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Identifier: lpopecanadiennem00leau (find matches)
Title: L'épopée canadienne, Montcalm
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Leau, Léopold, 1868-
Subjects: Montcalm de Saint-Véran, Louis-Joseph, marquis de, 1712-1759
Publisher: Paris : Bloud Québec : Action sociale
Contributing Library: Fisher - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Monseigneur de Pontbriand, évèque de Québec.
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Siège de Québec; mort de Montcalm. — Cette année 1759, les
Anglais vont encore attaquer le Canada des trois côtés à la fois, par les
grands lacs avec le général Prideaux qui aura à lutter contre les forces du
capitaine Pouchot. par le lac Champlain avec le général Amherst qui va
se heurter à la petite armée de Bourlamaque, enfin par le Saint-Laurent
avec le général Wolfe perdu de santé mais jeune et intrépide. Ils dis-
posent en tout de soixante mille hommes.
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Québec (1), mal fortifié mais situé merveilleusement, est peu accessible
en amont; en aval, au contraire, un débarquement est aisé. Aussi, de ce
côté, et tout en mettant la cité en état de défense, on établit un vaste
camp retranché dont la droite, avec Bougainville, s'appuie à la rivière
Saint-Charles et la gauche, avec Lévis, à l'étroite rivière de Montmo-
rency; Vaudreuil et Montcalm ont leur quartier général au centre, au
village de Beauport. La flotte anglaise arrive fin juin devant Québec et
l'armée prend position sur trois points, de l'autre côté de
là rivière Mont-
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(1) Héroïsme et beauté, voilà Québec. Consulter la plaquette intitulée « La vieille
capitale » qui retrace l'histoire de cette ancienne cité, d'un charme unique en Amé-
rique
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morency, dans l'île dOrléans et, en face Québec, sur la pointe Lévis.
De ce dernier poste, et en même temps que les canons des navires, des
batteries bombardent pendant deux mois la noble cité qui est en grande
partie incendiée. Afin de terroriser les habitants, Wolfe fait et fera sans
cesse ravager la campagne, couper les plantations, abattre les bestiaux,

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