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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12765, 17 June 1911, Page 12 (Supplement)

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A statue of .Wolfe :has recently beeiv ero ted at Westerbam, io Kent, whiclv. »as the ' birthplace;"ofTth£ ■'victor^of Quebec. ' The ceremony or unveiling this statue was performed .by; l«ieW ; Marshal Lord Robeits, who, m the course of his remarks, said:—- v "It is'to WolTe we;»are indebted .ior the greatest of the Dominions How after a prolonged and anxious' examination of the locality in which Quepeeis situated, AVolfe formed his daring plan and led his troops to victory, is one of the: -brightest.; pages in- the Ins--lory of otir Empire.' "" " . " The ?tory has or ten been told, but it never loses its thrilling interest ,hy.leDPtitioii. The Silent drifting downstream on the mighty Sf. Lawrence or tile boats which Conveyed the little jn my; the scaling of the heights oi Abraham in the dark; the impossibility (f obtaining tjie slightest knowledge of the position of tht; enemy's troops or. oi the nature of the ground where the fighting would have to take place; the rapidly-ari-ived-at 'decision to form up his infantry into two deep, in order to stive their flanks being turned; by the superior numbers of the French — showed Wolfe to baa consummate commander. . .

"This formation had never before been tried in our army, and could only bi< justified ..mi sucl* an occasion, by the firm belief Wolfe had in the courage find discipline of his troops. It wm the same grand trust .in his men—a feeling reciprocated by the men towards their commander, —which enabled Wolfe to order his soldiers to-remain with their arms, shouldered, and to icsoive their fire .until; he,, gave the_ v. ord; and it was not 'until the' French" had approached within "■ forty.; yards, and Wolfe himself had been severely wounded, that, he,gave that word. Thesingle volley then • fired shattered /the enemy's formation and decided the fate of Canada. No wonder that Wolfe, as he lay mortally wounded was able to murmur, 'I die content.'"