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Chapters: Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, Louis Antoine de Bougainville, Sébastien Rale, Anne Joseph Hippolyte de Maurès, Comte de Malartic, Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, Gilbert Antoine de St. Maxent, Francis de Gaston, Chevalier de Levis, Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière, Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry, Andre Migner Dit Lagace, Louis Du Pont Duchambon de Vergor, Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville, Philippe-François de Rastel de Rocheblave, Pierre Pouchot, Daniel Liénard de Beaujeu, Jean Erdman, Baron Dieskau, Jean Vauquelin. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 71. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: War of the Austrian Succession Seven Years' War Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Gozon, Marquis de Saint-Veran (February 28, 1712 - September 14, 1759) was a French soldier best known as the commander of the forces in North America during the Seven Years' War (whose North American theatre is called the French and Indian War in the United States). Montcalm was born near Nîmes in France to a noble family, and entered military service early in life. He saw service in the War of the Polish Succession and the War of the Austrian Succession, where his distinguished service led to promotion to brigadier general. In 1756 King Louis XV sent him to New France to lead its defence against the British in the Seven Years' War. Montcalm met with notable successes in 1756, 1757 and 1758 but British mobilisation of large numbers of troops against New France led to military setbacks in 1758 and 1759, culminating in Montcalm's defeat and death at the Battle of Quebec, and then the 1760 surrender of New France at Montreal. Montcalm is a controversial figure among military historians, some of whom have strongly criticized his decisions at Quebec. But he has also been much m...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=190387 ... Read more

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Dublin : printed for J. Exshaw, H. Saunders, J. Potts, W. Sleater, D. Chamberlaine [and 5 others in Dublin], 1772. xxxii,480p.,plates : map(folding) ; 8° ... Read more

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