On Sept. 12, 1759, a quarter-millennium ago, British Gen. James Wolfe landed his army under the steep bluffs that hid the Plains of Abraham and the walls of Quebec.

The Battle of Quebec: the plains of Abraham In terms of size, it was not an epic battle, but in terms of its effect on the course of world history, enormous. On the morning of September 13, 1759 ...

QUEBEC, March 19, 2025 /CNW/ - Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, ... Having been spared the bombardments of the Siege of Québec of 1759 and having never experienced a major fire, ...

Wolfe landed down the St. Lawrence River from Quebec on June 27, 1759, aquiver with dreams of glory. But for most of the summer, he fretfully wavered between various battle plans while his army ...

Workers in Quebec pose with 90kg cannonball fired by British in 1759 - unaware it is still live. Army bomb disposal experts had to take it away to be neutralised or destroyed ...

The 1759 Quebec Expedition whose example inspired MacArthur and swayed those admirals has suffered no shortage of historians. Francis Parkman’s 1884 epic, ...

Quebec City is the capital of Quebec and, after Montreal, ... where a pivotal battle between the French and English in 1759 shaped the future of North America. Judges' Comments.

At the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759, British forces defeated the French and seized control of Quebec City, setting the stage for their eventual conquest of Canada.

Builders in the old part of the Canadian city of Quebec have unearthed a live shell fired by the British during a siege in 1759. They posed for photos with the large, 90kg (200lb) projectile ...