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Side xv
... tion was a wise one , at least until it had been dis- covered that ships could pass above the town . The Island of Orleans was a convenient position for a hospital and stores ; from the Lévis batteries he could perpetually harass the ...
... tion was a wise one , at least until it had been dis- covered that ships could pass above the town . The Island of Orleans was a convenient position for a hospital and stores ; from the Lévis batteries he could perpetually harass the ...
Side xvi
... tion with the fleet . But what I feared most was that , if we should land between the town and the river Cap Rouge , the body first landed could not be reinforced before they were attacked by the enemy's whole army . Notwithstanding ...
... tion with the fleet . But what I feared most was that , if we should land between the town and the river Cap Rouge , the body first landed could not be reinforced before they were attacked by the enemy's whole army . Notwithstanding ...
Side xviii
... tion of fact . Wolfe had recognized the seeming im- practicability of a descent in force above the town . When the brigadiers made their forceful recom- mendation he accepted their proposal , and then vig- orously formulated his own ...
... tion of fact . Wolfe had recognized the seeming im- practicability of a descent in force above the town . When the brigadiers made their forceful recom- mendation he accepted their proposal , and then vig- orously formulated his own ...
Side xix
... he knew that Mont- calm in the Beauport camp was in hourly expecta- tion of attack . With these trumps in his hands he played his cards to perfection . Montcalm and the town were kept in constant suspense by the opera- tions xix.
... he knew that Mont- calm in the Beauport camp was in hourly expecta- tion of attack . With these trumps in his hands he played his cards to perfection . Montcalm and the town were kept in constant suspense by the opera- tions xix.
Side 22
... tion of the river Alleghany with the Ohio ; Forts Machault , Le Boeuf and Presqu'île , which estab- lished communication with Lake Erie ; Fort Miami , on the river of the same name ; Fort Vincennes , on the Ouabache ; and finally , on ...
... tion of the river Alleghany with the Ohio ; Forts Machault , Le Boeuf and Presqu'île , which estab- lished communication with Lake Erie ; Fort Miami , on the river of the same name ; Fort Vincennes , on the Ouabache ; and finally , on ...
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Admiral advance arms army arrived artillery attack barges battalion batteries battle Béarn Beauport camp boats Bougainville Bougainville's Bourlamaque brigade British calm campaign Canada Canadians Candiac cannon Cap Rouge capitulation Captain Carillon cavalry Charlesbourg Chevalier de Lévis cliff colony column command coureurs de bois crossed detachment enemy enemy's English entrenched expedition fire fleet force Fort William Henry Foulon Foy road France French garrison governor grenadiers guard guns Guyenne heights Heights of Abraham hundred Indians Island of Orleans Jacques Cartier L'Ange-Gardien La Sarre land light infantry Louisbourg Malartic Marquis Marquis de Montcalm ment militia militiamen Monckton Mont Montcalm Montmorency Montmorency Falls Montreal Murray night o'clock officers Pointe Lévis Pointe-aux-Trembles position provisions Quebec Ramezay ramparts ranks redoubt regiment Repentigny's retreat river Royal-Roussillon Sarre says scalps sent shore siege Sillery soldiers thousand tion town Townshend troops Vaudreuil vessels victory Wolfe Wolfe's woods wounded wrote
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Side 73 - Pitt that he may dispose of my slight carcass as he pleases, and that I am ready for any undertaking within the reach and compass of my skill and cunning. I am in a very bad condition, both with the gravel and rheumatism, but I had much rather die than decline any kind of service that offers...
Side 156 - My antagonist has wisely shut himself up in inaccessible intrenchments, so that I can't get at him without spilling a torrent of blood, and that perhaps to little purpose. The Marquis de Montcalm is at the head of a great number of bad soldiers, and I am at the head of a small number of good ones, that wish for nothing so much as to fight him ; but the wary old fellow avoids an action, doubtful of the behavior of his army. People must be of the profession to understand the disadvantages and difficulties...
Side 209 - I suspected they were busy drafting the articles for a general capitulation, and I entered the house, where I had only time to see the Intendant, with a pen in his hand, writing upon a sheet of paper, when M. de Vaudreuil told me I had no business there. Having answered him that what he...
Side 157 - The night is dark; it rains; our troops are in their tents, with clothes on, ready for an alarm; I in my boots; my horses saddled. In fact, this is my usual way. I wish you were here ; for I cannot be everywhere, though I multiply myself, and have not taken off my clothes since the twenty-third of June.
Side 91 - here we are entertained with a most agreeable prospect of a delightful country on every side; windmills, watermills, churches, chapels, and compact farmhouses, all built with stone, and covered, some with wood, and others with straw.
Side 173 - The battalions must form upon the upper ground with expedition and be ready to charge whatever presents itself. "When the artillery and troops are landed, a corps will be left to secure the landing place, while the rest march on and endeavour to bring the French and Canadians to battle.
Side 276 - Monsieur de Montcalm's arrival in this colony down to that of his death, he did not cease to sacrifice everything to his boundless ambition. He sowed dissension among the troops, tolerated the most indecent talk against the government, attached to himself the most disreputable persons, used means to corrupt the most virtuous, and, when he could not succeed, became their cruel enemy.
Side xx - Honor to inform you today that it is my duty to attack the French Army. To the best of my knowledge and abilities I have fixed upon that spot where we can act with the most force and are most likely to succeed.
Side xviii - If he gives us battle and we defeat him, Quebec must be ours, and, which is more, all Canada must submit to His Majesty's arms, a different case from any advantage we can hope for at Beauport, and should the enemy pass the St.