Adapted from my book, About Canada, Toronto, Civil Sector Press, 2012. It was not at the Plains of Abraham, in either the first or second battles in 1759 and 1760, that the destiny of the continent was determined. It was determined two months after Wolfe’s forces won the first battle and more than five […]
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Wolfe fails to conquer Canada
From my book, About Canada, Toronto, Civil Sector Press, 2012. British General James Wolfe is widely credited with the conquest of Canada by defeating Louis-Joseph Montcalm and the French on the Plains of Abraham, September 13, 1759. Not so. Wolfe won the battle, but not the war. The French lost a battle but their […]