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them. The armies were thus fast approaching each other when Montcalm—who was delivering volley after volley—ordered the drummers and trumpeters to sound the charge; his troops advanced courageously. When the British opened fire the shock was great and deadly, the French could not advance another step, they fell back in haste and confusion as the foemen pressed forward with the bayonet; and thus the battle ended.

Both Commanders fell during the engagement——which lasted only a few minutes. Wolfe, who had received three wounds, lived sufficiently long to witness the hasty retreat of the enemy, when he faintly exclaimed, “ Thank God, I die in peace,” and instantly expired. Montcalm was several times wounded and died the following morning. When told that his end was approaching, he replied, “I am glad, for I shall not witness the fall of Quebec, and I wish to spend the night with God.”

On the morning of the 18th, Quebec, the ancient capital of New France, surrendered to General Townshend, the officer now in command of the British Army, who immediately took posses- sion of the immense fortification together with the grand old city, of which there is scarcely a foot of ground that is not historic and romantic in distinctive associations. In the lower town is the site of Champlain’s landing to found his infant colony in the New World, and on the lofty heights above are the Plains of Abraham, now studded with memorials of Wolfe having died to gain a great prize,- of Montcalm, who shed his blood to defend; and of French and English heroes who fought on these heights and met their fate on the same field.

The taking of Quebec was not the only success destined to - attend the British arms this year. Early in July the English, under General Prideaux, besieged Fort Niagara, which surren- dered on the 25th of the month, and Amherst —the hero of Louisburg—with 12,000 men, besides artillery, moved towards Lake Champlain, where the French, being unable to resrst such a force, evacuated the Forts and retreated to Aux-NOIX.

Having now brought the story of the war to that period when, after many changes of fortune, the chances had become favourable to the British arms, we Would recall the reader’s recollection to the state of affairs in 1760. When, during the summer of that year the Marquis of Vandrial, who was the

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