This shows the gradual ascent of the path from the river to the top of the bluff.] [Sidenote: Capture of Quebec, 1759.

_Higginson_, 154-156; _Eggleston_, 137-139; _Source-Book_, 105-107.] [Sidenote: Battle of Quebec.] 101.

Capture of Quebec, 1759 .-- Of all the younger generals James Wolfe was foremost.

To him was given the task of capturing Quebec.
Seated on a high bluff, Quebec could not be captured from the river.

The only way to approach it was to gain the Plains of Abraham in its rear and besiege it on the land side.