CHAPTER XVII.

State of the Island of Martinique..... Expedition against
that Island..... Attempt upon St. Pierre..... Descent on the
Island of Guadaloupe..... Skirmishes with the Islanders.....
Fort Louis reduced..... Fate of Colonel Debrisay..... The
English Fleet sails to Dominique..... General Harrington
takes Gosier, and Storms the Post of Licorne..... He takes
Petitbourg and St. Mary’s..... The Island capitulates.....
Island of Marigalante taken by General Barrington..... He
returns to England..... Treaty with the Indians in North
America..... Plan of the Campaign..... Ticonderoga and Crown
Point abandoned by the French..... General Amherst embarks
on Lake Champlain..... Niagara reduced..... Introduction to
the Expedition against Quebec..... General Wolfe lands on
the Island of Orleans, and takes Point Levi..... The English
Fleet damaged by a Storm..... General Wolfe encamps near the
Falls of the River Montmorenci, and attacks the French
Intrenchments there, but is repulsed..... Brigadier Murray
detached up the River..... Council of War called..... The
Troops land at the Heights of Abraham..... Battle of
Quebec..... Quebec taken..... Rejoicings in England