The Capture of QuebecBatsford, 1959 - 175 sider |
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Side 41
... expected after the fall of Louisburg , and the leaders were on the worst possible terms to repel it . In order to get more regular troops , Montcalm decided to send Bougainville , his aide - de - camp , on a mission to Versailles ...
... expected after the fall of Louisburg , and the leaders were on the worst possible terms to repel it . In order to get more regular troops , Montcalm decided to send Bougainville , his aide - de - camp , on a mission to Versailles ...
Side 109
... expected of the man whom he had appointed to the command of the major operation of the year . The publication of the despatch caused bewilderment and depression at home , but happily for Wolfe's name the news of victory followed hard ...
... expected of the man whom he had appointed to the command of the major operation of the year . The publication of the despatch caused bewilderment and depression at home , but happily for Wolfe's name the news of victory followed hard ...
Side 149
... expected : the strength of the place , it now became evident , lay in its situation far more than in its defence . " Quebec is nothing but a shapeless mass of ruins " , wrote one of its citizens . " Confusion , disorder , pillage reign ...
... expected : the strength of the place , it now became evident , lay in its situation far more than in its defence . " Quebec is nothing but a shapeless mass of ruins " , wrote one of its citizens . " Confusion , disorder , pillage reign ...
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT II | 11 |
The Defence | 35 |
The Heights of Abraham | 123 |
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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