As fast as the boats were emptied they returned for the troops left on board the vessels and for those waiting on the southern shore.Our special

Look for a moment at the chances on which this bold adventure hung.Our special project presenting the definitive account of France in Canada by

As Wolfe had informed Pitt, his army was greatly weakened. Since the end of June his loss in killed and wounded was more than eight hundred and

It will be necessary to run as many small craft as possible above the town, with provisions for six weeks, for about five thousand, which is all I

After the fall of Niagara, the danger seemed so great, both in the direction of Lake Ontario and that of Lake Champlain, that Lévis had been sent up

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

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

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

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