up the French communications, but when night fell he returned, and the
landing was successfully accomplished, and is described by Saunders in
his despatch as follows:

"The night of their landing, Admiral Holmes with the ships and troops was
about three leagues above the intended landing-place. General Wolfe with
about half his troops set off in the boats, and dropped down with the
tide, and were by that means less liable to be discovered by the
sentinels posted all along the coast. The ships followed them about
three-quarters of an hour afterwards, and got to the landing-place just
at the time that had been concerted to cover the landing, and considering
the darkness of the night, and the rapidity of the current, this was a
very critical operation, and very properly and successfully conducted."

In the meantime the ships in the Basin, some fifteen in number,
distracted the attention of the French by a heavy cannonade on the
Beauport lines, and the boats made a feint as if an attack were
contemplated; buoys had been laid in such a way as to lead to the idea
that the ships were going to moor as close in as possible as if to
support an assault, and every effort was made to draw attention away from
the movement up above.

THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM.

Lieutenant Norman, of the Pembroke, shortly describes the battle in his
log:

"At 4 A.M. General Wolfe landed just below Cape Diamond with the whole
army. At 8 the signal of Boats man'd and arm'd to go to Point Levi,
weighed and dropped hier up. About 10 the enemy march'd up and attacked