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Battle of Plains of Abraham

France · Warfare / Seven Years War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1759Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1759

Louis-Joseph Montcalm-Gozon13 September 1759

Plains of Abraham · Warfare / Seven Years War

Opens the attack on 4,100 British with 4,500 men but has no artillery & is routed

Louis-Joseph Montcalm-Gozon14 September 1759

Plains of Abraham · Warfare / Seven Years War

Dies saying "I am happy that I shall not live to see the surrender of Quebec"

Names involved

Louis-Joseph Montcalm-Gozon

Provenance

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