Essentials of United States history . he support of thevictors. Once more the frontiers were drenched in blood. 103. William Pitt. — In June 1757, William Pitt, the famous English statesman, be-came secretary of state forforeign affairs. With him im-mediately a new order camein. lie raised a larger army,selected new commanders, andso aroused the zeal of the colo-nists that they responded withmoney and with men. Gen-eral Abercrombie was placedin command of an army whichnumbered fifty thousand regu- Wiluam Pitt. Karl of Chatham. lgJ an(J (.()](),lial troops. Again three expeditions were arranged
Essentials of United States history . he support of thevictors. Once more the frontiers were drenched in blood. 103. William Pitt. — In June 1757, William Pitt, the famous English statesman, be-came secretary of state forforeign affairs. With him im-mediately a new order camein. lie raised a larger army,selected new commanders, andso aroused the zeal of the colo-nists that they responded withmoney and with men. Gen-eral Abercrombie was placedin command of an army whichnumbered fifty thousand regu- Wiluam Pitt. Karl of Chatham. lgJ an(J (.()](),lial troops. Again three expeditions were arranged: one against FortTiconderoga on Lake Champlain, another against Cape Bretonr! Island, and the third against fort Duquesne. At \-- a III pa 1 g 11 b of 1757 and Ticonderoga no decisive victory was won by eitherI758- side. The English captured Cape Breton. The French abandoned and burned Fori Duquesne. On its sitethe British erected a new fortification and named it FortPitt. Moreover, three campaigns were planned for the year. THE STRUGGLE FOR AMERICA 95 Montcalm. 1758. General Amherst was to make another attempt tocapture Ticonderoga; General Prideaux (Pre-do) was to leadan expedition against Fort Niagara, and General JamesWolfe was to attack Quebec itself. Montcalm realized that the results at Quebec would decidethe outcome of the was Canada in a stateso critical and full of peril, wrote the bishop of Quebec to the peopleof his parishes. Every Cana-dian who could carry a gun,the boy of fifteen and the oldman of eighty, was pressedinto service. The French com-mander withdrew so manytroops from the forts in theinterior that when Amherstarrived at Ticonderoga andPrideaux at Niagara, bothplaces fell into their hands, but not in time for them to giveaid to Wolfe at Quebec. 104. The Battle of Quebec. — Meanwhile General Wolfehad been making thorough preparations for the siege ofQuebec. He had been given the power to appoint his ownofficers, and had made his sele
Size: 1500px × 1665px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublishernewyo, bookyear1906
