Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows."And we continued our route up the river till we had proceeded about sixty miles, when a vessel came down from the main army, with information of the battle and victory, and with orders for us to 'drive on faster, and destroy all before us.' We continued our march three days more, which brought us to within about sixty miles of head-quarters, when a second vessel came down to us, with orders to cease burning and pillaging, for Quebec had given up to the English"- Excerpt from the Life of David Perry, 1759What historical situation is David Perry describing in this excerpt of his autobiography?

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