jnjaa
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Post by jnjaa on Oct 3, 2010 21:07:47 GMT -5
So from my understanding, the reason that Wolfe and Montcalm met at the Plains of Abraham was to take over Quebec City. Montcalm began by trying to scare away Wolfe and his men. He sent a burning boat down the St. Lawrence to try and attack their boats but his boat blew up before it reached them. Wolfe tried to get back at him by burning fields of New France and everything he tried was failing, he wanted to take over Quebec City. Wolfe spotted an abondoned corn field and told his troops to take position there. In the mean time Montcalm was positioned at Beauport because they were expecting an attack from Wolfe. My question is, how did they always know or think they knew what was coming next. Why did Montcalm think that Wolfe would try and attack them at Beauport? And how did Montcalm find out that Wolfe was postioned at the cornfield down river? So Montcalm marched his army to the Plains of Abraham and this is where they battled it out for taking over Quebec City. Wolfe and Montcalm both died but Wolfe (English) came out with the victory. Its cool hearing about the Plains of Abraham. I went to Quebec for a french class field trip and I saw the Plains of Abraham. We has this competition with wooden guns and wooden bullets to see who could load and get into position the quickest, it was very interesting.
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Post by Mr. Delainey on Oct 4, 2010 12:57:00 GMT -5
Montcalm believed an attack was coming at Beauport for two reasons: firstly, Montcalm had intercepted mail/correspondence of the English plans to attack there; and secondly, the attack on that beach made the most sense (considering the unsuitability of the surrounding countryside and beaches).
Montcalm found out Wolfe was at the Plains of Abraham because the English were spotted by French sentries and word was sent to Montcalm. The French general then marched his men double time to meet the English there. It was kind of silly for Montcalm to go meet the English to be honest. If the French General had simply stayed put behind the walls of Quebec winter would've pushed the English out for sure.
However, in the long run Quebec would've fallen as by the next spring the English sents many thousands of reinforcements while the French only sent a few hundred....
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