Wolfe at the foot of the road that the actual top was
clear. Then Howe went up; and in fifteen minutes all the
light infantry had joined their comrades above. Another
battalion followed quickly, and Wolfe himself followed
them. By this time it was five o'clock and quite light.
The boats that had landed the first brigade had already
rowed through the gaps between the small transports which
were landing the second brigade, and had reached the
south shore, a mile and a half away, where the third
brigade was waiting for them.

Meanwhile the suddenly roused gunners of the Samos battery
were firing wildly at the British vessels. But the
men-of-war fired back with better aim, and Howe's light
infantry, coming up at a run from behind, dashed in among
the astonished gunners with the bayonet, cleared them
all out, and spiked every gun. Howe left three companies
there to hold the battery against Bougainville later in
the day, and returned with the other seven to Wolfe. It
was now six o'clock. The third brigade had landed, the
whole of the ground at the top was clear; and Wolfe set
off with 1,000 men to see what Montcalm was doing.

Quebec stands on the eastern end of a sort of promontory,
or narrow tableland, between the St Lawrence and the
valley of the St Charles. This tableland is less than a
mile wide and narrows still more as it approaches Quebec.
Its top is tilted over towards the St Charles and Beauport,
the cliffs being only 100 feet high there, instead of
300, as they are beside the St Lawrence; so Wolfe, as he