The Siege of Quebec and the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, المجلد 1Dussault & Proulx, 1901 |
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... never could have done . Bordering upon these lands for thousand of miles , were the settlements of the British people , who came to stay , to make homes , and to seek more lands when and where they needed them . The story of the ...
... never could have done . Bordering upon these lands for thousand of miles , were the settlements of the British people , who came to stay , to make homes , and to seek more lands when and where they needed them . The story of the ...
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... never expect recog- nition . As a result of the system or lack of system the British army was worse officered than any European army , and won its battles , when it did win , by the pluck and endurance of the soldiery . Admiral Byng ...
... never expect recog- nition . As a result of the system or lack of system the British army was worse officered than any European army , and won its battles , when it did win , by the pluck and endurance of the soldiery . Admiral Byng ...
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... never consent to become an executioner . " This story is told with variations by different writers , but it lacks authentication , and as a consequence is generally accepted with reserve , if at all . If Wolfe at nineteen years of age ...
... never consent to become an executioner . " This story is told with variations by different writers , but it lacks authentication , and as a consequence is generally accepted with reserve , if at all . If Wolfe at nineteen years of age ...
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... never till now knew our army " otherwise than as I could have desired it ( I don't mean as to the successful part ) : but then I never knew what " it was to wait , in smoke and subjection , the signing art- " icles of peace , and till ...
... never till now knew our army " otherwise than as I could have desired it ( I don't mean as to the successful part ) : but then I never knew what " it was to wait , in smoke and subjection , the signing art- " icles of peace , and till ...
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... never been , and can never be , conducive to that tactful , conciliatory , and patient mental attitude that is an essential requisite to one who has to deal with " the people " as distinguished from the soldiery . In fact the peremptory ...
... never been , and can never be , conducive to that tactful , conciliatory , and patient mental attitude that is an essential requisite to one who has to deal with " the people " as distinguished from the soldiery . In fact the peremptory ...
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الصفحة xxiv - High Admiral of Great Britain, Our Lieutenants of Our several Counties, Governors of our Forts and Garrisons, and all other Officers and Soldiers under them, by Sea and Land, to do and execute all Acts of Hostility, in the Prosecution of this War against the...
الصفحة 46 - The fear of becoming a mere ruffian and of imbibing the tyrannical principles of an absolute commander, or giving way insensibly to the temptations of power till I...
الصفحة 260 - Everybody appears to be in a hurry to make his fortune before the Colony is lost, which event, many perhaps desire as an impenetrable veil over their conduct. The craving after wealth has an influence on the war, and M. de Vaudreuil does not doubt it. Instead of reducing the expenses of Canada, people wish to retain all ; how abandon positions which serve as a pretext to make private fortunes.
الصفحة 195 - Levi plunged into the tumult, daring death a thousand times. French officers received wounds in rescuing the captives, and stood at their tents as sentries over those they had recovered.
الصفحة 5 - I received my dearest Mamma's letter on Monday last, but could not answer it then, by reason I was at camp to see the regiments off to go on board, and was too late for the post ; but am very sorry, dear Mamma, that you doubt my love, which I'm sure is as sincere as ever any son's was to his mother. Papa and I are just...
الصفحة xxiii - Parts, and enable them to carry their ambitious and oppressive Projects into Execution. In these Circumstances We could not but think it incumbent upon Us, to endeavour to prevent the Success of so dangerous a Design, and to oppose the Landing of the French Troops in America; and, in Consequence of the just and necessary Measures we had taken for that Purpose, the French...
الصفحة 262 - ... from the rest. How small soever may be the space you are able to hold, it is indispensable to keep a footing in North America; for if we once lose The...
الصفحة 30 - There is no necessity for firing very fast; a cool well-levelled fire with the pieces carefully loaded, is much more destructive and formidable than the quickest fire in confusion.
الصفحة 102 - If the surf should be so great, that the troops cannot " land this afternoon, the General intends to attack the " enemy to-morrow at the dawn of day, unless the weather " is so bad as to make it impracticable. The boats are to " assemble in three divisions as before; the right wing at " the Violet transport, where there will be three lights " hung on the off side, near the water's edge; the left wing " at the St. George transport, with two lights hung in the
الصفحة 185 - ... on the hill. The garrison sallied from the fort to support their comrades, and for a time the firing was hot. Fort William Henry was an irregular bastioned square, formed by embankments of gravel surmounted by a rampart of heavy logs, laid in tiers crossed one upon another, the interstices filled with earth. The lake protected it on the north, the marsh on the east, and ditches with chevaux-de-frise on the south and west. Seventeen cannon, great and small, besides several mortars and swivels,...