[DOUGiirv] BATTLK OF THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM 381 



point of tliis liill, but ou the slope. (This position will be better under- 

 stood by a reference to the indications of the "ridge""' and the '^slope of 

 the hill" on plan No. 1.) This was before the battle commenced, when 

 according to Knox and Fraser, the' French were still on the rising ground 

 between the English and the town. We have shown that the only ris- 

 ing ground near the town, is Claire Fontaine. 



The distance between the highest point of the ridge and the highest 

 point of the hill, is about 500 yards; that is, between the points A and 

 B on the profile. 



It may be advisable to ascertain how this position agrees with plan 

 A, and also with the furthet testimony of those present on the day of 

 the battle. 



Knox informs us that "at ten o'elrvck the enemy began to advance 

 " briskly in three columns, with loud shouts and recovered arms, two of 

 " them inclining to the' left of our army, and the third towards our 

 "right, firing obliquely at the two extremities of our line, from a dis- 

 " tance of one hundred and thirty — till they came Avithin forty yards." 



Here we have a distance given of one hundred and thirty yards. 



How far had the French advanced from the ridge, Claire Fontaine, 

 at this time ? We can ascertain this better from another source. 



The authority here cited is General Malartic, who served with the 

 regiment of Beam under Montcalm. On page 283 of his Journal, pub- 

 lished at Dijon, he gives a clear account of the movements of the 

 French army on the 13th of September, 1759. The Journal is in 

 French, but I believe the summary I have made to be sufficiently 

 accurate. 



On the IStli the water patrol sent word that they heard many 

 boats passing towards the town. At two o'clock the troops were 

 ordered to make for the entrenchments. At the first break of day we 

 heard the cannon from Samos, and some few muskets discharged from 

 the adjoining parts of L'Anse des Mères. The regiment of Guienne 

 was ordered to send two pickets to Abraham's Hill, and to march there 

 in full force, half an hour later. Monsieur de Montcalm has taken 

 position at La Canardière. 



Intelligence came to him that the enemy had disembarked between 

 Le Foulon and L'Anse des Mères. The General ordered to be sent 

 there, one picket from each battalion, and 600 of the Montreal men. 

 He (Montcalm) followed them closely, leaving M. de Senesergue, Briga- 

 dier-Lieutenant-Colonel of LaSarre, in the Beauport part, with orders 

 for the men of the Government of Three Eivers, and one hundred of 

 the Quebec men to follow him; and the regiment of LaSarre was to be 

 sent to him, as soon as 400 of M. Leborgne's men would arrive. 



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