"Tell him to march Webb's regiment down to the Charles River, to cut off their retreat from the bridge;" then, turning on his side, he said: "Now, God be praised, I will die in peace!" and, a few minutes later, he expired.
Montcalm, still on horseback, was borne by the tide of fugitives towards the town.

As he neared the gate, a shot passed through his body.
It needed some hard work before the Canadians, who fought bravely, could be cleared out from the thickets.

The French troops did not rally from their disorder till they had crossed the Saint Charles.

The Canadians retired in better order.
Decisive as the victory was, the English, for the moment, were in no condition to follow it up.

While on the French side Montcalm was dying, and his second in command was mortally wounded; on the English, Wolfe was dead and Monckton, second in rank, badly wounded, and the command had fallen upon Townshend, at the moment when the enemy were in full flight.