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Order of battle at the Siege of Quebec in 1759

British Forces

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Land

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The total British land force was composed of 9,159 troops and 163 pieces of artillery[1].

Staff

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First Brigade

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The First Brigade was composed of four regiments totalling 3,430 soldiers.

Second Brigade

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The Second Brigade was composed of three regiments totalling 1,861 soldiers.

Third Brigade

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The Third Brigade was composed of three regiments totalling 2,122 soldiers.

Louisbourg Grenadiers

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The Louisbourg Grenadiers were composed of 326 soldiers.

Light Infantry

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The Light Infantry was ~200 soldiers rank and file.

Rangers

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The Rangers were composed of 590 soldiers from six companies.

Provincial pioneers

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The Provincial Pioneers were composed of 300 soldiers.

Artillery

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The Royal Artillery was composed of 330 soldiers from three companies.

  • Lieutenant Colonel George Williamson as Commanding Officer.
    • Captain Lieutenant J. Yorke's Company.
    • Captain T. James's Company.
    • Captain W. Macleod's Company.
    • Captain Lieutenant William Harris's detachment.
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The British Naval Force was composed of 49 warships armed with 1871 guns and 6 sea mortars and manned by ~13,500 officers and seamen (comprising ~2,100 Royal Marines). In addition, there were some ~140 civilian vessels manned by ~4,500 seamen[2].

Staff

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  • Vice-Admiral Charles Saunders as Naval Commander-in-chief.
  • Rear Admiral Philip Durrell as second officer in command.
  • Rear Admiral Charles Holmes as third officer in command.

Ships of the Line

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Frigates

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Sloops

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Bomb ships

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Fire ships

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Landing crafts

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Auxiliary

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  • Boscawen
  • Crown
  • Halifax
  • Rodney

Royal marines

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  • ~1,500 troops in the shipboard Royal Marine Detachments.
  • ~600 troops in the Independent Royal Marine Battalion.

Civilian vessels

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  • 5 staff tenders
  • 55 troop ships
  • 28 arms transports (artillery, ammunition, and stores)
  • 6 victualling ships (20 more arrived from GB in the middle of August)
  • 7 cattle transports
  • 9 navigational auxiliaries (anchoring and sounding vessels)
  • 2 hospital ships
  • 2 armed vessels
  • 3 empty vessels

French Forces

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Land

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The total French land force was composed of 3,685 Metropolitan regular troops, 1,100 Colonial regular troops, 12,480 militiamen, and 1,775 Amerindian warriors from several allied nations.

Staff

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Metropolitan regulars

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The Metropolitan regulars (Troupes de terre) were composed of 3,685 troops in eight battalions from seven regiments.

Colonial regulars

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The Colonial regulars (Troupes de la Marine) were composed of ~1,000 infantry soldiers and 100 artillery soldiers.

Canadian militia

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The militia of Canada was composed of 12,480 men.

  • District of Quebec (under Governor General Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil)
    • 4,800 men of the District militia under Colonel Pierre-Gilles Bazin.
    • 840 men of the town of Quebec militia.
    • 35 men of the Royal-Syntaxe militia.
  • 150 men of the Acadian militia under Captain Charles Deschamps de Boishébert.
  • 200 riders of the Cavalry corps under Captain de la Roche-Beaucourt.

Amerindians

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The Amerindians were composed of 1,775 warriors from several allied nations.

Artillery

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The artillery was composed of 266 guns, 3 Howitzers, 18 mortars, and 3 unidentified pieces for a total of 290. In addition there were 34 pieces on gunboats and rafts.

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The French Royal Navy (Marine royale) and merchant navy was composed of eight frigates, eight fireships, 120 fire rafts, 12 small gunboats, one large gunboat, six gun barges, one floating battery, manned by ~2100 men[10].

Marines

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  • Captain Jean Vauquelin as the commander of the Navy.
    • ~100 shipboard Infantry Marines.
    • 1400 sailors serving as gunners on land.
    • 600 sailors performing general duties.

Warships

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Fireships

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Stacey, p. 228-230
  2. ^ Stacey, p. 237
  3. ^ He arrived in America as Major-General (Maréchal de camp) and was made a lieutenant-général after the French victory at the Battle of Carillon.
  4. ^ He arrived in America as Captain and was promoted to rank of Colonel during the war.
  5. ^ He arrived in America with the rank of Brigadier and was made a Major-General (Maréchal de camp) after the French victory at the Battle of Carillon.
  6. ^ Promoted Brigadier on February 10, 1759.
  7. ^ Promoted Brigadier on February 10, 1759
  8. ^ http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=1654
  9. ^ http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=1182
  10. ^ Stacey, p. 251-254

References

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  • D. Peter Macleod (2008). Northern Armageddon: The Battle of the Plains of Abraham, Douglas & McIntyre, 352 p. (ISBN 1553654129) (preview)
  • Stacey, Charles Perry (2002). Quebec, 1759: The Siege and the Battle, Montreal: Robin Brass Studio, 269 p. (ISBN 1-896941-50-8) [Rev. ed., edited and with new material by Donald E. Graves]