 Campbell, one of the officers who supported him on the field of battle and on whose shoulder he was leaning exclaimed, ' They run, they run ! ' The dying hero asked with emotion, ' Who runs ?' ' The enemy, sir ; they give way everywhere.  Great Britain and Ireland 1689-1887 - Pagina 105geredigeerd door - 1892 - 320 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1875 - 622 pagina’s
...he was leaning exclaimed, ' They run, they run !' The dying hero asked with emotion, ' Who runs ?' ' The enemy, sir ; they give way everywhere.' ' Now God be praised, I die happy ! ' These were his last words; just at tho moment of victory he died. Gen. Montcalm also received a... | |
 | 1875 - 598 pagina’s
...was leaning exclaimed, ' They run, they run ! ' The dying hero asked with emotion, ' Who runs ?' ' The enemy, sir ; they give way everywhere.' ' Now God be praised, I die happy ! ' These were his last words ; just at the moment of victory he died. Gen. Montcalm also received... | |
 | 1875 - 570 pagina’s
...was leaning exclaimed, ' They run, they run ! ' The dying hero asked with emotion. ' Who runs ?' ' The enemy, sir ; they give way everywhere.' ' Now God be praised, I die happy ! ' These were his last words ; just at the moment of victory he died. Gen. Montcalm also received... | |
 | England - 1876 - 326 pagina’s
...under the cannon of the ramparts. Montcalm fell mortally wounded, and was borne into Quebec. At this moment the Grenadier officer who knelt beside Wolfe...In the short and sharp battle of " the Plains " the English lost 55 killed and 607 wounded ; the French 1,500 in all. DEATH OF 'WOLFE. 23. Quebec capitulated... | |
 | England - 1876 - 300 pagina’s
...under the cannon of the ramparts. Montcalm fell mortally wounded, and was borne into Quebec. 15. A Grenadier officer who knelt beside Wolfe and supported...Now, God be praised ! I die happy." Montcalm died next e morning. Quebec capitulated on the 18th of September. Montreal surrendered on the 8th of September... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1876 - 766 pagina’s
...tbey run !" " Who runs ?" -asked Wolfe eagerly, rousing from я lethargy into which IK; liad fallen. " The enemy, sir: they give way everywhere." "Now, God be praised, I will die in peace," exclaimed the dying hero, and, turning upon his side, expired. The English liad... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1884 - 260 pagina’s
...brave fellows see me fall ! " As he rested in the arms of one of his officers, Wolfe heard him say, "See, they run !" — " Who run ? " asked Wolfe. —...everywhere." — " Now, God be praised ; I die happy." These were the hero's last words. 7. During those eventful years, the policy of England was in the... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1885 - 274 pagina’s
...keep it." Some soldiers passing cried, " They run ! they run ! " " Who run ? " asked the dying hero. " The enemy, sir ; they give way everywhere." " Now God be praised. I die happy," were the youthful victor's last words. The exploit which cost him his life won Canada for Great Britain.... | |
 | Gertrude Van Duyn Southworth - 1906 - 296 pagina’s
...men cried, "They run! See how they run!" Wolfe raised himself for the last time. "Who run?" he asked. "The enemy, sir; they give way everywhere." "Now, God be praised, I die in peace," said the dying man, A few moments later Montcalm, on his gallant black horse, was shot through... | |
 | William Augustus Mowry, Mrs. Blanche Swett Mowry - 1906 - 492 pagina’s
...but still he pressed on. A third lodged in his breast and he fell. Then the cry .arose, "They run, they run!" "Who run?" asked Wolfe. "The enemy, sir; they give way everywhere." Wolfe forthwith gave orders to Colonel Burton to cut off GENERAL WOLFE. their retreat, and died, murmuring,... | |
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