Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnews!military From: msb@sq.sq.com (Mark Brader) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Low Tech Warfare (1 of 5) Message-ID: <12402@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 18 Dec 89 04:55:39 GMT References: <12020@cbnews.ATT.COM> Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Lines: 18 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Mark Brader > ... battles ... won by > one side doing something the other thought was physically impossible. Plains of Abraham, September 13, 1759... a principal battle of the Seven Years' War (1754-1763, officially 1756-1763), which essentially eliminated French colonies from North America. The French in Quebec City had defenses set up only to face the St. Lawrence River, as there are high cliffs and nobody could get from the river to the land above to attack them from the rear. British forces under Gen. James Wolfe did just that, landing two miles away at Anse au Foulon (now Wolfe's Cove) and following an existing trail up the cliff. The French attacked them before they entered the city, but lost. Wolfe was killed. Mark Brader, SoftQuad Inc., Toronto "... pure English is de rigueur" utzoo!sq!msb, msb@sq.com -- Manchester Guardian Weekly