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Plains. I dû not, however, find anytliing contrary to the position estab- 

 lished by the jdans, except in that portion where the author quotes from 

 " l^icturo of Quebec," by ^fr. Hawkins. As the pages referrinp; to the 

 battle have been quoted in this paper, it is unnecessary to repeat them. 

 In 1882, Sir James published a sequel to the former book, under the 

 title of " Picturesque Quebec," and in this volume many valuable notes 

 are given concerning the location of the armies. A very good plan is 

 also published, and from measurements taken, I find that the armies are 

 place<l in almost the same position as on ])lan A. 



On page 309, Sir James writes: " Montcalm, conspicuous in front 

 " of the left wing of his line, and Wolfe at the head of the 28th regi- 

 " ment, and the Louisbourg Grenadiers, towards the right of the British 

 " line, must have been nearly opposite to each other at the commence- 

 " ment of the battle, which was the most severe in that part of the field, 

 " and by a singular coincidence each of these heroic leaders had been 

 " twice wounded during the brief conflict before he received his fatal 

 "wound." And on page 310, "In the September engagement, Mont- 

 " calm's right wing rested on the St. Foye Road, his left on the St. Louis 

 "Road, near the Buttes à Nepveii (Perrault's Hill)." 



A foot note to one of the publications of the Quebec Literary and 

 Historical Society, edited by Sir James, gives the distance of the British 

 line from the walls of the city. The quotation is from a book by Col. 

 Beatson, published in 1854. " He (Montcalm) was at that moment be- 

 " tween Les Buttes à Neveu and St. Louis Gate. From the city on the 

 " one side and the battle-field on the other, the ground rises until the 

 "two slopes meet and form a ridge", the summit of which was formerly 

 " occupied by a windmill belonging to a man named Neveu or Nepveu. 

 ■" About midway between this ridge and St. Louis Gate, and to the 

 "southward of St. Louis Road, are some slight eminences, still known 

 " to the older French residents as Les Buttes à Nepveu or. Neveu's hil- 

 " locks, and about three-quarters of a mile distant from the spot where 

 " the British line charged." Three-quarters of a mile from a point 

 midway between the ridge and St. Louis Gate would place the line of 

 the British at Maple Avenue. 



With the exception of these two quotations, I do not find anything 

 in the writings of Sir James LeMoine, which disagrees with tlie posi- 

 tions of plan A. It is perhaps well to state that at the time many of 

 the books were written from which we have quoted, the site of the battle 

 had not become a question of dispute. 



I have not found any passage either in the writings of the Abbé 

 Casgrain or of the Abbé Ferland which tends to weaken the testimony 

 of the authorities quoted in this paper. In Garneau, there is a para- 



