1759 In Canada

EVENTS

Thursday June 28 - French Fire Ship s, intended to burn the British fleet, at Quebec, are taken ashore by British sailors.

August 8 to August 9 - British guns, on Point Levi, fire the lower town of Quebec.

Thursday September 13 - James Wolfe lands a force at Fuller's Cove, between 1 and 2 in the morning. They climb to the Plains Of Abraham . At 6 a.m., Marquis De Montcalm is informed that the British have accomplished what he deemed impossible; but discredits the report. With 4,500, he fights about an equal number; but his men cannot resist bayonets. Each leader receives a mortal wound. Wolfe asks an officer to support him so that his followers may not be discouraged by his fall. An historian says of Wolfe: "He crowded into a few hours actions that would have given lustre to length of life; and, filling his day with greatness, completed it before its noon."

Learning that he had but a few hours to live, Montcalm says: "So much the better; I shall not live to see the surrender of Quebec." Turning to de Ramsay he says: "To your keeping I commend the honor of France; as for me, I shall pass the night with God and prepare myself for death." De Ramsay promptly maintains the honour of France by fleeing to Ottawa dressed as a washerwoman.

Friday September 14 - Montcalm dies in the Castle of St. Louis, presumably from disappointment.

Proclamation issued by Governor of Nova Scotia invites New Englanders to settle there.

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