A history of the United States for Catholic schools . w Yorkas well as New England exposed to French invasion. Thefirst expedition against Ticonderoga, in command of GeneralAbercrombie suffered a disastrous defeat OAving to the ineffi-ciency of its commander, who tarried in the rear while thebattle raged in front. One year after the disgraceful defeatof Abercrombie a large army of English under General Am-herst compelled the French to evacuate both Ticonderoga andCrown Point. In 1757 Montcalm had swept down from Canada and cap-tured the British fort, William Henry, at the head of Lake INTER-CO
A history of the United States for Catholic schools . w Yorkas well as New England exposed to French invasion. Thefirst expedition against Ticonderoga, in command of GeneralAbercrombie suffered a disastrous defeat OAving to the ineffi-ciency of its commander, who tarried in the rear while thebattle raged in front. One year after the disgraceful defeatof Abercrombie a large army of English under General Am-herst compelled the French to evacuate both Ticonderoga andCrown Point. In 1757 Montcalm had swept down from Canada and cap-tured the British fort, William Henry, at the head of Lake INTER-COLONIAL WARS 143 George. He i^romised the British troops that he would safe-guard their retreat to Fort Edward, but ou leaving the fort,the English troops were attacked by the Indians. Some sixtyor seventy were massacred despite Montcalms attempts to re-strain his savage allies. 206. Fort Niagara. This fort, situated on the portage be-tween lakes Erie and Ontario, protected the great fur tradeof the upper Lakes and the West. It finally surrendered to. FORT NIAGARA the English under Sir William Johnson, who was aided by hisfriends, the Iroquois Indians. 207. The Fall of Quebec. Quebec, the strongest fortificationin Canada, controlled the navigation of the St. Lawrence andlargely decided the possession of that province. This last andmost important point, commanded by the able General Mont-calm, was finall}^ captured by the gallant General Wolfe aftera desperate battle. 144 A HISTORY OP THE UNITED STATES Qiipbec was a strongly fortified place. The only way theEnglish could gain access to it was to scale a high and almostperpendicular rock. Wolfe at last found a steep pathwayleading to the summit of the fortress. Over this he succeededin getting his army to the Plains of Abraham, where he sur-prised and captured the garrison. Both brave generals wereslain,—Wolfe, rejoicing in his dying breath that the victorywas his, and Montcalm thankful that he would not surviveto see the surren
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