Though  told  somewhat  differently  by  the  several  narrators,  it
is  evident  that  both  Nairne  and  Dambourges  conducted
themselves  as  men  of  valour  and  discretion.  That  the  British
Government  thought  that  Dambourges  deserved  well,  is
apparent  from  the  fact  of  his  having,  though  a  native  of  old
France,  been  appointed  to  a  lieutenancy  in  the  84th  reginient.
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We  now  must  turn  oar  attention  to  what  had  been  going
on  at  tfJC  same  time  at  the  other  extremity  of  the  Lower^iwn
at  Pris-iie-Villey  which,  from  its  disastrous  termination  to  the
gallant  Montgomery,  has  generally  attracted  more  attention
than  the  attack  by  Arnold,  though  it  has  not  generally  been  so
well  ttnderstood.
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At  th«  spot  indicfttedy  and  which  is  now  poUitad  oat  to  the
tooritt  by  a  boatd,  with  inMriptioDy  attached  to  the  loek,  the
•brapt  pieoipice  oi  Cape  Diamond  projects  forwaid  to  the
river,  ioiming  now,  as  then,  a  narrow  defile.  Here,  under  the
direction  oi  Mr.  Thompson,  a  barrier  bad  been  erected,  and  a
battery  of  ibar  S-poanders  and  one  4-ponnder  placed  in  a  ktmf^
or  outhouse  on  the  south  side,  which  completely  oomcxianded
the  pass.  Hawkins  says :  *'  The  exact  spot  where  tbf  barrier
was  erected,  before  which  Montgomery  fell,  may  be  described
as  crossing  the  narrow  road  under  the  mountain,  immediately
opposite  to  the  west  end  of  a  bnildiiig  which  stands  on  the
sooth,  and  was  formerly  occupied  by  Mr.  Racey  as  a  brewery.
