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date: 19 September 2024

James Wolfe 1727–59 

  1. Mad, is he? Then I hope he will bite some of my other generals.
    replying to the Duke of Newcastle, who had complained that General Wolfe was a madman
    George II 1683–1760 British monarch, King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1727: Henry Beckles Willson Life and Letters of James Wolfe (1909) ch. 17