A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . MAHTELLO TOWER ON THE HEIGHTS OF ABRAHAM, WHERE W^OLFE WAS KILLED. WOLFE S GREAT VICTORY. The year 1750 brought decisive success to the English. Knowing thatthey intended to attack Quebec, ]Montcalm drew in his troops to defend thatcity. It therefore was an easy matter for the English to capture Ticonderoga,Crown Point, and Fort Niagara. General Wolfe, one of the very ablest ofEnglish leaders, left Loui
A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . MAHTELLO TOWER ON THE HEIGHTS OF ABRAHAM, WHERE W^OLFE WAS KILLED. WOLFE S GREAT VICTORY. The year 1750 brought decisive success to the English. Knowing thatthey intended to attack Quebec, ]Montcalm drew in his troops to defend thatcity. It therefore was an easy matter for the English to capture Ticonderoga,Crown Point, and Fort Niagara. General Wolfe, one of the very ablest ofEnglish leaders, left Louisburg with a fleet and sailed up the St. Lawrence, WOLFE^ GREAT VICTORY. 83 He tbiiiul the tbrtilications of Quebec at so great an elevation that he could makeno impression upon them. Three months passed in idle waiting and thebesiegers were almost disheartened. Wolfe himself was so distressed by anxiety that he fell ill. The saga-cious Montcalm could not be^ ^n/if^ r(-!,lfc*.^. _^^,m^ uiihu ed to come out .uk. A DUTCH HOUSEHOLD. As seen ill tlie early days in New York. battle, and there seemed noway of reaching him. But the lion-heartedWolfe would not be tienied. He found a path leading up to the Heights ofAbraham, as the plain above was called, and, selecting a mild night in September,his troops floated down the river in their boats and landed at the foot of the night long the English soldiers were clambering up the steep path, dragginga few guns with them, and, when the morning sun rose, it shone on the flashingbayonets of the whole army drawn up in battle array before the walls of Quebec. 84 INTERCOLONIAL WARS—FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. The astonished Montcahn, instead of remaining within the city, marchedhis army out and gave battle. In the figlit both Wolfe and Montcalm werefatally wounded. Wolfe lived long enough to learn that the French were flee-ing before his victorious troops. Now, I can die happy, he said, and shortlyafter expired. When Montcalm was told he
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