The previous attempts to reach that city had been by way of Lake George.

The expedition of Wolfe sailed up the St.Lawrence, and landed below the city.
Quebec stands on the summit of a high hill with precipitous sides, and was then the most strongly fortified city in America.

To take it seemed almost impossible.

But the resolution of Wolfe overcame every obstacle: on the night of September 12, 1759, he led his troops to the foot of the cliff, climbed the heights, and early in the morning had his army drawn up in battle array on the Plains of Abraham, as the plateau behind the city was called.

There a great battle was fought between the French, led by Montcalm, and the British, led by Wolfe.