Scuola pubblica la storia di Inghilterra e Canada, con introduzione, suggerimenti per gli insegnanti e breve esame domande . ts che si è conclusa a costernazione solo. Per captureQuebec sembrava Wolfe disperata, e la coscienza di thishelped per portare su una febbre che per lungo tempo lo hanno prostrato e weakenedhis già indebolita telaio. Ma il suo spirito eroico fu intrepido ;e recuperando la sua-"forza, egli daringly agganci con un projectwhich lo ha portato alla vittoria e a una tomba vincitori. Questo progetto è stato 156 SCUOLA PUBBLICA storia canadese. [Cap. IL alla scala il quasi rupi inaccessibili della cittadella e il guadagno t

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Public school history of England and Canada, with introduction, hints to teachers, and brief examination questions . ts which ended in discomfiture only. To captureQuebec seemed to Wolfe hopeless, and the consciousness of thishelped to bring on a fever which long prostrated him and weakenedhis already enfeebled frame. But his heroic spirit was undaunted ;and, recovering his-«strength, he daringly grappled with a projectwhich led him to victory and to a victors grave. This project was 156 PUBLIC SCHOOL CANADIAN HISTORY. [Chap. IL to scale the almost inaccessible cliffs of the citadel and gain thePlains of Abraham, in rear of Quebec, and there to bring Mont-calm to battle. Orders were issued to have the fleet in readiness, to make a feigned attack on the Beauport shore, while the bulk ofthe army was to move up the river, drop down again over night, climb the precipice, and form on the heights to attack Quebec fromthe rear. The night of the 12th of September saw this daringscheme put into execution. Wolfe, with a premonition of his fate, as he moved down the river in his barge with muffled oars, repeated. Siege of Quebec. the line from Grays Elegy:— The paths of glory lead but to thegrave ! The dawn saw the English army massed in position onthe Heights, and the surprised French army, under their braveleader, Montcalm, gallantly marched out to attack the invaders.Brief was the struggle that followed. The English reserved theirfire until the enemy was within forty paces of them, when theypoured a deadly rain of bullets on the advancing French and Cana-dians, and the Scottish regiments charged with bayonet and broad-sword. The native militia broke and fled, and the veterans of A.D. 1774.] TttE <iUESEC Act, Etc. 157 France, after stubbornly contesting the position were compelled tofall back and seek refuge in the citadel. The commanders of bothsides fell mortally wounded, Wolfe dying on the field, and Mont-calm breathing his last on the morrow within the walls of Quebec

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