450 NATURAL AND CIVIL 



No THINS now remained for M. de Vau- 

 drieiil, but to make the best terms he could for 

 the colony. General Amherst, on the day ia 

 which he arrived, formed his army in a plain 

 before Montreal, where his troops lay all night 

 upon their arms ; and was proceeding to bring 

 on his artillery, and lay sieg-e to the city. On 

 tlie morninjj of the seventh, he received a flag 

 and letter from Vaudricul, vrho sent two ofricers 

 demanding a capitulation. Amheist stated the 

 terms which he would grant, r.nd which he sig- 

 nified that he should not alter. Some letters 

 passed upon the subject, but Vaudiieui could 

 do no otherwise than to submit to" the terms 

 dictated by the British general. They were 

 however favorable to the French colony. The 

 trooDS surrendered orisoners, and ^^ere not to 

 serve against the English or their allies duriiig 

 the vrar. The whole country of Canada was to 

 be surrendered to the king of Great Britain ; 

 and the inhabitants were to be protected in their 

 estates and religion. 



Thus was compleated the conqr:est of Cana- 

 da, September the cip:hth, 17C0, in llie sixth 

 Year of the war, and alter the most severe struy- 

 gles. During the contest, six battles had hten 

 fought, the fortune of which was equally divi- 

 ded. The first of tl:ese was at the meadows, 

 near fort Du Queswe, in which Braddock was 

 fclain, and the French successful. The next was 

 at lake George, where Diebkau was defeated 

 and captured,, and Johnson gained the victorj-. 

 The third was at Ticonderoga, in which Aber- 

 crombie was defeated, and Montcalm gained the 

 advant.^ge. }n ti:e fourth.^ at Niagara, th^e- 



