The Chevalier de Lévis, Montcalm's successor as…
April 1760 CE
James Murray, the British commander, has experienced a terrible winter, in which scurvy has reduced his garrison to only four thousand.
Lévis' forces meet and defeat the British on April 28, 1760, at the Battle of Sainte-Foy, immediately west of the city (near the site of Université Laval today).
This battle proves bloodier than that of the Plains of Abraham, with about eight hundred and fifty casualties on the French side and eleven hundred on the British side.
The British are defeated in the battle, but are able to withdraw within the walls of Quebec, which is now under siege.
A lack of artillery and ammunition, combined with British improvements to the fortifications, means that the French are unable to take the city by storm.
Both sides await reinforcements from Europe.
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