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Plains of Abraham

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Plains of Abraham: see Abraham, Plains of Abraham, Plains of, fairly level field adjoining the upper part of the city of Quebec, Canada. There, in 1759, the English under Gen. James Wolfe defeated the French under Gen. Louis Montcalm.
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Plains of Abraham
English victory decided last of French and Indian wars (1759). [Br. Hist.: NCE, 7]
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At daybreak tidings were carried to the Marquis de Montcalm that the English army was waiting to give him battle on the Plains of Abraham.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
The dangerous precipice along whose rocky front, Wolfe and his brave companions climbed to glory; the Plains of Abraham, where he received his mortal wound; the fortress so chivalrously defended by Montcalm; and his soldier's grave, dug for him while yet alive, by the bursting of a shell; are not the least among them, or among the gallant incidents of history.
American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context
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