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           Aseveryvehicleandeachbeastofburdenwasoccupiedbythesickandwounded,Corahaddecidedtoendurethefatiguesofafootmarch,ratherthaninterferewiththeircomforts.Indeed,manyamaimedandfeeblesoldierwascompelledtodraghisexhaustedlimbsintherearofthecolumns,forthewantofthenecessarymeansofconveyance,inthatwilderness.Thewhole,however,wasinmotion;theweakandwounded,groaning,andinsuffering;theircomrades,silentandsullen;andthewomenandchildreninterror,theyknewnotofwhat.

           Astheconfusedandtimidthronglefttheprotectingmoundsofthefort,andissuedontheopenplain,thewholescenewasatoncepresentedtotheireyes.Atalittledistanceontheright,andsomewhatintherear,theFrencharmystoodtotheirarms,Montcalmhavingcollectedhisparties,sosoonashisguardshadpossessionoftheworks.Theywereattentivebutsilentobserversoftheproceedingsofthevanquished,failinginnoneofthestipulatedmilitaryhonors,andofferingnotauntorinsult,intheirsuccess,totheirlessfortunatefoes.LivingmassesoftheEnglish,totheamountinthewholeofnearthreethousand,weremovingslowlyacrosstheplain,towardsthecommoncentre,andgraduallyapproachedeachother,astheyconvergedtothepointoftheirmarch,avistacutthroughtheloftytrees,wheretheroadtotheHudsonenteredtheforest.