James Wolfe

James Wolf was born on January 2nd, 1727 in Westerham, England, and was the son of Lieutenant General Edward Wolfe. He was put into the Royal Marines in 174l but then transferred to the 12th Foot. Wolfe fought in the War of Austrian Succesion and the Jacobine rebellion, then was promoted to Lietuenent colonel in 1750. Under Major Jeffrey Amherst he helped lead an expediton agaisnt the French at Cape Breton Island in 1758. Upon Wolfe's return to England, William Pitt promoted him to major general and gave him command of the forces to capture Quebec from the French. The forces of the French army led by Marquis de Montcalm was strongly defended and on July 31st, Wolfe's first attack on Beauport's shores failed. As the seige of Quebec dragged on, Wolfe suffered from an illness called dysentery and was in a great deal of pain and stress. On September 12, 1759 the English suprised the French on the Plains of Abraham. The battle was won on the 13th when the French fled, and afterwards Wolfe died from three wounds he had recieved.

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