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good order, and with vivacity ; but with an ir- 

 regular and not well directed fire. The British 

 reserved their fire, till the enemy had approach- 

 ed within forty yards of their Ikie ; then they 

 poured in a terrible discharge, and kept up their 

 fire with great deliberation and spirit. The 

 contest for a few moments was dreadful ; both 

 generals were determined to conquer or die ; 

 and their armies knew that on the event of an 

 hour, the fate of Quebec depended. The French 

 i-j-ere unable to stand the impetuosity and fire of 

 the British but for a short time ; and the battle 

 soon terminated in the entire defeat and disper- 

 sion ©f the French army. Wolfe* and Mont- 

 calm* both fell at the head of their troops, and 

 the British were left compleatly masters of the 

 field, under brigadier general Townshend. Five 

 hundred of the etiemy were slain on the field of 

 battle, and about one thousand were made pris- 

 oners ; of the British, fifty men were killed, in- 

 cluding nine officers, and as many as five hun- 

 dred were wounded. Dispirited by the event, 

 and disheartened by the loss of theii' able and 

 favorite general Montcalm, the French were in 

 great consternation ; and on September the 

 eighteenth, De Ramsay, the officer on whom 

 the command had devolved, signed articles of 

 capitulation, and surrendered the troops and the 

 city to admiral Sanders and general Townshend. 

 Thus was effected the conquest of the city of 

 Quebec. For seventy years the English had 

 been attempting to reduce this place. I'he force 

 that was sent against it ie the year 1711, was 



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