In 1759, on the night before the Battle of the PlainsofAbraham in Quebec City, British Gen.
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Alongside the newer part of the city, stretching from the old fort past the fashionable Avenue Cartier and the elegant Museum of Fine Arts, are the PlainsofAbraham.
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James Wolfe, a British military commander, was killed in the battle in which his forces defeated the Marquis de Montcalm and the French on the PlainsofAbraham, Quebec.