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=== British forces === British forces engaged in the battle were commanded by [[Major General]] James Wolfe. There is disagreement on the total number of men and equipment that Wolfe took into combat, with numbers varying across sources.<ref name="Macleod230"/><ref name="opposingforces"/> According to the Government of Canada website, which uses numbers from historian AndrΓ© Charbonneau, the British had 4,426 men, all [[British Army]] soldiers on the [[Plains of Abraham]], along with two bronze {{convert|6|pdr|adj=on}} cannon.<ref name="opposingforces"/> Wolfe deployed his men as follows;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bataille.ccbn-nbc.gc.ca/en/bataille-des-plaines-d-abraham/les-deux-armees-face-a-face/l-armee-britanique.php |title=Battle of the Plains of Abraham: Positioning the Troops β The British Army |work=The National Battlefields Commission β Plains of Abraham |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=26 February 2025}}</ref> '''Main line (Centre)''' * [[Louisbourg Grenadiers]] * [[28th Regiment of Foot]] * [[43rd Regiment of Foot]] * [[47th Regiment of Foot]] * [[58th Regiment of Foot]] * [[Fraser's Highlanders|78th (Fraser's) Highlanders]] '''Left''' * [[15th Regiment of Foot]] * 2nd Battalion, [[60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot]] * 3rd Battalion, 60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot '''Right''' * ''En potence'' on the right flank β [[35th Regiment of Foot]] '''Reserve''' * [[48th Regiment of Foot]] '''Rear''' * The Light Infantry ([[80th Regiment of Light-Armed Foot]])
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