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Skull of the Marquis de Montcalm.

Alberttyped by the Forbes Company, Boston, from a photograph taken for this work by permission of the reverend Ladies of the Ursuline Convent, Quebec.

The Soldier's coat upon which General Wolfe died on the 13th of Sept., 1759.

Reproduced by permission of General Sir Hugh Gough, V. C., of the Tower of London.

The Sword of General Wolfe.

Collotyped by Hyatt by permission of the Royal United Service. Institution, Whitehall.

Pistol of General Wolfe, (showing mechanism).

Collotyped by Hyatt, London, from a photograph taken by permission of Mrs. E. T. Strong, and Dr. W. R. Fisher.

Major General Wolfe.

Collotyped by Hyatt, from a pencil sketch made at Quebec by Captain Hervey Smith A.D.C., now preserved in the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall.

The Will of General Wolfe.

Collotyped by Hyatt, from the original Document in Somerset House, London, by permission of the Registrar of Wills.

Codicil to General Wolfe's Will.

Collotyped by Hyatt, from the original Document in Somerset House, London, by permission of the Registrar of Wills.

The Death of General Wolfe.

Photogravured by Goupil et Cie., Paris, from an engraving in the possession of M. Philéas Gagnon, Quebec.

Wolfe's Monument, Quebec.

Alberttyped by the Forbes Company, Boston, from a photograph taken for this work by Livernois, Quebec.

Act of Capitulation.

Collotyped by Hyatt, from the original document in the Colonial Office London, by permission of the Colonial Secretary and of the Public Record Office, London.

Proclamation "par Son Excellence Monseigneur Jacques Murray."

Alberttyped by the Forbes Company, Boston, from a photograph of the original in the Hotel Dieu, Quebec.

THE KING'S BASTION

Fierce on this bastion beats the noonday sun;
The city sleeps beneath me, old and grey;

On convent roofs the quivering sunbeams play,
And batteries guarded by dismantled gun.
No breeze comes from the Northern hills which run
Circling the blue mist of the Summer's day ;

No ripple stirs the great stream on it's way
To those dim headlands where it's rest is won.
Ah God! what thunders shook these rocks of yore!
What smoke of battle rolled about this place!
What strife of worlds! What pregnant agony !
Now all is hushed, yet here in dreams once more
We catch the echoes ringing back from space

Of God's strokes forging human history.

FREDERICK GEORGE SCOTT.

The authors desire to acknowledge the valuable co-operation

of Mr. E. T. D. Chambers in the

preparation of this volume.

CHAPTER I.

A

A COUNCIL OF WAR

s a result of the deliberations of the Brigadiers at the time that General Wolfe was indisposed, the base of operations had been transferred from the north to the south shore.

The Brigadiers had set forth in their Plan that it would be a simple task to secure a footing on the North Shore. "There can be no difficulty to effectuate a landing in the "night without the least loss, it may be done anywhere "for an extent of a few leagues, viz. from the height of "St John to Cap Rouge River."

With a plan in hand this no doubt seemed feasible, but they were no sooner in the vicinity of the proposed landing place, than they found innumerable obstacles in their way. Near the mouth of the River Cape Rouge they discovered an excellent spot for the disembarkation of the troops, but to their surprise and annoyance the French had six or eight floating batteries moving to and fro in this direction, and in addition to this they were observed to be throwing up breast works.

Wolfe was anxious to execute some design, for his failure at Montmorency, his illness, the skilful counter movements

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