Raiders from New France - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Raiders from New France write by René Chartrand. This book was released on 2019-11-28. Raiders from New France available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Though the French and British colonies in North America began on a 'level playing field', French political conservatism and limited investment allowed the British colonies to forge ahead, pushing into territories that the French had explored deeply but failed to exploit. The subsequent survival of 'New France' can largely be attributed to an intelligent doctrine of raiding warfare developed by imaginative French officers through close contact with Indian tribes and Canadian settlers. The ground-breaking new research explored in this study indicates that, far from the ad hoc opportunism these raids seemed to represent, they were in fact the result of a deliberate plan to overcome numerical weakness by exploiting the potential of mixed parties of French soldiers, Canadian backwoodsmen and allied Indian warriors. Supported by contemporary accounts from period documents and newly explored historical records, this study explores the 'hit-and-run' raids which kept New Englanders tied to a defensive position and ensured the continued existence of the French colonies until their eventual cession in 1763.
The Raiders
The Raiders - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Raiders write by Charles O. Goulet. This book was released on 2006-01-01. The Raiders available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Raiders is the continuing saga of the Marin Family in New France in the 18th century as they struggle to survive while France and England fight for supremacy on the North American continent.
Tomahawk and Musket
Tomahawk and Musket - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tomahawk and Musket write by René Chartrand. This book was released on 2012-01-20. Tomahawk and Musket available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1758, at the height of the French and Indian War, British Brigadier General John Forbes led his army on a methodical advance against Fort Duquesene, French headquarters in the Ohio valley. As his army closed in upon the fort, he sent Major Grant of the 77th Highlanders and 850 men on a reconnaissance in force against the fort. The French, alerted to this move, launched their own counter-raid. 500 French and Canadians, backed by 500 Indian allies, ambushed the highlanders and sent them fleeing back to the main army. With the success of that operation, the French planed their own raid against the English encampment at Fort Ligonier under less than fifty miles away. With only 600 men, against an enemy strength of 4,000, he ordered a daring night attack on the heart of the enemy encampment. This book tells the complete story of these ambitious raids and counter-raids, giving in-depth detail on the forces, terrain, and tactics.
Captors and Captives
Captors and Captives - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Captors and Captives write by Evan Haefeli. This book was released on 2003. Captors and Captives available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An account that explores the raid from the conflicting viewpoints of the raiders, both French-Canadian and Native American, and the Deerfield villagers.
The American Nation: France in America, 1497-1763
The American Nation: France in America, 1497-1763 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The American Nation: France in America, 1497-1763 write by Albert Bushnell Hart. This book was released on 1905. The American Nation: France in America, 1497-1763 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
