Fire boats
On June 28th 1759 James Wolfe, the British General, was attempting to come up with a new plan, and a new technique for his army's attack on Quebec. However General Wolfe was caught off guard when French General Marquis De Montcalm executed his own plan, and attacked the English. Boats and rafts that were carrying gun powder were chained together and sent with the current of the river with the intention of battle. These boats are now known as the Fire boats. The Fire boats were sent towards the English fleet, which was located at Ile de' Orleans. On each boat, the French had a man placed. He awaited the signal to light all of the gun powder on fire, and then jump off the boat. However, the French's plan did not work out as expected. One of the boats exploded too soon, and the other boats took that as the signal to light up and explode the gun powder, when though it was not. The element of surprise was lost and overall the fire boats failed.