The Capture of QuebecBatsford, 1959 - 175 sider |
Inni boken
Resultat 1-3 av 24
Side 43
... enemy vessel . Moreover a convoy of eighteen victuallers , armed by the munition contractor Cadet and commanded by a determined merchant skipper named Canon , was able to follow him up the river a few days later . In the opinion of ...
... enemy vessel . Moreover a convoy of eighteen victuallers , armed by the munition contractor Cadet and commanded by a determined merchant skipper named Canon , was able to follow him up the river a few days later . In the opinion of ...
Side 156
... enemy could entrench himself outside the walls . As he wrote afterwards : " The enemy was greatly superior in numbers , it is true ; but when I con- sidered that our little army was in the habit of beating the enemy , and had a very ...
... enemy could entrench himself outside the walls . As he wrote afterwards : " The enemy was greatly superior in numbers , it is true ; but when I con- sidered that our little army was in the habit of beating the enemy , and had a very ...
Side 159
... enemy frigates ran for it , and such was their haste that all six French ships ran aground . So too did the gallant Lowestoft , which was wrecked on a rock in mid - stream . Having disposed of the ships , Swanton turned his guns on the ...
... enemy frigates ran for it , and such was their haste that all six French ships ran aground . So too did the gallant Lowestoft , which was wrecked on a rock in mid - stream . Having disposed of the ships , Swanton turned his guns on the ...
Innhold
ACKNOWLEDGMENT II | 11 |
The Defence | 35 |
The Heights of Abraham | 123 |
Opphavsrett | |
1 andre deler vises ikke
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
admiral advance Amherst amphibious Anse de Foulon arrived artillery battalions battle Beauport shore boats Bougainville Bougainville's Brigadier Brigadier Townshend British called camp campaign Canada Canadians Cap Rouge Cape Breton Island Captain Curry Captain Hervey Smith capture Centurion citadel Colonel colony colours command convoy defence despatch Durell enemy English Etchemin river expedition fighting fire flagship fleet force France French army frigate garrison general's Goreham's guns heard Heights of Abraham Highlanders Holmes honour hundred Indians James Wolfe Knox landing craft Lawrence letter Lévis Light Infantry line engraving Louisburg Louisburg Grenadiers Lowestoft Marquis de Montcalm miles Monckton Montmorency Montreal Murray naval officer navy numbers operations Pitt Quebec Rangers Regiment replied Rochefort Royal Americans sailed sailors Saunders scalping sent September ships shot siege Sillery soldiers squadron Sutherland thousand told town trained troops up-river Vaudreuil vessels victory William Woollett Wolfe Wolfe's Wolfe's Cove wounded wrote