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Quebec Surrender Sheds Light on War Casualties and Armory
An 1759 Edinburgh Chronicle fragment details Beset by heavy losses at Quebec including Captain Gardiner and many lieutenants, sergeants, and troops. It lists regimental names, captured artillery, and the capitulation dispatch from Vice-Admiral Saunders, noting ordnance and stores seized or destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saunders
Sec. Pitt
Quebec
Rodney
Montcalm
Jude
Ariy
England
Cij
Wolfe