The Siege of Quebec and the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, المجلد 6Dussault & Proulx, 1901 |
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الصفحة 41
... wounded , are all the Losses this Army has sustained - Brigr . Genl . Stanwix has by this a Champ Libre , he may do what he will - My brother who is gone to England wt . the news I had fixed poor Townshend should go with , has taken ...
... wounded , are all the Losses this Army has sustained - Brigr . Genl . Stanwix has by this a Champ Libre , he may do what he will - My brother who is gone to England wt . the news I had fixed poor Townshend should go with , has taken ...
الصفحة 42
... wounded , We lost three men and six Horses , this is in all likelihood the last party that will interrupt that communi- cation . I have a Brigantine and some Boats preparing in all haste pour chasser quatres vaisseaux Francois that have ...
... wounded , We lost three men and six Horses , this is in all likelihood the last party that will interrupt that communi- cation . I have a Brigantine and some Boats preparing in all haste pour chasser quatres vaisseaux Francois that have ...
الصفحة 73
... - fatigable body spurred on to action by a daring mind . " Death , wounds , sickness , and a necessary garrison , will diminish our numbers . I give 3000 men for these different MRS Stopford Sackville's papers (extracts)
... - fatigable body spurred on to action by a daring mind . " Death , wounds , sickness , and a necessary garrison , will diminish our numbers . I give 3000 men for these different MRS Stopford Sackville's papers (extracts)
الصفحة 78
... wounded or hurt by accident run great risk of their lives from the corrupted state of the blood , so your Lordship may rest assured that the enterprize of Louisbourg will cost a multitude of men , as contemptibly as the mareschal ...
... wounded or hurt by accident run great risk of their lives from the corrupted state of the blood , so your Lordship may rest assured that the enterprize of Louisbourg will cost a multitude of men , as contemptibly as the mareschal ...
الصفحة 81
... wounded with a musket ball , but will soon be well . " The Highlanders have behaved with distinction , their company of Grenadiers has suffered , 3 of the officers kill'd and the fourth dangerously wounded . Amherst's regt . lost twenty ...
... wounded with a musket ball , but will soon be well . " The Highlanders have behaved with distinction , their company of Grenadiers has suffered , 3 of the officers kill'd and the fourth dangerously wounded . Amherst's regt . lost twenty ...
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7bre acquaint Admiral Holmes Admiral Saunders Amherst Aoust Arms arrived Artillery attack battalions Batteries battle Beauport Boats Bougainville Correspondence Brigadier Brigr British Museum Camp Campaign Canada Capt Captain Colonel Commander in Chief Convoy copy Dear Rickson detachment Durell embarked Enemy England engraving Expedition against Quebec Extract fait fleet Forces Fort Augustus French Army Garrison Gaspé Governor Grenadiers Halifax honour hope inclosed ISAAC BARRÉ Isle James Wolfe Journal King's Pleasure Lady Ferrers landed Lawrence letter Light Infantry London Lord Lordships Louisburg Majesty's Major General Wolfe Major Genl Marquis Marquis de Montcalm Miramichi Monckton Montmorenci night North America Pitt Point Levi provisions Public Record Office qu'il Rangers Regiment Regt River St sail sent Sept Service Ships Siege of Quebec Sloop Squadron Stores taken thing Town Townshend Transports Troops utmost Vaudreuil à Bougainville Vessels Wolfe's words wounded
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الصفحة 20 - ... in particular circumstances and times, the loss of a thousand men is rather an advantage to a nation than otherwise, seeing that gallant attempts raise its reputation and make it respectable; whereas the contrary appearances sink the credit of a country, ruin the troops, and create infinite uneasiness and discontent at home.
الصفحة 35 - My antagonist has wisely shut himself up in inaccessible intrenchments, so that I can't get at him without spilling a torrent of blood, and that perhaps to little purpose. The Marquis de Montcalm is at the head of a great number of bad soldiers, and I am at the head of a small number of good ones, that wish for nothing so much as to fight him ; but the wary old fellow avoids an action, doubtful of the behavior of his army. People must be of the profession to understand the disadvantages and difficulties...
الصفحة 278 - Plan of the Town and Basin of Quebec and Part of the Adjacent Country, shewing the principal Encampments and Works of the British Army commanded by Major Gen1.
الصفحة 93 - I am to signify to you his Majesty's pleasure, that you do...
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الصفحة 142 - The battalions must form on the upper ground with expedition, and be ready to charge whatever presents itself. When the artillery and troops are landed, a corps will be left to secure the landing-place, while the rest march on, and endeavour to bring the French and Canadians to a battle.
الصفحة 20 - ... shore ; that previous directions should be given in respect to landing the troops, and a proper disposition made for the boats of all sorts, appointing leaders and fit persons for conducting the different divisions.
الصفحة 2 - Latin and the mathematics ; two hours in a day, for four or five months, this may help me a little. If I were to judge of a country by those just come out of it, Ireland will never be agreeable to me.
الصفحة 82 - The Americans are in general the dirtiest most contemptible cowardly dogs that you can conceive. There is no depending on them in action. They fall down dead in their own dirt and desert by battalions, officers and all.
الصفحة 141 - The first body that gets on shore is to march directly to the enemy, and drive them from any little post they may occupy. The officers must be careful that the succeeding bodies do not, by any mistake, fire upon those who go on before them. The battalions must form on the upper ground with expedition, and be ready to charge whatever presents itself.