It stood where the present fort stands, in the angle formed by the junction of the River Niagara with Lake Ontario and was held by about six hundred
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Parkman Vol. 7, Chapter 26
While Quebec was attacked, an attempt should be made to penetrate into Canada by way of Ticonderoga and Crown Point.Our special project presenting
First Assault on Quebec Redoubt
The plan was desperate; for, after leaving troops enough to hold Point Levi and the heights of Montmorenci, less than five thousand men would be left
Danger of the English Position
You will demolish the town, no doubt," said the bearer of one of them, "but you shall never get inside of it." To which Wolfe replied: "I will have
Siege of Quebec
From the heights of Beauport, the rock of Quebec, or the summit of Cape Diamond, Montcalm could look down on the river and its shores as on a map and
Wolfe’s Army Arrives Before Quebec
The game was desperate but, intrepid gamester as he was in war, he was a man, in the last resort, to stake everything on the cast of the dice.Our
Parkman Vol. 7, Chapter 25
In the city itself every gate, except the Palace Gate, which gave access to the bridge, was closed and barricaded. A hundred and six cannon were
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Wolfe Takes Command
Mad is he?" returned the old King; "then I hope he will bite some others of my generals."Our special project presenting the definitive account of