... English Reinforcements After capturing Sainte-Foy, Lévis began a siege of Quebec City. Murray’s fate now depended on which ships arrived first. If French reinforcements were to arrive sooner, he could be caught and cornered in their crossfire. ...
Last French and Indian War (The)
... During Wolfe’s siege of Quebec City, Jeffery Amherst had been doing battle in the Lake Champlain region. On October 18, he learned of the fall of Quebec City. ...
... Before setting foot on land, he issued a proclamation to the settlers, no doubt similar to the one written in Quebec City soon before he left. ...
... The Canadiens needed no interpreters: the “Governor of Quebec and the Conquered Country” had written to them in French, and the message was clear! ...
... Always extremely cautious, Amherst had lost some time in the summer of 1759, while Wolfe was besieging Quebec. He should have been marching on Montreal from Lake Champlain while Thomas Gage was coming down the St. Lawrence from Lake Ontario. ...
... They supply goods more cheaply than they could be acquired from merchants in Quebec City or Montreal.” John Long (trader and interpreter of Indian languages), Voyages chez différentes nations sauvages de l’Amérique septentrionale, 1768–1787, p. 36. ...
... Lawrence Valley played an important military role, except for Jeune-Lorette, near Quebec City. ...
... . ○ See John Knox’s journal, The Siege of Quebec (p. 284). According to Knox, Amherst set up camp at Oswegatchie on August 17, after the Outaouaise was captured. ...
... On June 21, 1760, Amherst informed Johnson that the siege of Quebec City (by Lévis) had been lifted and that Vaudreuil had released the prisoners whom he had taken on April 28 (at the Battle of Sainte-Foy) and at other times – a total of 123 – “among ...
... In March, 1980, Michel Cadieux reported on behalf of the society to the heritage division of the Quebec department of cultural affairs. ...