Again and again Wolfe sent his men to storm the bluffs below the town.

Every time they failed.

Wolfe felt that he must give up the task, when he was told that a path led from the river to the top of the bluff above the town.

Putting his men into boats, they gained the path in the darkness of night.

There was a guard at the top of the bluff, but the officer in command was a coward and ran away.