The British bombing of Quebec lasted nine weeks. James Wolfe was a frail, brave soldier who was obsessed with glory. (As portrayed by Robert Joy in Canada: A People's History) Every morning ...

British General James Wolfe had been unable to carry out his ... destructive siege of a town that was already 150 years old. Quebec was a sophisticated urban centre, with a few examples of grand ...

On his last expedition, with Admiral Sir Charles Saunders (who is buried not far from Wolfe's monument) and also the young James Cook, he made his way to Quebec, the capital of French Canada. The ...

At the end of July 1759, General James Wolfe was faced with a divided council and winter drawing near. Wolfe launched an invasion of Quebec at Beauport that ended in disaster for the British.

On the orders of a sick and dying General James Wolfe, 5,000 English troops ... Because the top of the hill was within cannon range of Quebec, Wolfe reluctantly placed his men at the bottom ...