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General Montcalm

General Montcalm.jpg Sir Walter ScottThumbnails'The Glorious 1st of June', 1794Sir Walter ScottThumbnails'The Glorious 1st of June', 1794Sir Walter ScottThumbnails'The Glorious 1st of June', 1794Sir Walter ScottThumbnails'The Glorious 1st of June', 1794

The French army at Quebec, commanded by General Montcalm, numbered more than 16,000 men, consisting of Frenchmen, Canadians, and Indians. But some were boys of fifteen, and others old men of eighty. Here they awaited Wolfe, whose army numbered 9,000.