Battle of the Plains of Abraham
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Battle of the Plains of Abraham • September 13, 1759 • French vs British • British: 7700 regular troops • French: 13,900 some regular lots of militia and volunteers • Battle of Lobositz – Prussia 29,000 – Austria 34,500
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Battle of the Plains of Abraham. September 13, 1759 French vs British British: 7700 regular troops French:13,900 some regular lots of militia and volunteers Battle of Lobositz Prussia 29,000 Austria 34,500. Aftermath. Main French army leaves the field for Bouganville - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Battle of the Plains of Abraham
• September 13, 1759• French vs British• British: 7700 regular troops• French: 13,900 some regular lots of militia
and volunteers• Battle of Lobositz– Prussia 29,000– Austria 34,500
Aftermath• Main French army leaves the field for Bouganville• Sept 18- the city surrenders to the British• With winter coming the British fleet moves out of the St Lawrence• Second battle fought… Battle of Sainte-Foy (now Laval University
site)• British forces from Quebec City under Sir James Murray are
defeated • However the French are unable to retake Quebec City before a
British fleet arrived in mid-May• With the French fleet destroyed on Sept 8th, 1760 the French army
in New France surrenders to the British
