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Image: A view of the fall of Montmorenci and the attack made by General Wolfe, on the French intrenchments near Beauport, with the Grenadiers of the army, July 31 1759

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Description: Engraving entitled A view of the fall of Montmorenci and the attack made by General Wolfe, on the French intrenchments near Beauport, with the Grenadiers of the army, July 31 1759, shows the war vessel Centurion positioned itself by the Montmorency Falls to attack the easternmost French batteries. General Wolfe went on board the Russell, one of the two armed transports (the other being the Three Sisters), by William Elliott, after a drawing by Captain Hervey Smith, Wolfe's aide de camp. From Scenographia Americana. Copperplate engraving. London, [1768]. Graphics Division, Prints.
Title: A view of the fall of Montmorenci and the attack made by General Wolfe, on the French intrenchments near Beauport, with the Grenadiers of the army, July 31 1759
Credit: https://clements.umich.edu/exhibit/1759-britains-year-of-victories/case-10/
Author: William Elliott, after Hervey Smith
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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