CHAPTER XXXIII

1697-1713

FROM THE TREATY OF RYSWICK TO THE TREATY OF UTRECHT QUEEN ANNE'S WAR

MONTREAL SAVED BY LAND AND WATER

"THE FRENCH HAVE ALWAYS COMMENCED HOSTILITIES IN CANADA"--SAMUEL VECHT IN MONTREAL--MONTREAL TO BE INVADED BY WOOD CREEK--NICHOLSON'S ARMY ROUTED BY DYSENTERY--THE "BOSTONNAIS" PLAN A SECOND DESCENT ON MONTREAL--JEANNE LEBER'S STANDARD--THE EXPEDITION OF SIR HOVENDER WALKER AGAINST QUEBEC--THE VOW OF THE MONTREAL LADIES--"OUR LADY OF VICTORIES" BUILT IN COMMEMORATION--PEACE OF UTRECHT--COMPARISON BETWEEN NEW ENGLAND AND NEW FRANCE. NOTE: THE CHATEAU DE RAMEZAY 323