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by the English and in compliment to the Minester was called Pittsbourgh--General Wolf was directed to proceed with a strong squadron of Ships of War and a large body of land forces to undertake the siege of Quebec while General Amherst proposed to reduce the forts of Teconderago and Crown Point; to crop the Lake Champlain and join the entressed Wolf under the walls of the Canadian Capital Those two fortresses and Magara yielded to the British forces, and General Amherst entered into Winter quarters at Crown Point, but in the mean time the Principal part of the plan was bravely executed by General Wolf-- On the 26th of June he arrived with his forces at the Island of Orleans near the bason of Quebec--A very warm engagement ensued and General Wolf who stood conspicuous in the front of the line receivid a shot in the wrist, Advancing however at the head of the Grenadiers Another Ball pierced his breast and compelled him to retire from the
