The Plains of Abraham, 1759 (Single lesson)

Report of Rear-admiral Charles Holmes

Source:
Report of Rear-admiral Charles Holmes, onboard Lowestoff of Foulon above Quebec
September 18, 1759


Ref.:
Original from the collection of the Fermor-Hesketh family of Northamptonshire, England.
Acquired by the University of Waterloo Archives and Rare Books.
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/discipline/SpecColl/archives/holmes/holmes.h...


Author:
Rear-admiral Charles Holmes
Third in command under Major-General James Wolfe


Subject:
Official report produced for the British Admiralty by Rear-admiral Holmes in the days following the siege of Québec and the battle of the Plains of Abraham. After the victory, Holmes was appointed Commander-in-Chief at Jamaica where he died one year later.

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