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At Quebec he was aware of the danger, 

 which attended the measure that he had adopt- 

 ed. The circumstance which probably decided 

 his determination was this ; with the first Janua- 

 ry the time was expired, for which his troops 

 were enlisted. Notwithstanding their attach- 

 ment to him, and to Arnold, the sufferings of 

 the troops were so great and constant, that it 

 could not be expected but that numbers would 

 avail themselves of the liberty to which they 

 would then be entitled, of returning to their 

 homes. In this way his army had been almost 

 broke up before, and at a time when he vv is in 

 the full pursuit and prospect of the most impor ' 

 tant success. He could not but expect that it 

 would prove so now. Considering the state of 

 the Canadian mind, there was a chance of suc- 

 cess. Success would quiet, and keep his troops 

 together, prove highly beneficial to his country, 

 compleat the conquest of Canada, and entail 

 immortality on his own character, fame, and 

 glory. Defeat could do no more than to destroy 

 the success of the expedition ; and this would 

 be as certainly effected by the dispersion, as by 

 the defeat of his army. In this dilemma he 

 chose the part, in which there vi^as a chance for 

 success and benefit. In the contest he fell, and 

 in his fall there was every circumstance united 

 that could impart fame and glory to the death of 

 a soldier, impelled by moral principle, at the 

 head of his troops, beloved in his own camp, 

 revered and respected in that of his enemies, 

 shot through the head, breast, and thighs, he 

 fell within the city that he was attempting to 

 take. The British general Carleton, much t© 



