Aid and encouragement did not fail him.
The forts of Carillon on Lake Champlain and of Niagara on Lake Ontario were both in the hands of the English.

A portion of the Canadians had left the camp to try and gather in the meagre crops which had been cultivated by the women and children.

In the night between the 12th and 13th of September, General Wolfe made a sudden dash upon the banks of the St.Lawrence; he landed at the creek of Foulon.

The officers had replied in French to the _Qui vive_ ( Who goes there ?) of the sentinels, who had supposed that what they saw passing was a long-expected convoy of provisions; at daybreak the English army was ranged in order of battle on the Plains of Abraham; by evening, the French were routed, the Marquis of Montcalm was dying, and Quebec was lost.
General Wolfe had not been granted time to enjoy his victory.

Mortally wounded in a bayonet charge which he himself headed, he had been carried to the rear.