nville. The latter, however, after a brief engagement, was forced
to retire; and the British remained masters of the field. Five days
later, the city capitulated to Saunders and Townshend. =Index=: _See_
Quebec City; Wolfe; Montcalm. =Bib.=: Doughty, _Siege of Quebec_; Woods,
_Logs of the Conquest of Canada_ and _Fight for Canada_; Bradley, _The
Fight with France_; Knox, _Historical Journal_; Waddington, _La Guerre
de Sept Ans_.

=Quebec, Siege of, 1760.= After the battle of Ste. Foy, April 20, 1760,
Murray retreated within the walls of Quebec, and Levis laid siege to the
town. The defences were in a feeble state, but Murray strengthened them
by forming a wall of ice. In May a British fleet appeared, and Levis,
seeing that the cause was lost, hastily raised the siege. =Bib.=:
Bradley, _The Fight with France_; Doughty, _Siege of Quebec_ and _Cradle
of New France_; Waddington, _La Guerre de Sept Ans_.

=Quebec, Siege of, 1775-1776.= _See_ American invasion; Montgomery;
Arnold; Dorchester. =Bib.=: Anderson, _Siege and Blockade of Quebec_
(Quebec Lit. and Hist. Soc. _Trans._, 1872); Strange, _Historical Notes
on the Defence of Quebec_ (Quebec Lit. and Hist. Soc. _Trans._, 1875).

=Queen Charlotte Islands.= A group in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast
of British Columbia. Discovered by Captain Cook in 1778. Captain George
Dixon examined both the eastern and western shores of the islands in
1787, and named them after his ship, the _Queen Charlotte_. The natives
are known as Haidas. =Index=: =D= Portlock and Dixon discover that group
is not part of mainland, 22; discovery confirmed by Duncan in 1788, 22;
Douglas at, 29; coal discovered, 191; discovery of gold, 219. =Bib.=:
Poole, _Queen Charlotte Islands_; Chittenden, _Report of Exploration of
Queen Charlotte Islands_; Dawson, _Report on the Queen Charlotte
Islands_ (Geol. Survey, 1878-1879).

=Queen's Brigade (French).= =WM= In battle of Ste. Foy, 262.

=Queen's Rangers.= =Dr= Commanded by Colonel Simcoe, 202. =S= Raising
of, 22; Simcoe obtains command of, 22; disperse large body of rebel
militia, 26-29; ordered to Virginia, 33; capture large quantity of
enemy's stores, 34; defeat superior force at Spencer's Ordinary, 36;
surrender with army of Cornwallis, 37; placed on roster of British army,
39; disbanded, 39; first division of, arrives in Canada, 49; transferred
from Niagara to Toronto, 203; employed to make Yonge Street road, 208,
216. =Bk= Stationed at Newark (Niagara