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Louisbourg Landings The landings of Louisbourg, 1745, with a
British fleet bringing New England troops coming to besiege and capture the great French
fortress. ID #10134 |
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Capture of Louisbourg Portrayal of the successful 1746 British
sea attack against the French Fortress Louisbourg. ID #20667 |
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Wolfe's Orders An extract of Wolfe's orders for the night-time
landing, indicating the instructions given to the troops, in anticipation of the battle on the Plains
of Abraham, September 1759. ID #10153 |
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Siege of Quebec The siege and taking of Quebec,
1759. ID #21844 |
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British Troops British troops in Montreal, who took control of
the city in 1760, a city solidly built in stone. ID #10172 |
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The British Are Coming The British Army arriving at Quebec,
1776. ID #21831 |
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Michilimackinac Capture The capture of Michilimackinac, July
1812, in a sudden attack by British soldiers and fur traders during the War of 1812. ID #10255 |
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Niagara Invasion The American invasion over the Niagara at
Queenston, October 1812 in a rough contemporary sketch of the War of 1812. ID #10258 |
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Queenston Heights The American retreat from Queenston
Heights in a composite, imagined view, with American forces in full withdrawal during the War
of 1812. ID #10257 |
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Fort George Battle of Fort George, 1813. ID #21910 |
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Death of Tecumseh In 1813 Tecumseh, a powerful Shawnee
Indian leader and ally of the British, was killed in the Battle of Moraviantown in southwestern
Upper Canada, probably by mounted American militiamen. ID #20687 |
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Fort Cumberland A 1885 picture showing the remains of the
strategic Fort Cumberland on Chignecto Isthmus, Nova Scotia, today reconstructed. ID #10184 |
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