قراءة كتاب How Canada was Won: A Tale of Wolfe and Quebec
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How Canada was Won: A Tale of Wolfe and Quebec
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STEVE AND MAC CAPTURING THE FRENCH GUNS
How Canada was Won
A Tale of Wolfe and Quebec
BY
CAPTAIN F. S. BRERETON
Author of "With Wolseley to Kumasi" "Jones of the 64th"
"With Roberts to Candahar" "A Soldier of Japan"
"Roger the Bold" &c. &c.
ILLUSTRATED BY WILLIAM RAINEY, R.I.
LONDON: BLACKIE & SON, Limited
THE COPP CLARK COMPANY, Limited
TORONTO
Copyright, 1908, in the United States, America,
by H. M. Caldwell Co.
Published simultaneously in Great Britain and
the United States.
Contents
| Chap. | Page | |
| I. | The Camp on the River | 9 |
| II. | French Outlaws and Robbers | 25 |
| III. | Flight by Night | 43 |
| IV. | Steve makes a Suggestion | 61 |
| V. | Jules Lapon is Disappointed | 79 |
| VI. | Left in Charge | 97 |
| VII. | The Alleghany Raiders | 115 |
| VIII. | A Question of Territory | 133 |
| IX. | George Washington speaks | 152 |
| X. | Steve and his Band of Scouts | 174 |
| XI. | Held Up! | 194 |
| XII. | Generosity to the Foe | 215 |
| XIII. | A Traitor in the Camp | 238 |
| XIV. | Steve meets an Old Enemy | 254 |
| XV. | Off to Quebec | 275 |
| XVI. | The Return of the Hurons | 296 |
| XVII. | Down the Mighty St. Lawrence | 315 |
| XVIII. | The Attack on Louisbourg | 334 |
| XIX. | Wolfe makes his Last Attempt | 359 |
| XX. | The Plains of Abraham | 379 |
Illustrations
| Page | |
| Steve and Mac capturing the French Guns | Frontispiece 220 |
| "The Indian was upon him, his keen tomahawk gleaming in his hand" |