Raiders from New France: North American Forest Warfare Tactics, 17th–18th Centuries

Author:   René Chartrand ,  Mr Adam Hook
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Volume:   229
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9781472833501


Pages:   64
Publication Date:   28 November 2019
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Raiders from New France: North American Forest Warfare Tactics, 17th–18th Centuries


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Author:   René Chartrand ,  Mr Adam Hook
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Osprey Publishing
Volume:   229
Weight:   0.216kg
ISBN:  

9781472833501


ISBN 10:   1472833503
Pages:   64
Publication Date:   28 November 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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* Introduction: early Iroquois raids on New France, pre-1666 * Exploration and the fur trade – the voyageurs and coureurs du bois. * Warfare resumes, 1680s; Louis XIV sends French troops to garrison the colony. * Development of specific forest tactics by e.g. Charles Le Moyne and Hertel de la Fresnière. * First major mixed French/Indian raid on Hudson's Bay forts (1686); French/Canadian/Indian raids on New England and Iroquois villages (1690-97). * French expansion westwards – the Fox Wars (1715-35). * Raiding warfare keeps British colonies on defensive (1702-1750s). * Who were the raiders? * Planning, executing, and withdrawing from raids – the fate of prisoners. * How 'Canadian' military doctrine was disseminated, and its achievements summarized.

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René Chartrand was born in Montreal and educated in Canada, the United States and the Bahamas. A senior curator with Canada's National Historic Sites for nearly three decades, he is now a freelance writer and historical consultant. He has written numerous articles and books including over 50 Osprey titles. He lives in Gatineau, Quebec, with his wife. Adam Hook studied graphic design, and began his work as an illustrator in 1983. He specializes in detailed historical reconstructions, and has illustrated Osprey titles on subjects as diverse as the Aztecs, the Ancient Greeks, Roman battle tactics, several 19th-century American subjects, the modern Chinese Army, and a number of books in the Fortress series. He lives in East Sussex, UK.

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