File:Brûlots français lancés contre la flotte anglaise à Québec en 1759.jpg
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Français : Siège de Québec en 1759. Dans la nuit du jeudi 28 juin, des brûlots sont lancés par les Français contre la flotte anglaise dans le Saint-Laurent. Guerre de Sept Ans en Europe. Guerre de la Conquête au Canada. National Maritime Museum. Taille du tableau : 91.4 x 152.4 cm.
English: French Fire-Ships Attacking the English Fleet off Quebec, 28 June 1759. An incident during the Seven Years War, 1756–1763, between France and Britain. 1759 was a year of victories for Britain and on 26 June Admiral Sir Charles Saunders' powerful fleet, which had conveyed Major-General James Wolfe's land forces to Canada, anchored off the Ile d'Orleans on the St Lawrence River, below Quebec. At midnight on 28 June the French attacked with seven fire-ships and two fire-rafts. National Maritime Museum (Greenwich Hospital Collection). Measurements : 91.4 x 152.4 cm. |
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1767 date QS:P571,+1767-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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