Editing James Wolfe (section)

====Appointment====
[[File:Portrait of Montcalm.JPG|thumb|left|Wolfe's opponent at Quebec, the [[Louis-Joseph de Montcalm|Marquis de Montcalm]]]]

As Wolfe had comported himself admirably at Louisbourg, [[William Pitt the Elder]] chose him to lead the British assault on [[Québec City]] the following year. Although Wolfe was given the local rank of [[general|major general]] while serving in Canada, in Europe he was still only a full [[colonel]]. Amherst had been appointed as [[Commander-in-Chief, North America|Commander-in-Chief in North America]], and he would lead a separate and larger force that would attack Canada from the south. He insisted on the choice of his friend, the [[Kingdom of Ireland|Irish]] officer [[Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester|Guy Carleton]] as Quartermaster General and threatened to resign the command should his friend not have been chosen.<ref>{{cite book|last=Nelson|first=Paul David|title=General Sir Guy Carleton, Lord Dorchester: Soldier-statesman of Early British Canada|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WkdegDYPwdQC&pg=PA22|year= 2000|publisher=Associated University Presses|isbn=978-0-8386-3838-5|page=22}}</ref> Once this was granted, he began making preparations for his departure. Pitt was determined to once again give operations in North America top priority, as he planned to weaken France's international position by sailing back to India.