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Quebec Surrender Report Shocks Continent News
The dispatches recount Howe’s forces under General Wolfe and Admiral Saunders in the Quebec campaign. Wolfe is killed. Montcalm also dies as Quebec capitulates on September 18 after a long siege. British vessels and troops press forward while Amherst plans convoys.
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Amon
Quebec
Monckton
Point Levi
Wolfe
Isle of
Orleans
Levi
Montmorenci
Rous
Sutherland
Diana
Squirrel
Boston
England
Falls
Murray
Adm
Holmes
Gen
Homes
General Amherst
Louisburgh
Drake
Lizard
Durell
Amherst
Crown-Point
New-York
Cacy
Niagara
Cankres Samnpers
Edinburgh
Holdérnesfe
George Beauclerk
Bhus
Douglas
Alcidé
Adme. Saunders