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■•'which did ;rroat execution. 'J'lie two Generals, animated with equal 

 *' spirit, met each other at the head of their respective troops where the 

 " battle was most severe. Montcalm was on the left of the French, at 

 " tlie head of Languedoc, Béarne and (juienne — Wolfe on the right of 

 " the Knglish at the head of the 28th and the Louisbourg Greuudiers. 

 '■ Here the greatest exertions were made untler the eyes of the leaders — 

 ** the action in the centre and left was comparatively a skirmish. The 

 '• severest fighting took place between the right of the race stand and 

 '' the Martello towers. The rapidity and effect of the English tire hav- 

 " ing thrown the French into confusion, orders were given even before 

 **' the smoke cleared away, to charge with the bayonet. Wolfe exposing 

 " himself at the head of the battalions, was singled out by some Cana- 

 '• dian marksmen, on the enemy's left, and had already received a slight 

 " vround in the wrist. Regardless of this, and unwilling to despirit his 

 " troops, he folded his handkerchief round his arm, and putting him- 

 " self at the head of the Grenadiers, led them on to the charge, which 

 " was completely successful. It was bought, however, with the life of 

 " their heroic leader. He was struck with a second ball in the groin, 

 '* but still i)ressed on, and just as the enemy were about to give way, 

 " he received a third ball in the breast, and fell mortally wounded. The 

 *' spot consecrated by the fall of General Wolfe, in the charge made by 

 " the Grenadiers upon the left of the French line, will to the latest day 

 '"be visited with deep interest and emotion.- On the highest ground 

 *' considerably in advance of the Martello Towers commanding a 

 " complete view of the field of battle — not far from the fence which 

 '' divides the race ground from the enclosures on the east, and opposite 

 " the right of the English — are the remains of a redoubt against which 

 " the attack was directed which Wolfe so gallantly urged on by his per- 

 " sonal example. A few years ago a rock was pointed out as marking 

 " the spot where he actually breathed his last, and in one of the en- 

 "' closures near the road is the well whence they brought him water. 

 " It is mentioned in the statistical work of Colonel Bouchette, that one 

 *'of the four meridian stones, placed in 17U0 by Major Holland, then 

 ''Surveyor-General of Canada, 'stood in the angle of a field redoubt 

 *' where General Wolfe is said to have breathed his last.' As he had 

 "been conveyed a short distance to tlie rear after being struck with the 

 ^' fatal ball, it must be presumed that this redoubt had been captured, 

 ^' and that the Grenadiers were pressing on when he received his mortal 

 *' wound. This is corroborated by a letter which we have met with, 

 " written after the battle by an officer of the 28th regiment serving at 

 " the time as a volunteer with the Louisbourg Grenadiers under Colonel 

 " Murray. He speaks of the redoubt as 'a rising ground,' and shows 



