The Capture of QuebecBatsford, 1959 - 175 sider |
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Side 38
... fighting learned from the savages or Indians , and he called them : " independent , lying , boastful , very good at skirmishing , very brave behind a tree , and very timid when not under cover " . In his view , a Canadian in the woods ...
... fighting learned from the savages or Indians , and he called them : " independent , lying , boastful , very good at skirmishing , very brave behind a tree , and very timid when not under cover " . In his view , a Canadian in the woods ...
Side 60
... fighting services at the nadir of their popularity and efficiency . Objections to a standing army , partly due to the use of soldiers as policemen ( ' lobsters ' they were called on account of their uniforms ) resulted in a shameful ...
... fighting services at the nadir of their popularity and efficiency . Objections to a standing army , partly due to the use of soldiers as policemen ( ' lobsters ' they were called on account of their uniforms ) resulted in a shameful ...
Side 87
... fighting with the inhabitants . Once there , the Quebec garrison sent down a floating battery to embarrass him . A request for assistance from the fleet was im- mediately answered by the despatch of the Trent frigate , whose broadsides ...
... fighting with the inhabitants . Once there , the Quebec garrison sent down a floating battery to embarrass him . A request for assistance from the fleet was im- mediately answered by the despatch of the Trent frigate , whose broadsides ...
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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