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Battle of Sainte-Foy

Battle of Sainte-Foy
Part of the Seven Years' War
the French and Indian War

The Battle of Sainte-Foy by George B. Campion, watercolour.
DateApril 28, 1760
Location46°48′08″N 71°14′31″W / 46.80222°N 71.24194°W / 46.80222; -71.24194
Result French victory
Belligerents

 France

 Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of France François Gaston de Lévis Kingdom of Great Britain James Murray
Strength
5,000 regulars and militia[1] 3,800 regulars
27 guns
Casualties and losses
193 killed
640 wounded[2]
259 killed
829 wounded[2]
20 guns lost

The Battle of Sainte-Foy (French: Bataille de Sainte-Foy) sometimes called the Battle of Quebec (French: Bataille du Quebec), was fought on April 28, 1760 near the British-held town of Quebec in the French province of Canada during the Seven Years' War (called the French and Indian War in the United States). It was a victory for the French under the Chevalier de Lévis over the British army under General Murray. The battle was notably bloodier than the Battle of the Plains of Abraham of the previous September, with 833 French casualties to 1,124 British casualties.

At first the British had some success, but the advance masked their artillery, while the infantry became bogged down in the mud and melting snowdrifts of the late spring. The battle turned into a two-hour fight at close range; eventually, as more French soldiers joined the fray, the French turned the British flanks, forcing Murray to realize his mistake and to recall the British back to Quebec without their guns, which Lévis then turned on the city.

  1. ^ Chartrand, Appendix D, p. 230. Lévis commanded around 5,910 officers, soldiers, and militia on his expedition from Montreal. By his estimates his army at Sainte-Foy numbered about 5,000, although he reported that more than 1,400 of these, including a regular brigade and his cavalry, did not participate in the action. His native allies, it seems, took no part in the fighting, although they reappeared at the end of the battle to reap their share of prisoners.
  2. ^ a b The Fall of New France p.73

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