THE SIEGE OF QUÉBEC :
AN EPISODE OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR

The conflict in America: a general survey

Chronology of the confrontations

	Date	Issue de la bataille
Attack of the Jumonville detachment	May 28, 1754	Victory of George Washington's American troops.
Fort Nécessité	July 3, 1754	French victory.
Fort Beauséjour	June 16, 1755	British victory.
Fort Gaspareau	June 17, 1755	British victory.The French surrender without any resistance.
Fort Duquesne	July 9, 1755	French victory.
Lac George Saint-Frédéric	September 8, 1755	French victory.
Fort Bull	March 27, 1756	French victory.
Chouaguen (Oswego)	August 14, 1756	French victory.
Fort William-Henry	August 9, 1757	French victory.
Carillon	July 8, 1758	French victory.
Louisbourg	July 26, 1758	British victory.
Fort Frontenac	August 28, 1758	British victory.
Fort Duquesne	November 23, 1758	British victory.
Fort Niagara	July 26, 1759	British victory.

Légend:
French possession prior to the battle
British possession prior to the battle

Source : Louise Dechêne, Le Peuple, l'État et la Guerre sous le Régime français, Boréal, Montréal, 2008.

Battles of 1759 and 1763

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  Seven Years’ War
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  • The conflict in America: a general survey
    • Context
    • Opposing forces
    • French tactics and alliances
    • British tactics and alliances
    • Chronology of the confrontations
• Siege of Québec
  • Québec, cornerstone of New France
  • Opposing forces
    • French Army, Canadians and Amerindians
    • Land troops or regular troops
    • The colonial troops
    • The Militia
    • The Amerindian allies
    • The French Navy
    • British Army, Americans and Navy
    • Regular troops
    • The Americans
    • The Royal Navy
  • Strategy
    • The French Army
    • Principles and actions
    • A fortified place
    • Fire ships and rafts
    • The British Army
    • Principles and actions
    • Bombardments
    • Ransacking
  • Daily life at the time of the siege of Québec
  • The Montmorency Battle
    • Context
    • Course / assessment
    • Consequences
• Battle of the Plains of Abraham
  • Context
    • A matter of urgency
    • Positioning of the French troops
    • The Anse-au-Foulon landing
    • Montcalm is taken by surprise
  • The two armies face each other
    • The opposing forces
    • Positioning of the troops
    • The British Army
    • The French Army
  • The battle
  • The outcome
  • Québec surrenders
  • Consequences
• Battle of Sainte-Foy
  • Context
    • A difficult winter in Québec
    • Lévis and Vaudreuil request reinforcements
    • Québec: the challenge of a new battle
  • Opposing forces and positioning of the troops
    • The French Army
    • The British Army
  • Course / assessment
  • The siege of Québec and British reinforcements
  • The surrender of Montreal
  • Consequences
• Treaty of Paris