The fighting was stubborn and furious, and Wolfe was in the thickest of the fray. While he was leading a charge, a bullet tore through his wrist. Quickly wrapping his handkerchief about the wound, he dashed forward until he was for the third time struck by a bullet, this time receiving a mortal wound. Four of his men bore him in their arms to the rear, and wished to send for a surgeon; but Wolfe said, "There's no need; it's all over with me." A little later, hearing someone cry "They run; see how they run!" he asked, "Who runs?" "The enemy, sir. Egad, they give way everywhere!" Then said Wolfe in his last moments, "Now, God be praised. I will die in peace." Montcalm, too, died like a hero. Shot through the body, he was supported on either side as he passed through the town; but when he heard cries of distress and pity from his friends and followers, he said, "It's nothing, it's nothing; don't be troubled for me, good friends." Being told that he could not live many hours, he exclaimed, "Thank God, I shall not live to see Quebec surrendered." A few days later Quebec came into the hands of the English. Its fall meant the loss to France of all her possessions in North America except two small islands for fishing-stations in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The treaty of peace at the end of the war, called the Last French War,[8] was signed at Paris in 1763. By this treaty France ceded to Spain all the territory between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains; also the town of New Orleans, controlling the navigation of the Mississippi. To England she gave Canada and all the territory east of the Mississippi. Thus by a single final blow did Wolfe so weaken the hold of the French upon North America, as to compel them to give up practically all they had there. [8] This war has sometimes been called the Old French War, and sometimes the French and Indian War. REVIEW OUTLINE THE CROWNING FEATURE OF THE LAST FRENCH WAR. WOLFE'S LOVE FOR HIS MOTHER. THE YOUNG SOLDIER. WOLFE'S PERSONAL APPEARANCE. HIS CHARACTER. WOLFE SENT ON AN EXPEDITION AGAINST QUEBEC. HIS TRIALS AND DIFFICULTIES. HE DISCOVERS A STEEP PATHWAY. HE DECEIVES MONTCALM. HIS ARMY FLOATS DOWN THE RIVER. THE ENGLISH REACH THE ROCKY HEIGHTS. "VICTORY OR DEATH!" THE CLASH OF BATTLE. WOLFE AND MONTCALM RECEIVE MORTAL WOUNDS. THE FRENCH SURRENDER QUEBEC. END OF THE LAST FRENCH WAR. TO THE PUPIL 1. How did Wolfe look, and what were his most striking personal traits? 2. What were his trials and difficulties at Quebec? 3. Picture his army floating down the river on the way to the battle-field; also the soldiers climbing the steep heights. 4. Describe the battle, going in imagination with Wolfe at the head of his men. 5. Why was the capture of Quebec by the English so important?