Montcalm and Wolfe, Volum 2Little, Brown, 1884 |
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Side 2
... reached New York on the last day of August , and heard that the French had withdrawn . He never- theless sent his troops up the Hudson , thinking , he says , that he might still attack Ticonderoga ; a wild scheme , which he soon ...
... reached New York on the last day of August , and heard that the French had withdrawn . He never- theless sent his troops up the Hudson , thinking , he says , that he might still attack Ticonderoga ; a wild scheme , which he soon ...
Side 12
... reached a point nearly west of the mountain that bears his name . The rough and rocky ground was buried four feet in snow , and all around stood the gray trunks of the for- est , bearing aloft their skeleton arms and tangled intricacy ...
... reached a point nearly west of the mountain that bears his name . The rough and rocky ground was buried four feet in snow , and all around stood the gray trunks of the for- est , bearing aloft their skeleton arms and tangled intricacy ...
Side 14
... reached Lake George , not without fresh losses , and after two days of misery regained Fort Edward with the remnant of his band . The enemy on their part suffered heavily , the chief loss falling on the In- dians ; who , to revenge ...
... reached Lake George , not without fresh losses , and after two days of misery regained Fort Edward with the remnant of his band . The enemy on their part suffered heavily , the chief loss falling on the In- dians ; who , to revenge ...
Side 16
... reached them in time to save them from the clutches of the Indians , whose camps were near at hand . They were ... reaching Fort Edward , made a detailed report of the fight , which was printed in the New Hampshire Gazette and other ...
... reached them in time to save them from the clutches of the Indians , whose camps were near at hand . They were ... reaching Fort Edward , made a detailed report of the fight , which was printed in the New Hampshire Gazette and other ...
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... to breakfast and warm themselves . In the afternoon they reached Ste . Anne - de - la - Pérade , when Bigot gave them a supper at the house in which he lodged , and they spent the evening at 1753. ] 19 A PARTY OF PLEASURE .
... to breakfast and warm themselves . In the afternoon they reached Ste . Anne - de - la - Pérade , when Bigot gave them a supper at the house in which he lodged , and they spent the evening at 1753. ] 19 A PARTY OF PLEASURE .
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Side 398 - When he talks of being responsible to the People, he talks the language of the House of Commons; forgets that, at this Board, he is only responsible to the King. However, though he may possibly have convinced himself of his infallibility, still it remains that we should be equally convinced, before we can resign our understandings to his direction, or join with him in the measure he proposes.
Side 287 - St.-Denis, which, swollen by the late rains, fell plashing in the stillness over a rock. Other than this no sound could reach the strained ear of Wolfe but the gurgle of the tide and the cautious climbing of his advance-parties as they mounted the steeps at some little distance from where he sat listening. At length from the top came a sound of musket-shots, followed by loud huzzas, and he knew that his men were masters of the position. The word was given ; the troops leaped from the boats and scaled...
Side 262 - L'Ange Gardien, Chateau Richer, and St. Joachim were wasted with fire and sword. Night after night the garrison of Quebec could see the light of burning houses as far down as the mountain of Cape Tourmente. Near St. Joachim there was a severe skirmish, followed by atrocious cruelties. Captain Alexander Montgomery, of the forty-third regiment, who commanded the detachment, and who has been most unjustly confounded with the revolutionary general, Richard Montgomery, ordered the prisoners to be shot...
Side 296 - English right, though the attacking column was broken to pieces, a fire was still kept up, chiefly, it seems, by sharpshooters from the bushes and cornfields, where they had lain for an hour or more. Here Wolfe himself led the charge, at the head of the Louisbourg grenadiers. A shot shattered his wrist. He wrapped his handkerchief about it and kept on. Another shot struck him, and he still advanced, when a third lodged in his breast. He staggered, and sat on the ground. Lieutenant Brown, of the grenadiers,...
Side 286 - Gentlemen," he said, as his recital ended, " I would rather have written those lines than take Quebec." None were there to tell him that the hero is greater than the poet. As they neared their destination, the tide bore them in towards the shore, and the mighty wall of rock and forest towered in darkness on their left.
Side 270 - I found myself so ill, and am still so weak, that I begged the general officers to consult together for the public utility.
Side 422 - That we were, wilfully or ignorantly, deceived by our interpreter in regard to the word assassination, I do aver, and will to my dying moment ; so will every officer who was present. The interpreter was a Dutchman, little acquainted with the English tongue, therefore might not advert to the tone and meaning of the word in English ; but whatever his motives were for so doing, certain it is, we called it the death, or the loss, of the Sieur Jumonville.
Side 423 - That we were wilfully or ignorantly deceived by our interpreter in regard to the word assassination I do aver, and will to my dying moment ; so will every officer that was present. The interpreter was a Dutchman little acquainted with the English tongue, therefore might not advert to the tone and meaning of the word in English ; but, whatever his motives for so doing, certain it is that he called it the death or the loss of the Sieur Jumonville.
Side 296 - When the smoke rose, a miserable sight was revealed ; the ground cumbered with dead and wounded, the advancing masses stopped short and turned into a frantic mob, shouting, cursing, gesticulating. The order was given to charge. Then over the field rose the British cheer, mixed with the fierce yell of the Highland slogan. Some of the corps pushed forward with the bayonet ; some advanced firing. The clansmen drew their broadswords and dashed on, keen and swift as bloodhounds. At the English right,...