Battle of Montmerency Falls and Wolfe's Revenge
The battle of Montmorency falls took place at the base of the Montmorency Falls. The battle took place on the beach that was no longer than 50 feet from the base of the falls to the St. Lawrence River. The battle lasted a total of 85 days with a total of 400 men dying. The location of this battle was very poor for the British side of the battle because they were located at the bottom of the cliff whereas the French were located at the top where they could easily just shoot at the British below them. Also if the British would try and climb up the cliff the French could just push them off once they got close to the top of the cliff. As a result of this poor attempt of an attack by the British they were forced to retreat backwards out of the range of the enemy gunfire. General Wolfe was very mad because he had lost a battle to the French who he had hated very much. Wolfe was so mad he told his men to burn the houses and everything owned by the French so they could not have anything left. After this burning was finished Wolfe decide he would lead his troops back to Beauport at Montmorency Falls once again to try and defeat the French. On the day of the attack all of the soldiers were loaded into little boats to head over to Montmorency Falls when it started to pour down rain. Wolfe decided to leave the men in the boats but under tarps to stay dry. Wolfe went for a walk to wait off the rain when he spotted two French ladies getting water from the St. Lawrence; he watched them and when they were finished they went towards a little goats path which lead up to Fort Quebec. Wolfe had now made up his mind they would go up the path and take place in European warfare which is what he had wanted from the start.