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CHAPTER XIIL 



War. Prm^res.'; and events of the vjar in the 

 years 1759 and 1760. Plan of the campaign 

 for 1759. Conquest of Quebec by general 

 IVoIfe. Capture of Ticonderoga mid Croivn 

 Point by general Amherst. Expedition a- 

 gainst the Indian village of St. Francois by 

 major Rogers. Proceedings on lake Cham- 

 plain. Capture of A'iagara by General John- 

 son. Refections on the campaign of 1759. 

 Measures of Faudric III at Montreal in 1760. 

 Plan ctnd proceedings of general AmJierst. 

 General iilurraifs defeat at Quebec^ and arri- 

 val at Montreal. Ilaviland's arrival at the 

 river St. Lawrence. Capitulation and surren- 

 der of Canada to general Amherst. Refer- 

 ■ tions on tlic origin of these vjars. Their ef- 

 fects on the morals, literafur^, populaiion, set- 

 tlement and political state of the colonies. 



1759. FROM the advantai^es that had 

 been already obtained over the French, the 

 British ministry had beer- lead to expect that 

 tiie compleat conquest of Canada might be ef- 

 fected in another campaign ; if their troops 

 were employed so as to divide the enemy's for- 

 ces, and to make their impressions on dillcrent 

 parts of the country at the same time. In pur- 

 suance of this plan the British minister, Pitt, 

 had projected three expeditions against Canada. 

 General WoiG;:, who li.id l)een so much distin- 

 guished in the siege of Louisbourg, was to pro- 

 ceed up the river St. Lawrence with a body of 

 light thousand men, as soon as the river should 



