James Wolfe, Man and SoldierL. Carrier & Company, 1928 - 333 sider "It has recently been stated, on high authority, that 'there is scarcely a place for another life' of Wolfe; and I am fully aware of my rashness in writing this book. But, if we except Mrs. Wolfe-Aylward's Pictorial life of James Wolfe, which did not claim to be more than a commentary on its admirable illustrations, no biography of Wolfe has appeared for eighteen years. Meanwhile, newly-discovered evidence of great interest has shed fresh light on his character and exploits, and has been summarised and discussed in scattered articles or in books which are primarily concerned with other subjects. It seemed to me therefore that I was warranted in making an attempt to set down what scholarship now permits us to say and think about him"--Preface. |
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... points . Thus , at the Cormorandière were eleven guns , sup- ported by 1000 men , at Flat Point a like number of guns , with 930 men entrenched close by , while White Point , which offered smaller facilities for landing , had seven guns ...
... points . Thus , at the Cormorandière were eleven guns , sup- ported by 1000 men , at Flat Point a like number of guns , with 930 men entrenched close by , while White Point , which offered smaller facilities for landing , had seven guns ...
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... Point commanding it . Amherst was pre- pared to risk an attack on an unoccupied position , and early on June 12 Wolfe , at the head of a composite force of some 1600 men , marched round the harbour in a fog and established two ...
... Point commanding it . Amherst was pre- pared to risk an attack on an unoccupied position , and early on June 12 Wolfe , at the head of a composite force of some 1600 men , marched round the harbour in a fog and established two ...
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... Point Lévy occupied in force ; but , when he heard the prisoner's news , he agreed that all available troops should be concentrated at the threatened point . The French remained on the alert all night , but nothing happened ; and next ...
... Point Lévy occupied in force ; but , when he heard the prisoner's news , he agreed that all available troops should be concentrated at the threatened point . The French remained on the alert all night , but nothing happened ; and next ...
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