Title:
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QUEBEC 1759
THE BATTLE THAT WON CANADA |
By: |
Stuart Reid, Gerry Embleton (Illus) |
Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£12.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1472801679 |
ISBN 13: |
9781472801678 |
Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
Pub. date: |
20 February, 2013 |
Series: |
Campaign 121 |
Description: |
'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!' This title 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. |
Synopsis: |
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. |
Illustrations: |
17 b/w; 11 col |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Osprey Publishing |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |