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Illusions of Victory and War News from 1759 Amid Canadian Campaigns
Reports from London detail Wolfe era plans for a decisive landings to drive French and Canadians from occupied ports. The piece notes troop readiness at Point Levee and Orleans, the risk of misfire by advancing units, and the push to force a battle with French forces. It also mentions Adm. Boscawen possibly becoming Generalissimo of the marines, and adds several dispatches on ship movements, trials for a pressman murder, and colonial postings in Ireland and Jamaica.
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London
Wolfe
Montreal
St John’s
Amherst
Canada
Point Levée
Orleans
Adm
Boscawen
Rochain
Germany
Elliot
Portmouth
Brig. Murray
Quebeck
Lord Colvil
N. America
Jamaica
Barbadoes
Antigua
Nevis
St Kitts
Joshua Squire
Mathew Makepeace
John Neale