Montcalm and Wolfe eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 931 pages of information about Montcalm and Wolfe.

Montcalm and Wolfe eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 931 pages of information about Montcalm and Wolfe.

   Prevost, Intendant at Louisbourg, 90-91

   Prideaux, British Brigadier, sent to take Niagara, 507
     begins siege, 511
     killed in action, 513

   Pringle, Captain, British volunteer with Rogers’ Rangers, 360-361
     lost in forest, 362-363
     saved from Indians by French officers, 363

   Prussia (See Frederick the Great)

   Puritanism in New England, 42

   Putnam, Israel, 210
     his expert scouting praised, 299
     at Ticonderoga, 416
     captured by Indians, 433
     his tortures, 434-435
     rescued by Marin, 435
     prisoner in Montreal, 436
     exchanged, 436

   Puysieux, Marquis de, 35

   Pynchon, Dr., 220

   Q

   Quakers, characteristics of, 239
     cause of military paralysis, 240-248
     their quarrel with Presbyterians, 239
     attitude toward Indians, 239
     influence in Pennsylvania, 240-248
     oppose defense of borders against Indians, 295

   Quebec, (See also Montcalm and Vaudreuil)
     Montcalm’s praise of, 316
     suspense over threat to, 324
     Montcalm prefers to Montreal, 358, 360

   Quebec, Siege of, 481-505, 523-548
     threatened with attack, 468, 482
     Montcalm and Vaudreuil arrive, 483
     troops and Indians pour in, 483
     patriotism of its people, 484
     English fleet starts up the St. Lawrence, 486
     nature of the countryside, 488-489
     city’s strength as natural fortress, 489
     British army lands below, 489
     fire ships fail to harm British, 491-492, 501
     steady bombardment of, 494-498, 526
     British treatment of prisoners, 498-501
     French victory at Montmorenci, 523
     sickness in Wolfe’s army, 526
     short rations of French, 526
     Wolfe plans new attack, 531-532
     heights of Abraham scaled, 540-542
     British army forms on plains of Abraham, 543
     French forces attack, 544
     defeat and rout of French, 546-549
     death of Wolfe, 546
     death of Montcalm, 547, 555
     French and British losses, 547n., 548, 552, 637-638

   Quebec, fall of, 549-567
     Vaudreuil’s behavior after defeat, 550-551, 553, 558
     army flees the city, 554
     New France ends with, 556
     Vaudreuil’s responsibility for, 559
     garrison refuses to fight, 559
     city surrenders, 559
     ruin and chaos from bombardment, 567-568

   Quebec, under British rule, 571-588
   troops suffer from cold and sickness, 571-572, 575
     rumors of French attack, 573-574
     French try to retake, 580-586
     British ships arrive and French retire, 587

   R

   Ramesay, Chevalier de, commandant at Quebec, 485
     refuses Montcalm artillery, 544
     left without supplies after battle, 556
     forced to surrender, 559

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