Three or four miles in front of him, the town of Quebec stood upon its elevated rock.

Beyond rose the loftier height of Cape Diamond, with its redoubts and parapets.

Three great batteries looked threateningly from the upper rock of Quebec, while three others were placed, near the edge of the water, in the lower town.

On the right was the great camp of Montcalm, stretching from the Saint Charles, at the foot of the city walls, to the gorge of the Montmorenci.

From the latter point to the village of Beauport, in the centre of the camp, the front was covered with earthworks, along the brink of a lofty height; and from Beauport to the Saint Charles were broad flats of mud, swept by the fire of redoubts and intrenchments, by the guns of a floating battery, and by those of the city itself.
Wolfe could not see beyond Quebec, but, above the city, the position was even stronger than below.