Happy Quebec day

[macwilkin]

Dont't forget some members of this forum lost this battle

You didn't read my post, did you?

Go back and read it -- you'll read a reference to the Chevalier de Johnstone, who fought with Montcalm at Quebec. He served with the Jacobites before that. I mentioned him specifically because he served with the French.

My wife's people lost during the Seven Year's War as well -- you know, Le Grand Derangement. 'nuff said.

Je me souviens! (the provincial motto of Quebec)

Todd

[Sylvain]

You didn't read my post, did you?

Go back and read it -- you'll read a reference to the Chevalier de Johnstone, who fought with Montcalm at Quebec. He served with the Jacobites before that. I mentioned him specifically because he served with the French.

My wife's people lost during the Seven Year's War as well -- you know, Le Grand Derangement. 'nuff said.

Je me souviens! (the provincial motto of Quebec)

Todd

Yes, I did. I referred to the thread title. How could I be happy about this battle?

[macwilkin]

Yes, I did. I referred to the thread title. How could I be happy about this battle?

I don't think Nervous Jock was being malicious in his choice of titles, though. Don't read too much into it. The French forces engaged at Quebec fought gallantly under Montcalm.

If anything, I would be more upset at Montcalm's portrayal in The Last of the Mohicans, since evidence now suggests that he and other French officers attempted to stop the "massacre" at Ft. William Henry.

T.

[Sylvain]

If anything, I would be more upset at Montcalm's portrayal in The Last of the Mohicans, since evidence now suggests that he and other French officers attempted to stop the "massacre" at Ft. William Henry.

T.

Propagand remains propaganda...
Anyway, Montcalm was a Frenchman. Some say here that governor Vaudreuil could have won. But he was a Canadian (old meaning: French Canadian). So Montcalm led the troops and lost.

[macwilkin]

Propagand remains propaganda...
Anyway, Montcalm was a Frenchman. Some say here that governor Vaudreuil could have won. But he was a Canadian (old meaning: French Canadian). So Montcalm ran the troops and lost.

Ironically, British Regular Officers such as Braddock viewed American provincial troops (like Washington's Virginia Regiment) in a similar fashion, and during the Revolution, the British Army did not make full use of their loyalist forces either. Conventional wisdom tends to cite this regular/colonial tension as one of the reasons for the American rebellion.

T.

[slohairt]

Yes, in many ways, a sad day indeed. Though in retrospect, it would be fair to say that Québec/New France would have become the territorial ambition of some other country at a later date. Unfortunately, France didn't take the colony as seriously as it should have, until it was too late.

On a somewhat related note, I really like the Québec Provincial Tartan (Plaid du Québec)! Does anyone have a kilt in this tartan? Calling all Canadians/Canadiens to post pictures!

[Nervous Jock]

I don't think Nervous Jock was being malicious in his choice of titles, though. Don't read too much into it.

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