374 KOVAL SOC'IKTY OK CANADA 



At the commencement of this extract, Knox states that owing to 

 the excellent conduct of the light infantry, not a shot was heard after 

 the army gained the sununit; that is, in the vicinity of the race course 

 or the ]\[arclimont property. So far, then, there was no eng^ageraent 

 near the landing place. Here the army formed and marched along the 

 Ste. Foye Road towards tlie town. "And soon gained the great road 

 to Ste. Foye, along which they marched in regular order." (Knox, 

 page 74.) It is worth noticing, that if the four-gun battery had been 

 in the position claimed by Mr. Hawkins, tlic army would have been 

 compelled to pass it on its march towards the town, and therefore, I 

 think we may conclude that there was no battery here at the time, 

 especially as Knox reports, that after the summit w^as gained, all was 

 quiet. 



WTiile dealing with the ground in the vicinity of the race course, 

 we refer again to the despatch of Townshend, where mention is made 

 that during the engagement, troops were sent to preserve communica- 

 tion with the boats. Knox gives the time at which troops were sent 

 for this purpose', namely, after the line was formed. This was several 

 hours after the landing of the army, and after the French were well in 



sight "About nine the two armies moved a little nearer to each 



"other. .. .the third battalion of Eoyal Americans was then detached 

 " to the first ground we had formed on after we had gained the heights, 

 " to preserve communication with the beach and our boats." This 

 proves, I think, that the line of battle was not in the vicinity of the 

 Marclimont property or landing place (see Plan No. 1), because if it 

 had been here, communication would have been insured by the' presence 

 of the whole army in its immediate neighbourhood. 



The testimony of Knox agrees with that of Townshend on this 

 point, and confirms the evidence afforded by Plan B, that the line of 

 battle was a long distance from the landing place. 



Before considering the more important points, such as the exact 

 distance of the English line from the walls of the city at the time of 

 the decisive firing, it is advisable to quote from the journal of Colonel 

 Malcolm Fraser, who served under Wolfe on the 13th of September, 

 1759. 



"Thursday, 13th September (1759). The Light Infantry under 

 " the command of Colonel Howe, immediately landed and mounted the 

 " hill. We were fired on in the boats by the enemy who killed and 

 " wounded a few. In a short time the whole army had landed at a 

 " place called Le Foulon (now Wolfe's Cove), about a mile and a half 

 '• above the town of Quebec," and .immediately followed the light in- 



