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James Wolfe

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James Wolfe 1727-59, British soldier. After a distinguished record in European campaigns, he was made (1758) second in command to Jeffery Amherst in the last of the French and Indian Wars . Through his skillful siege operations, he became a hero of the capture of Louisburg (1758) from the French, and he was rewarded with the command of an expedition against the French at Quebec, which he himself had urged. After frontal attacks on the positions of General Montcalm at Quebec had failed, Wolfe took 5,000 men in boats down the St. Lawrence by night and forced an open battle with the French... Read more
James Wolfe
James Wolfe James Wolfe (1727-1759), English general, led the...at the Plains of Abraham near Quebec. James Wolfe was born into a military household on...He?: The Character and Achievement of James Wolfe (1963), is chiefly a defense of Wolfe... Read more
Wolfe, James
Wolfe, James (1727–1759) British army officer. Born in Westerham, Kent, England, in 1727, James Wolfe entered the British military service as a...Lord Charles Cornwallis , was often absent, Wolfe, who was promoted to lieutenant colonel in... Read more

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