. The siege of Quebec and the battle of the Plains of Abraham. ^, which dela3^ed theiroperations until the fifth. Montcalm at the same time,went to reconnoitre and to determine the position he. Jyrom /^t fiuiriiina tn tf}i fiosstsjton of .^U,. it iM^rauts ae Jtytj, jTa Xyatt Ji. 1758] LIFE OF MONTCALM 233 should take for the defense of Fort Carillon by occupyingthe heights that command it. ^^ On the 5*^^ of July, a lovely day, the Knglish armyembarked on 900 bateaux and 135 whale-boats, to the soundof martial music, with hundreds of flags fluttering in themorning breeze and, leaving behind the
. The siege of Quebec and the battle of the Plains of Abraham. ^, which dela3^ed theiroperations until the fifth. Montcalm at the same time,went to reconnoitre and to determine the position he. Jyrom /^t fiuiriiina tn tf}i fiosstsjton of .^U,. it iM^rauts ae Jtytj, jTa Xyatt Ji. 1758] LIFE OF MONTCALM 233 should take for the defense of Fort Carillon by occupyingthe heights that command it. ^^ On the 5*^^ of July, a lovely day, the Knglish armyembarked on 900 bateaux and 135 whale-boats, to the soundof martial music, with hundreds of flags fluttering in themorning breeze and, leaving behind them the ruins ofWilliam Henr}^, sailed on to vi(5lory. The army reached the landing place at the head of theRiver of the Falls, the following morning. Bourlamaquehad his advanced posts there, but he was not strong enoughto risk an engagement. He ordered the bridge at thePortage to be broken, and retreating with his three battal-ions, he joined Montcalm at the Falls, according to thelatters orders. There the five battalions of Berry, Beam,Royal-Roussillon, Guyenne and La Reine, crossed theriver, destroyed the other bridge, and displayed themselvesin battle array on the heights at their lef
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