See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

JAMES See also:

• WOLFE, CHARLES (1791-1823)
• JAMES WOLFE (1727-1759)

WOLFE (1727-1759)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, the See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero of See also:

• QUEBEC

Quebec, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Westerham in See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent on the 2nd of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1727 . At an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age he accompanied his See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel (afterwards See also:

• LIEUTENANT

Lieutenant-General) See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• WOLFE, CHARLES (1791-1823)
• WOLFE, JAMES (1727-1759)

Wolfe, one of See also:

• MARL (from O. Fr. marle, Late Lat. margila, dim. of marga; cf. Du. and Ger. Mergel)

Marl-See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough's veterans, to the Carthagena expedition, and in 1741 his ardent See also:

• DESIRE

desire for a military career was gratified by his See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment to an ensigncy . At the age of fifteen he proceeded with the 12th See also:

• FOOT

Foot (now See also:

• SUFFOLK
• SUFFOLK, CHARLES BRANDON, 1ST DUKE OF (c. 1484–'545)
• SUFFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SUFFOLK, THOMAS HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF (1561-1626)
• SUFFOLK, WILLIAM DE LA POLE

Suffolk See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

Regiment) to the See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine See also:

• CAMPAIGN

Campaign, and at See also:

• DETTINGEN

Dettingen he distinguished himself so much as acting See also:

• ADJUTANT (from Lat. adjutare, to aid)

adjutant that he was made lieutenant . In 1744 he received a See also:

• COMPANY

company in See also:

• BARREL (a word of uncertain origin common to Romance languages; the Celtic forms, as in the Gaelic baraill, are derived from the English)

Barrel's regiment (now the 4th See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King's Own) . In the Scottish rising of the " See also:

• FORTY

Forty-five " he was employed as a See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade-See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major . He was See also:

• PRESENT

present at See also:

• HAWLEY, HENRY (c. 1679-1759)
• HAWLEY, JOSEPH ROSWELL (1826-1905)

Hawley's defeat at See also:

• FALKIRK

Falkirk, and at See also:

• CULLODEN

Culloden . With his old regiment, the 12th, Wolfe served in the See also:

• FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns of the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• CUMBERLAND
• CUMBERLAND, DUKES AND EARLS OF
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1632-1718)
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1732-1811)
• CUMBERLAND, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Cumberland, and at Val (Lauffeld) won by his valour the See also:

• COMMENDATION (from the Lat. commendare, to entrust to the charge of, or to procure a favour for)

commendation of the duke . Promotion followed in 1749 to a See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority, and in 1750 to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the loth, with which he served in See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland . Some years later he spent six months in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris . When See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out afresh in 1757 he served as a See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff officer in the unfortunate See also:

• ROCHEFORT
• ROCHEFORT, HENRI, MARQUIS DE

Rochefort expedition, but his prospects were not affected by the failure, for had his See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice been taken the result might well have been different . Next See also:

• YEAR

year he was sent to " See also:

• HUGO, GUSTAV VON (1764–1844)
• HUGO, VICTOR MARIE (1802-1885)

Hugo Theodoricus iste dicitur, id est Francus, quia See also:

• OHM, GEORG SIMON (1787-1854)

ohm omnes Franci Hugones vocabantur . . .," Annales Quedlinburg .

(See also:

• PERTZ, GEORG HEINRICH (1795-1876)

Pertz Script. iii . 42o.) N . See also:

• AMERICA

America as a brigadier-general in the See also:

• LOUISBURG

Louisburg expedition under See also:

• AMHERST
• AMHERST, JEFFREY AMHERST, BARON (1717-1797)

Amherst and See also:

• BOSCAWEN, EDWARD (1711-1761)

Boscawen . The landing was effected in the See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face of strenuous opposition, Wolfe leading the foremost troops . On the 27th of See also:

• JULY

July the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place surrendered after an obstinate See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence; during the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege Wolfe had had See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of a most important See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section of the attack, and on his lines the fiercest fighting took place . Soon afterwards he returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England to recruit his shattered See also:

• HEALTH

health, but on learning that See also:

• PITT, THOMAS (1653-1726)
• PITT, WILLIAM (1759-1806)

Pitt desired him to continue in America he at once offered to return . It was now that the famous expedition against Quebec was decided upon, Wolfe to be in command, with the See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of major-general . In a brief See also:

• HOLIDAY

holiday before his departure he met at See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath See also:

• MISS

Miss Lowther, to whom he became engaged . Very shortly afterwards he sailed, and on the 1st of See also:

• JUNE

June 1759 the Quebec expedition sailed from Louisburg (see QUEBEC) . After wearisome and disheartening failures, embittered by the See also:

• PAIN (from Lat. poena, Gr. robin, penalty, that which must be paid: O. Fr. peine)
• PAIN, BARRY (1867– )

pain of an See also:

• INTERNAL

internal disease, Wolfe crowned his See also:

• WORK

work by the decisive victory on the Plains of See also:

• ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")

Abraham (13th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1759) by which the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French permanently lost Quebec . Twice wounded earlier in the fight, he had refused to leave the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field, and a third See also:

• BULLET (Fr. boulet, diminutive of boule, ball)

bullet passing through his lungs inflicted a mortal injury . While he was lying in a swoon some one near him exclaimed, " They run; see how they run!" " Who run ?

" demanded Wolfe, as one roused from See also:

• SLEEP (0. Eng. slcepan; Ger. schlafen; cf. Lat. labi, to glide, and " slip ")

sleep . " The enemy," was the See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer; " they give way everywhere." Wolfe rallied for a moment, gave a last See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order for cutting off the See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat, and murmuring, " Now See also:

• GOD

God be praised, I will See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die in See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace," breathed his last . On the See also:

• BATTLE

battle-ground a tall See also:

• COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column bears the words, " Here died Wolfe victorious on the 13th of September 1759." In the See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor's See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden, in Quebec, there is also a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument to the memory of Wolfe and his gallant opponent Montcalm, who survived him only a few See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours, with the inscription " Wolfe and Montcalm . Mortem virtus communem, famam historia, monumentum posteritas dedit." In See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey a public memorial to Wolfe was unveiled on the 4th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1773 . See R . See also:

• WRIGHT, CARROLL DAVIDSON (1840-1909)
• WRIGHT, CHAUNCEY (1830-1875)
• WRIGHT, JOSEPH (1734-1797)
• WRIGHT, SILAS (1795-1847)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1809–1884)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1810—1877)
• WRIGHT, WILLIAM ALDIS (1836– )

Wright, See also:

• LIFE

Life of Major-General See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James Wolfe (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1864) ; F . See also:

• PARKMAN, FRANCIS (1823-1893)

Parkman, Montcalm and Wolfe (London, 1884) ; Twelve British Soldiers (London, 1899); General Wolfe's Instructions to See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

Young See also:

• OFFICERS

Officers (1768–1780) ; Beckles Willson, The Life and Letters of James Wolfe (1909) ; and A . G . See also:

• BRADLEY, GEORGE GRANVILLE (1821–1903)
• BRADLEY, JAMES (1693–1762)

Bradley, Wolfe (1895) .