louisbourg, grenadiers, temporary, unit, grenadiers, formed, general, james, wolfe, 1759, serve, with, british, army, forces, quebec, campaign, seven, years, grenadier, privates, grenadiers, from, 22nd, 40th, 45th, regiments, were, brought, together, wolfe, fo. The Louisbourg Grenadiers was a temporary unit of grenadiers formed by General James Wolfe in 1759 to serve with British Army forces in the Quebec campaign of the Seven Years War Grenadier privates Grenadiers from the 22nd 40th and 45th regiments were brought together by Wolfe at the Fortress of Louisbourg in Nova Scotia in preparation for action along the St Lawrence River 1 The unit was involved in numerous battles during the months long prelude to the Battle of the Plains of Abraham including the ill fated Battle of Beauport on July 31 1759 After Quebec City s capture the Grenadiers went on to be involved in the fall of Montreal the next year 2 After the end of the Seven Years War the unit was disbanded and its members returned to their original regiments Notes edit His Majesty s 40th Regiment of Foot accessed May 10 2007 Reid Stuart Quebec 1759 The Battle That Won Canada Oxford Osprey Publishing 2003 pp 35 42External links editHis Majesty s 40th Regiment of Foot The 40th Regiment of Foot in North America Canadian Military Heritage The Louisbourg Grenadiers an example of uniforms worn by the Louisbourg Grenadiers nbsp This article about a specific British military unit is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Louisbourg Grenadiers amp oldid 1198796836, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
