Québec History 13 - The British Conquest 1759

Québec a Nation History (Part 13)

British Conquest of 1758-1759

Battle of Louisbourg

The Siege of Louisbourg was a pivotal battle of the French and Indian War in 1758 and led directly to the loss of Quebec in 1759 and the remainder of French North America the following year. The British government realized that with the Fortress of Louisbourg under French control, there was no way that the Royal Navy could sail down the St. Lawrence River for an attack on Québec. An expedition against Louisbourg in 1757 led by Lord Loudon failed due to a strong French naval deployment.

The conquest of Québec is more than a single battle, it is the result of a long siege that lasts from June 26th to the 18th of September 1759. During this interminable confrontation, Montcalm adopts a purely defensive strategy and chooses to take no initiative against the enemy. Wolfe attempts twice to take the city before September, but his troops are defeated and repelled on both occasions. Despite these failures, the English surround the city with their boats and bombard it day and night for weeks, reducing theonce proud capital of New France to a desolate pile of smoking ruins. We estimate that about 15 000 bombs were thrown on Québec that summer and the fate of the surrounding villages is also far from lenient. Farms are pillaged and burnt, villages are ravaged and the inhabitants who did not join the militia (women, children, elderlies and priests for the most part) are incarcerated in prisoner camps. The inhabitants are the ones who suffer the most from the British invasion.

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[ulnu]

@MigratoryEagle this was Louisbourg on Ile Royal , Unamagi to the aboriginal , Present day Cape Breton .

[unfukkkmee]

INDEPEDENCE FOR QUEBEC NOW

[MigratoryEagle]

Oh silly me it was Quebec.

[MigratoryEagle]

Sorry, I can't seem to figure out - what city are they attacking in this part of the clip? What is the name of the documentary you are using here? I cannot find it anywhere. I try to do research on this era but I cannot find a lot of sources. thanks!

[JCSCnd]

@Studley1Doright I agree. We are receiving so many indirect signs that we need to stand together and protect our culture and most importantly our future. North America is in for a major face lift soon enough

[blueray1969]

@MrBillcale how many English people live in Quebec? Certainly not as many as French live in England. I don't want teh French to go home, they have a right to be here.

[yanhans]

@Studley1Doright

Oh and also, as a proud canadian, not French or English, but who is extremely fluent in both our official languages, I have to say that you have a rather backward way of thinking. You should realise that we live in the 21st century. As someone who greatly values the rich and beautiful heritage that both the French and English colonisers left behind, I'm saddened to call you a compatriot.

[yanhans]

@Studley1Doright

Which part of Canada you're from?? Of what Pakistani and Chinese colonisation (note the British "s" in my colonisation and the U.S "z" in yours, it seems you've been colonised by our neighbours to the south) you speak? I'm not quite sure as even in the multicultural city of Toronto, I am not witnessing this imaginery colonisation of yours.

[Robineux99]

@keepingcommandments Oh..your history CV about the french doesn't go further than WW2? Ah that's why you think the british army has far more experience than the french one. And even that notion is stupid. you can't compare present time army experience and size with what happened in the past. Hey why don't you go back playing video games you 14 years old.