Quebec 1759 - The battle that won Canada (Paperback)

Stuart Reid; Illustrated by Gerry Embleton

Series: Campaign

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'What a scene!' wrote Horace Walpole. 'An army in the night dragging itself up a precipice by stumps of trees to assault a town and attack an enemy strongly entrenched and double in numbers!' It was indeed a drama, as Major-General James Wolfe's army scaled the cliffs above St. Lawrence to stand with the French Canadian capital before them; and in one short sharp exchange of fire, tumble the Marquis de Montcalm's French army into bloody ruin. Sir John Fortescue famously described it as the 'most perfect volley ever fired on a battlefield', and this book explores how in just a few hectic minutes, one of the British Army's most consummate professionals decided the fate of a continent.

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Imprint:	Osprey Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Campaign
Release date:	April 2003
First published:	April 2003
Authors:	Stuart Reid (Author)
Illustrators:	Gerry Embleton (Author and illustrator)
Dimensions:	248 x 184 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	96
ISBN-13:	978-1-85532-605-7
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Promotions
LSN:	1-85532-605-1
Barcode:	9781855326057