James Wolfe, Hero of Quebec

Jason Isaacs portrays the hero of the Seven Years War. Images ofJason are from three films, New France, Dangerous Lady, and The Letter. From age 13 Wolfe was a soldier. He studied Latin, Math, and Science, to become a military genius. Always personally bold and audacious in battle, he was scorned socially as a homosexual, though he was honored in his devotion to his military career. He suffered ill health, probably tuberculosis, despite which he rose to the position of Bridadier General. Born in 1727, he died in 1759 at the battle of Quebec, in which France was defeated badly, leading to their lose of all Canada to the British. Music is by GaryRemal Malkin. No profit is made from this video. No violations of copyrights are intended.

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[engliscwarrior]

@MajBlood The second problem was that the native Indians controlled the balance of power, they sided with the French, which made it impossible for the british to advance. However once their power had been broken from French control it was possible for the British to march on Montreal

[engliscwarrior]

@MajBlood Second of all the problem for the British was not the French, it was firstly; the hundreds of miles of inhospitable terrain: mountains, forests, swamps, rivers, rapids, which made traversing their armies, supplies and artillery a logistical impossibility. This made it very easy for the Indians and French to ambush and defeat their tired and over stretched armies and supply lines. It took geniuses like Amherst and Forbes to do it successfully.

[engliscwarrior]

@MajBlood Well first of all, the French did not take back Quebec with Sainte-Foy, it was impossible for them to do so. They could not conduct a powerful enough siege, they did not have enough guns or supplies, and the Royal Navy was the dominant across the world's oceans.

[MajBlood]

@engliscwarrior Um yeah but this isn't Europe. The French all the advantage here because most of the battles were forest skirmisher battles. Montcalm also proved the French to be better at defending and sieges. The French had Quebec back in their hands, they could have captured at Sante Foy but they didn't have enough supplies because of British naval blockade.

[engliscwarrior]

@MajBlood Furthermore the French were only good at fighting as skirmishers and ambushing, they could not compete with British infantry in open ground. At Sainte-Foy the British were half starving, outnumbered and had a poor commander. As you see with the British in Europe, during the Seven Years war they were the best infantry in the world, even the French Marshal acknolegded this: "my soldiers do not want to face the English anymore"

[engliscwarrior]

@MajBlood French did not take back Quebec city! and the Quebecois were not betrayed by France. The French won early victories because they held the power of the Natives, once the power of the natives was broken however the British marched 17,000 men into the interior and conquered Montreal. France could do nothing to help the Quebecois because of British naval dominance. The battle of Sainte-Foy was inconsequential because Britain had already won several decisive naval victories

[RoyalistCavalier]

@hazslayer I believe Canada has been to respecting of the Quebecois and have allowed them to get away with discrimintory laws such as Bill 101 and Bill 22 and to have allowed the Anglo Quebecers and their language and culture to be treated as 2nd class citizens by the ungratefull Quebecois people. Canada should have not had 40 years of Neville Chamberlains at the helm and should had Winston Churchills to deal with this bad behavior. You people cant be trused with the civil rights in Quebec.

[RoyalistCavalier]

@hazslayer I have to say it but I believe that the only way for Canada to get rid of it's seperatism in Quebec is to have an American type of civil war in which the nighmare of Quebecois seperatism can be put in it's grave like how Confederate seperatism is dead and buried. There is a time for peace and their is a time for war and the time for peace is comming to an end and the time for war is approaching. Appeasment has not worked and has only emboldend the traitors, what is need is action.

[RoyalistCavalier]

@hazslayer Did you know that Canada is the only country in the America's to not have had a civil war. All the countries to the south had civil wars including the United States. It is funny that ALL the republics in the America's went through bloody civil wars, violent communist/socialist revolutions and murderours military coups while the only monarchy in the Americas (Canada) never had any of these things. This proves that monarchies are way better then republics. This was due to British rule.

[RoyalistCavalier]

@hazslayer Here is a list of former French colonies that became British colonies in which French was an official language along with English. They are 1)Province of Quebec (1763-1791), 2)Province of Lower Canada (1791-1841), 3)Province of Canada (1841-1867), 4)Dominion of Canada (1867-1931-Present Day), 5)Province of Quebec (1867-1931-1974, English removed by Quebeocis bigots), 6)Saint Lucia, 7)Dominica, 8)Seychelles, 9)Mauritcus.

No French colonies had English as an official language BTW.