Happy Quebec day

[macwilkin]

Yes, I did. I referred to the thread title. How could I be happy about this battle?

I don't think Nervous Jock was being malicious in his choice of titles, though. Don't read too much into it. The French forces engaged at Quebec fought gallantly under Montcalm.

If anything, I would be more upset at Montcalm's portrayal in The Last of the Mohicans, since evidence now suggests that he and other French officers attempted to stop the "massacre" at Ft. William Henry.

T.

[Oatmeal Savage]

delete,

[Sylvain]

If anything, I would be more upset at Montcalm's portrayal in The Last of the Mohicans, since evidence now suggests that he and other French officers attempted to stop the "massacre" at Ft. William Henry.

T.

Propagand remains propaganda...
Anyway, Montcalm was a Frenchman. Some say here that governor Vaudreuil could have won. But he was a Canadian (old meaning: French Canadian). So Montcalm led the troops and lost.

[macwilkin]

Propagand remains propaganda...
Anyway, Montcalm was a Frenchman. Some say here that governor Vaudreuil could have won. But he was a Canadian (old meaning: French Canadian). So Montcalm ran the troops and lost.

Ironically, British Regular Officers such as Braddock viewed American provincial troops (like Washington's Virginia Regiment) in a similar fashion, and during the Revolution, the British Army did not make full use of their loyalist forces either. Conventional wisdom tends to cite this regular/colonial tension as one of the reasons for the American rebellion.

T.

[slohairt]

Yes, in many ways, a sad day indeed. Though in retrospect, it would be fair to say that Québec/New France would have become the territorial ambition of some other country at a later date. Unfortunately, France didn't take the colony as seriously as it should have, until it was too late.

On a somewhat related note, I really like the Québec Provincial Tartan (Plaid du Québec)! Does anyone have a kilt in this tartan? Calling all Canadians/Canadiens to post pictures!

[Nervous Jock]

I don't think Nervous Jock was being malicious in his choice of titles, though. Don't read too much into it.

Correct

[Nervous Jock]

with no offence meant, its that day again.

[Sheep In Wolf's Clothing]

I was lucky enough to be able to view a copy of The Death of General Wolfe by Benjamin West a few weeks ago. (There were five pained by West all slightly different) The Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto has one of them and a brilliant display. It lists the reactions to the painting (and the battle) from the point of view of Anglo-Canadian, a Francophone and an aboriginal leader. The three opinions give a great insight how this battle and it's result affects Canadian culture today.
It is an amazing painting and does induce a powerful emotional response from the viewer not matter the ethic background.
Sara
who now has a print of the painting in her study hanging right beside her treasured print of a member of the 78th Fraser Highlanders