Â He served as quartermaster during an attack on (*) Rochefort in which he was unable to convince John Mordaunt to execute a frontal assault.
In one battle, this man commanded an amphibious assault on White Point, refusing to abandon several ships that had been blown ashore, before setting up a battery on Lighthouse Point. Â In his most notable battle, this man broke from tradition by ordering his men to place two bullets in their muskets, and he stretched his lines by ordering his men to form in two ranks rather than three. Â He served as quartermaster during an attack on (*) Rochefort in which he was unable to convince John Mordaunt to execute a frontal assault. Â His decision to attack a city on the Saint-Charles River via Montmorency and not via Beauport led to a protracted siege against Louis-Joseph de Montcalm. Â For 10 points, name this British commander who died during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham near Quebec City.
In one battle, this man commanded an amphibious assault on White Point, refusing to abandon several ships that had been blown ashore, before setting up a battery on Lighthouse Point.
James Wolfe