On the 31st of July, General Wolfe, with three thousand men, came and attacked them in front by the River St.Lawrence, and in flank by the River Montmorency.

He was repulsed by the firm bravery of the Canadians, whose French impetuosity seemed to have become modified by contact with the rough climates of the north.
Immovable in their trenches, they waited until the enemy was within range; and, when at length they fired, the skill of the practised hunters made fearful havoc in the English ranks.

Everywhere repulsed, General Wolfe in despair was obliged to retreat.

He all but died of vexation, overwhelmed with the weight of his responsibility.

"I have only a choice of difficulties left," he wrote to the English cabinet.