Quebec 1759
The battle that won Canada
Nonfiction, History, Modern, 18th Century, Reference, Military
| Author: | Stuart Reid | ISBN: | 9781472801678 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing | Publication: | February 20, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Osprey Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Stuart Reid |
| ISBN: | 9781472801678 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publication: | February 20, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Osprey Publishing |
| Language: | English |
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!' In one short sharp exchange of fire Major-General James Wolfe's men tumbled 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'. In this book Stuart Reid details how one of the British Army's consummate professionals literally beat the King's enemies before breakfast and in so doing decided the fate of a continent.
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!' In one short sharp exchange of fire Major-General James Wolfe's men tumbled 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'. In this book Stuart Reid details how one of the British Army's consummate professionals literally beat the King's enemies before breakfast and in so doing decided the fate of a continent.
