Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Ste. Foy (Seven Years' War).

Fought April 27, 1760, between 3,000 British troops, under General Murray, and 8,000 French, under the Chevalier de Lévis, who was approaching from Montreal, with the object of recapturing Quebec. Murray marched out to attack Lévis, but was defeated and driven back into Quebec with a loss of over a third of his force. The French lost about 800.