D. Peter MacLeod - Northern Armageddon: The Battle of the Plains of Abraham

NORTHERN ARMAGEDDON

D. PETER MACLEOD

THE BATTLE of THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM

NORTHERN
ARMAGEDDON

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
MacLeod, D. Peter, 1955
Northern armageddon : the battle of the Plains of Abraham / D. Peter MacLeod.

ISBN 978-1-55365-412-4

1. Plains of Abraham, Battle of the, Qubec, 1759. 2. Qubec Campaign, 1759.
3. CanadaHistorySeven Years War, 17551763Campaigns.
4. CanadaHistoryTo 1763 (New France). I. Title.
FC386.5.M33 2008 971.0188 C2008-904990-X

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attacking the British Fleet at Anchor before Quebec, 28 June 1759, c. 1900, LAC C-004291
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CONTENTS

ADAMS, Williamcommander, Royal Navy; captain of HMS Hunter

AMHERST, Jefferymajor general, British army

ANSON, GeorgeFirst Lord of the Admiralty

ARGALL, SamuelAdmiral of Virginia; led the first British attack on New France in 1613

ARNOUX, AndrQuebec surgeon; owner of the house where Montcalm died

BARR, Annerefugee from Gasp

BARR, Isaacmajor, British army; Wolfes adjutant general

BARR, Jeanofficer, Canadian militia; merchant marine captain from Gasp

BEAUJEU, Daniel-Hyacinthe-Marie Linard decaptain, troupes de la marine

BELCOURT, Thisb delieutenant, French navy; commander of a company of militia cavalry at the siege of Quebec

BELL, Thomascaptain, British army; aide-de-camp to James Wolfe

BERNETZ, Flicien delieutenant colonel, Royal Roussillon regiment; second in command of the Quebec garrison

BERNIER, Benot-Franoiscaptain, troupes de terre; Montcalms commissaire ordonnateur des guerres (deputy quartermaster-general)

BERNIER, Madameresident of lIslet; forced to flee when George Scotts troops burned her home

BERTHOU-DbreilQuebec merchant whose warehouse was destroyed by Williamsons bombardment

BIARD, PierreJesuit priest; author of Nostre prinse par les anglois (Our capture by the English)

BIGOT, FranoisIntendant of New France

BLAND, Humphreyauthor of A Treatise of Military Discipline

BOISHBERT, Charles Deschamps decaptain, troupes de la marine

BOTWOOD, Nedsergeant, 47th Regiment; author of Hot Stuff

BOUCHERVILLE, Amable devolunteer, troupes de la marine; wounded twice at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham

BOUCHETTE, JosephSurveyor General of Lower Canada; author of Description topographique de la province du Bas Canada(A Topographical Description of the Province of Lower Canada)

BOUGAINVILLE, Louis-Antoine decolonel in the troupes de terre; senior aide-de-camp to Louis-Joseph de Montcalm

BOURLAMAQUE, Franois-Charles debrigadier, troupes de terre; third in command of the troupes de terre in Canada

BRAY, Johncaptain, Royal Navy; captain of HMS Princess Amelia

BROWNE, Henrylieutenant, 28th Regiment; helped to carry the dying James Wolfe off the battlefield

BULLAU, Antoineensign, Canadian militia; left Canada after the British conquest

BURTON, Ralphlieutenant colonel, 48th Regiment

CADET, AugustinQuebec butcher; uncle of Joseph-Michel Cadet

CADET, Joseph-Michelmunitionnaire gnral (purveyor general) of Canada; responsible for supplying the French armed forces with provisions

CADETS CRITICauthor of the Mmoire du Canada

CALCRAFT, Jamescaptain, British army

CAMERON, Ewanprivate, 78th Regiment; rumoured to have killed nine French soldiers with his claymore at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham

CARLETON, Guylieutenant colonel, British army; Wolfes quartermaster general

CARRONMenominee warrior; fought at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham

CHADS, Jamescommander, Royal Navy; captain of HMS Vesuvius; commanded the boats that carried Wolfes army to the Anse au Foulon

CHAREST, Etiennecaptain, Canadian militia

CHARLEVOIX, Pierre-Franois-Xavier deJesuit priest; author of the Histoire et description gnrale de la Nouvelle France (History andGeneral Description of New France)

CHURCHILL, Winstonprime minister of Great Britain during the Second World War; author of A History of the English Speaking Peoples, vol. III, The Age of Revolution, which calls the Seven Years War the first world war

COAT, Edwardlieutenant, Royal Navy; author of A Private Journal of theSiege of Quebec

COOK, Jamesmaster, HMS Pembroke; charted the St. Lawrence River

CRVECOEUR, Michel-Guillaume-Saint-Jean, lieutenant La Sarre regiment; future author of Letters from an American Farmer

CUISY dArgenteuilensign, troupes de la marine; wounded three times at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham

DAILLEBOUST de Cerry, Philippe-Mariecaptain of the port of Quebec; advised Ramezay to surrender Quebec to the British

DAINE, FranoisQuebecs senior magistrate; leader of a group of Quebec notables who ask Ramezay to surrender the city to the British

DALBERGATI-VEZZA, Franois-Marie Balthazaraensign, troupes de la marine; organized a force of militia and troupes de la marine to cover the retreat of the French army at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham

DAVNE des Mloizes, Nicolas Renaudcaptain, troupes de la marine; recorded the dialogue between a French lookout and a British officer who persuaded the sentry that the flotilla carrying Wolfes army to the Anse au Foulon was a French provision convoy

DELAUNE, Williamcaptain, light infantry; recorded Wolfes orders to his junior officers on the Plains of Abraham