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- In 1755, Montcalm was staying at Versailles when he was asked to take command of the French forces in North America, which had already engaged in major confrontations with the British. The 44-year-old veteran was appointed to the rank of maréchal de camp (general).
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Jan 21, 2008 · Louis-Joseph, Marquis de Montcalm, died of his wounds on 14 September 1759, the day after the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, at age 47. The day that he died, he was buried in a crater made by a British bomb that had exploded inside the church of the Ursuline Monastery in Quebec City.
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Gozon, Marquis de Montcalm de Saint-Veran (French pronunciation: [lwi ʒozɛf də mɔ̃kalm ɡʁozɔ̃]; 28 February 1712 – 14 September 1759) was a French soldier best known as the commander of the forces in North America during the Seven Years' War (whose North American theatre is also referred to as the French and ...
Mar 17, 2017 · As the French & Indian War began, British forces won a victory at the Battle of Lake George in September 1755. In the fighting, the French commander in North America, Jean Erdman, Baron Dieskau, fell wounded and was captured by the British.
Montcalm started his military career at a very young age, joining the French Army as an ensign in 1721. In 1729, when he was just seventeen, his father purchased a captain’s commission for him, and Montcalm served in the War of Polish Succession, participating in the Siege of Kehl and Philippsburg.
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Grozon, marquis de Montcalm was a general who served as commander in chief of French forces in Canada (1756–59) during the Seven Years’ War, a worldwide struggle between Great Britain and France for colonial possessions. Montcalm joined the army as an ensign at age nine.
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Meanwhile hostilities between the French and the English had begun in North America. In one engagement, on 8 Sept. 1755, Baron de Dieskau, commander of the regulars drawn from the French army, had been captured. A replacement had to be found.
In 1759 lack of troops and provisions forced Montcalm to withdraw to Québec in the face of large British reinforcements. From July to September 1759 he defended the city against the forces of the British general James Wolfe. He was defeated on the Plains of Abraham on September 13.
