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Monday, August 4, 2014

200 Years Ago: Arrival of British Reinforcements in Quebec City

JULY 25TH TO AUGUST 24TH, 1814:  More bad news for the United States with the arrival of these reinforcements in Quebec City, Lower Canada.  They were no longer needed in the Napoleonic Wars which were over.

Contingents of Major General Manley power's brigade (3rd, 5th, 1st Battalion 27th Rehiment, 58th regiment and Royal SArtillery); Major General James Kempt's brigade (1st Battalion 9th Regiment, 1st Battalion 37th Regiment, 1st Battalion 57th regiment, 1st Battalion 81st Regiment, Royal Artillery); Major General Frederick Robinson's brigade (1st Battalion 39th Regt., 76th Regt., 1st Battalion 88th Regt., 3rd Battalion 27th Regt. and Royal Artillery).

--Brock-Perry

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