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Get these books at Chapters or try your local library - New York State = Bosnia in 1750 - which is why the Brits took out Quebec in 1759
You will be amazed at the fighting capabilities of motivated soldiers and how few can control a large situation.
Anderson, Fred Anderson. Crucible of War. (New York: Vintage Books, 2000) http://www.common-place.org/vol-01/no-01/crucible/crucible-intro.shtml
Fregault, Guy Fregault, Canada: the War of the Conquest. (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1969)
McLennan, John Stewart, Louisbourg; (London: MacMillan & CO., 1918)
Phillips, Kevin. The Cousin's Wars, (New York, Basic Books: 1999)
Or these websites
Royal Navy Chief in 1750s http://www.wickersworld.co.uk/location.htm
his bio http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1700-63/Anson.htm and http://www.bartleby.com/65/an/Anson-Ge.html
Pre Brit Empire Settlers in USA http://www.sc2.com/~smokingrocks/gosnold.htm
The Black Watch Get ready to come over and Kick Butt http://www.electricscotland.com/history/scotreg/bwatch/bw5.htm
French and Indian War http://philaprintshop.com/frchintx.html
The Brits Senior General http://www.regiments.org/milhist/uk/biography/FMlist.htm
Brits Ethnically cleanse New Brunswick http://www.blupete.com/Hist/NovaScotiaBk1/Part6/Ch16.htm
Fort Ticonderoga - just south of Montreal - did you see the movie Last of the Mohicans? http://www.fort-ticonderoga.org/collections/default.htm
More than ticket Scalping - the fall of Fort William Henry http://www.mohicanpress.com/mo08009.html
Gen Loudon - the Norman Schwatzkopf of his day http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1700-63/Loudoun.htm
Brits take out over 400 thats right - FOUR ZERO ZERO French Ships http://data4.archives.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s2=&s3=&s5=&s1=High+Court+of+Admiralty+&s4=&Sect4=AND&l=0&Sect1=IMAGE&Sect2=THESOFF&Sect5=PIAFPEN&Sect6=HITOFF&d=PIAF&p=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.archives.ca%2F02%2F02011202_e.html&r=0&f=S
Brit PM PITT http://65.107.211.206/history/pms/chatham.html -- he knew Weapons of Mass Destruction when he saw them!
The Road to Revolution Website - as they say in the movie Casino - THEY SCREWED IT ALL UP http://www.mistergweb.com/roadrev.htm
How they operated their Service Battalions of the Day http://www.militaryheritage.com/transpot.htm
Finally a question - how many troops were in MOntreal for the surrender of the French Garrison in the summer of 1760? If you answered 18,000 you would be close. Only 6,000 were Brit Regulars - the rest were New England Militia Men - note these were not Minute Men - has anything chnaged given what we see with the National Guard in the Gulf today? Regulars quickly run out of troops for a long war.....
Feel free to email me comments
You will be amazed at the fighting capabilities of motivated soldiers and how few can control a large situation.
Anderson, Fred Anderson. Crucible of War. (New York: Vintage Books, 2000) http://www.common-place.org/vol-01/no-01/crucible/crucible-intro.shtml
Fregault, Guy Fregault, Canada: the War of the Conquest. (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1969)
McLennan, John Stewart, Louisbourg; (London: MacMillan & CO., 1918)
Phillips, Kevin. The Cousin's Wars, (New York, Basic Books: 1999)
Or these websites
Royal Navy Chief in 1750s http://www.wickersworld.co.uk/location.htm
his bio http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1700-63/Anson.htm and http://www.bartleby.com/65/an/Anson-Ge.html
Pre Brit Empire Settlers in USA http://www.sc2.com/~smokingrocks/gosnold.htm
The Black Watch Get ready to come over and Kick Butt http://www.electricscotland.com/history/scotreg/bwatch/bw5.htm
French and Indian War http://philaprintshop.com/frchintx.html
The Brits Senior General http://www.regiments.org/milhist/uk/biography/FMlist.htm
Brits Ethnically cleanse New Brunswick http://www.blupete.com/Hist/NovaScotiaBk1/Part6/Ch16.htm
Fort Ticonderoga - just south of Montreal - did you see the movie Last of the Mohicans? http://www.fort-ticonderoga.org/collections/default.htm
More than ticket Scalping - the fall of Fort William Henry http://www.mohicanpress.com/mo08009.html
Gen Loudon - the Norman Schwatzkopf of his day http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1700-63/Loudoun.htm
Brits take out over 400 thats right - FOUR ZERO ZERO French Ships http://data4.archives.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s2=&s3=&s5=&s1=High+Court+of+Admiralty+&s4=&Sect4=AND&l=0&Sect1=IMAGE&Sect2=THESOFF&Sect5=PIAFPEN&Sect6=HITOFF&d=PIAF&p=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.archives.ca%2F02%2F02011202_e.html&r=0&f=S
Brit PM PITT http://65.107.211.206/history/pms/chatham.html -- he knew Weapons of Mass Destruction when he saw them!
The Road to Revolution Website - as they say in the movie Casino - THEY SCREWED IT ALL UP http://www.mistergweb.com/roadrev.htm
How they operated their Service Battalions of the Day http://www.militaryheritage.com/transpot.htm
Finally a question - how many troops were in MOntreal for the surrender of the French Garrison in the summer of 1760? If you answered 18,000 you would be close. Only 6,000 were Brit Regulars - the rest were New England Militia Men - note these were not Minute Men - has anything chnaged given what we see with the National Guard in the Gulf today? Regulars quickly run out of troops for a long war.....
Feel free to email me comments
