BATTLE OF SAINTE-FOY

Opposing Forces and Positioning of the Troops

The British Army

To wage battle, Murray could count on only 3,400 men. Nearly half of his garrison was ill. The winter in town had been very harsh and several men had died of scurvy. Moreover, following the September 13 victory, the Louisbourg Grenadiers had left Québec to rejoin their regiments. It was thus with a force that was cut back even more that Wolfe's, and without naval support, that Murray tried to hold on to the city¹⁴⁰.

British Forces on the Battlefield on April 28, 1760

	British Forces
Regular troops	3,065
Rangers	78
Volunteers	110
Royal Artillery	116
Total	3,369

Source :

André Charbonneau, « Québec, ville assiégée », Dans Serge Bernier et al. Québec, ville militaire (1608-2008), Montréal: Art Global, 2008, p. 144.

The British General deployed his troops as follows (south to north):

Rangers
28^th Regiment
78^th Regiment
47^th Regiment
43^rd Regiment
2^nd Battalion 60^th Regiment
58^th Regiment
15^th Regiment
48^th Regiment
Light Infantry

Reserve :

3^rd Battalion 60^th Regiment
35^th Regiment ¹⁴¹

Source : Stuart Reid, Quebec 1759: the battle that won Canada, Oxford: Osprey, 2003, p. 86-87.

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