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| The Fall of Quebec (1759) ....
Led by General James Wolfe, British soldiers forced their way up the St. Lawrence River in the summer of 1759. A young officer, called James Cook, was navigating the treacherous waters of the river. Wolfe tried, unsuccessfully, to attack Quebec from the front and bombard the town. With his men falling ill and winter approaching, it seemed that the greatest prize in New France would elude him.
Hearing of a narrower path that led straight up from the river to the Plains of Abraham above the town of Quebec, Wolfe led his men, by night, past the French guards. At dawn, his army of 5000 men were assembled, ready for battle against the 4500 troops of Montcalm. On the 13th September 1759, France lost Quebec to the British. Both General Wolfe and General Montcalm were killed in the battle. In losing Quebec, France effectively lost New France and, with it, its North American empire. By the end of 1760, all French forces in North America had surrendered. .....
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