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Marquis de Montcalm
Won four battles against long odds and lost the fifth in twenty minutes.
Life story
- February 28, 1712 · France
Born at Candiac in Languedoc - August 1756 · New York
Took Fort Oswego on Lake Ontario within months of arriving - August 1757 · New York
Captured Fort William Henry; his allies' attack on the column after was beyond his control - July 8, 1758 · New York
Beat a force four times his size at Carillon - September 13, 1759 · Quebec City
Gave battle outside the walls of Quebec and was mortally wounded - September 14, 1759 · Quebec City
Died at Quebec and was buried in a shell crater at the Ursuline convent