six o’clock
We made a dash for them , were discovered , and shots greeted us ; but we were on them instantly , and in a moment I had the pleasure of putting a bullet in Lancy 's heel , and brought him down . Our cheers told the general the news , and soon hundreds of soldiers were climbing the hard way that we had come . And now while an army climbed to the heights of Maitre Abraham , Admiral Saunders in the gray dawn was bombarding Montcalm 's encampment , and boats filled with marines and soldiers drew to the Beauport flats , as if to land there ; while shots , bombs , shells , and carcasses were hurled from Levis upon the town , deceiving Montcalm . At last , however , suspecting , he rode towards the town at six o'clock , and saw our scarlet ranks spread across the plains between him and Bougainville , and on the crest , nearer to him , eying us in amazement , the white-coated battalion of Guienne , which should the day before have occupied the very ground held by Lancy . A slight rain falling added to their gloom , but cheered us . It gave us a better light to fight by , for in the clear September air , the bright sun shining in our faces , they would have had us at advantage . In another hour the gates of St. John and St. Louis emptied out upon this battlefield a warring flood of our foes .