Friday, July 31, 2009

Live-blogging the siege of Quebec+250 #31

Thursday, August 2, 1759 Now that every plan for getting at the enemy seems to have been proven fruitless, there is a lull in the British high command. The siege has lasted a month, but Quebec defies them.

The supply clerk: “The enemy goes on constantly bombarding and destroying the city. God will that all these calamities will soon be over.”
 
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