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A mutilated French soldier after WW I. Gueules cassées (broken faces) [1] is a French expression for facially disfigured servicemen that originated in World War I.Colonel Yves Picot is said to have coined the term when he was refused entry to a gathering for those disabled from the war.
Centre-du-Québec 46°07′00″N 72°40′00″W / 46.116666666667°N 72.666666666667°W / 46.116666666667; -72.666666666667 ( Seignory of la Baie-Saint 31
Governor de Vaudreuil, who later wrote to his government and put the full blame for the French rout on the deceased Montcalm, [63] decided to abandon Quebec and the Beauport shore, ordering all of his forces to march west and eventually join up with Bougainville, leaving the garrison in Quebec under the command of Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Roch de ...
Chronologie de l'histoire du Québec (in French) Chronologie historique des femmes du Québec (in French) Rond-point : Histoire du Québec (in French) L'influence amérindienne sur la société canadienne du régime français (in French) Les patriotes de 1837-1838 (in French) Histoire du français au Québec (in French)
The Lower Canada Rebellion (French: rébellion du Bas-Canada), commonly referred to as the Patriots' Rebellion (Rébellion des patriotes) in French, is the name given to the armed conflict in 1837–38 between rebels and the colonial government of Lower Canada (now southern Quebec).
Les Voltigeurs de Québec is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces.It is at the Quebec City Armoury in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.The name of the regiment commemorates another older French-speaking Canadian militia light infantry unit, the Canadian Voltigeurs (raised in 1812 and disbanded in 1815).
Montreal's First World War cenotaph is in Place du Canada to the south. The Boer War was widely unpopular in Quebec society, viewed as an imperial war. Prime Minister of Canada Wilfrid Laurier opposed the war, but ultimately compromised with the proposal for militia and volunteers en lieu of conscription.
The French victory showed the English that to take Québec, the cannon of "Old England would have to be brought in". [4] Similarly, Frontenac realised the defences needed significant improvement, and in 1692, he gave Ingénieur du Roi Josué Berthelot de Beaucours the task of designing a fortress that could withstand a European-style siege. [4]