrenched camp. Inthe month of July, Wolfe crossed the St. Law-rence with a portion of his 105. ADDRESSING THE PEOPLE. THE ENGLISH VICTORIOUS. 107 army and attacked these intrenchments^ but was repulsed with the loss of 500men. To crown his disappointment, no help came from the Ni-ag-a-ra ex-pedition nor from Am-herst, and he himself, sick with a slow fever, was left,with his diminished army, to gain Oue-bec as he could. The Plains orHeights of A-bra-ham lay west of the city, and there was a narrow path uptheir face scarce wide enough for two men abreast, leading from a smallcove on the river. By this path, Wolfe, under the advice of his officers, de-termined to ascend with his army to the plains. He first sailed up the riverseveral miles above the landing place, now known as Wolfes Cove, Sep-tem-ber 12. That night, flat-bottomed boats, containing the soldiers, droppeddown the river and landed them at the cove. Slowly they climbed to the top,and early in t
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