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All, on exposure shrr.nk into dust, and the relics of the high bred 

 and gifted noble were conveyed by vulgar hands to the common 

 charnel house, and mingled with the promiscuous dead.* 



The vascilation and delay of Abercrombie affi.a-ded to his alert 

 and sagacious antagocist the opportunity ot perfecting his defences. 

 Tre^s were felled, with their limbs interlaced, or pointed and pro- 

 jecting outward, forming an abattis, impregnable to the assaults " 

 of infantry, and an outer protection to his ill-manned and imper- 

 fect works, A fresh impulse, suggested by a false and rash sur- 

 vey, induced the British commander to order an attack, without 

 the presence of his powerful artillery. Against its fire the French 

 lines would have afforded little protection. The gallant army 

 advanced to the murderous assault, with the calmness and pre- 

 cision of a parade, and maintained for five hours a hopeless con- 

 flict, unsurpassed in the annals of warfare, for its military devo- 

 tion and bloody sacrifices. 



The Provincials emulated the veterans, many of whom were 

 slaughtered in the trenches, and a few upon the very ramparts. 

 Abercrombie, himself, in a place of security, did hot withdraw 

 his troops from this frightful havoc, until two thousand had been 

 sacrificed. Although still quadruple, the force of the French, 

 abundantly provided with all the mea^is •f a suecessful invcst- 

 liient, aiariiied, and wlt'h no self-reliance, he ingloritusly re- 

 treated, and fled to the southern extremity of Lake George. 



Montcalm, doubtless detecting the point, which in after ytar« 

 made the fortress vulnerable to B\irgoyne, exclaimed in the pride 

 and consciousness of genius, " had I to beseige Fort Carillon^ I 

 would only ask six mortars and two pieces of artillery. f While 

 Abercrombie, paralysed by his defeat, remained idle, Montcalm 

 poured a desultory warfare upon the English settlements. 



The year 1759, developed still bolder and more decided Pchemeg 

 fur the annihilation of French power in Canada. Amherst, the 

 successor of Abercrombie. was designated to lead a new arma- 



• Mn. Coolraoe. Original MiiS «f t'lkwiab Watwu. 

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