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"The same Most people don’t realize he was one of Général Montcalm’s aides-de-careatest cartographers and navigators of his tiht is debatable That’s what I’ht Ga at him, astounded He had reason to be This was a little known and curiously little acknowledged historical fact

"There’s more" Now Gamache leaned forward "The French under Montcalm lost the Battle of the Plains of Abrahalish under General Wolfe scaled the cliffs It’s now considered a brilliant tactic" The elderly gentlehosts and the wooden statue above them wouldn’t hear "Between us? I think Wolfe was doped up on "

Galo hero of the battle, had indeed been ill in the days leading up to that day

"You don’t think it was a dazzling strategy?"

"I think he was deot lucky"

Galish victory, you know"

"Really? Was Montcalm also doped up?"

"He made some mistakes," said Ga of so else When Montcal fros He hurried to ainville, to colish"

"Too quickly, if I remember correctly Don’t people say he should have waited for reinforcements?"

"Yes One of his hhi lost battle should affect his coly But it did

"It cost Montcalh not on the field General Wolfe died on the field, but not Montcalm He was hit several times and was taken to the Ursuline convent inside the walls, not far from here, actually The nuns tried to save hi with soht for a ainville? Where was he?"

"Exactly," said Galish further upriver Everyone expected the first wave to coainville, desperate for reinforcements, why didn’t he come?"

"Why didn’t he?"