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Author |
: René Chartrand |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 96 |
Release |
: 2013-03-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781846035340 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1846035341 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis Louisbourg 1758 by : René Chartrand
Featuring information from a previously unpublished journal, an illustrated account of this strategically important battle in Canada. Louisbourg represented a major threat to Anglo-American plans to invade Canada. Bypassing it would leave an immensely powerful enemy base astride the Anglo-American lines of communication – Louisbourg had to be taken. Faced with strong beach defences and rough weather, it took six days to land the troops, and it was only due to a stroke of daring on the part of a young brigadier named James Wolfe, who managed to turn the French beach position, that this was achieved. The story is largely based on firsthand accounts from the journals of several participants, including French Governor Drucour's, whose excellent account has never been published.
Author |
: Hugh Boscawen |
Publisher |
: University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages |
: 390 |
Release |
: 2013-08-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780806150253 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0806150254 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Capture of Louisbourg, 1758 by : Hugh Boscawen
Louisbourg, France's impressive fortress on Cape Breton Island's foggy Atlantic coast, dominated access to the St. Lawrence and colonial New France for forty years in the mid-eighteenth century. In 1755, Great Britain and France stumbled into the French and Indian War, part of what (to Europe) became the Seven Years' War—only for British forces to suffer successive defeats. In 1758, Britain and France, as well as Indian nations caught in the rivalry, fought for high stakes: the future of colonial America. Hugh Boscawen describes how Britain's war minister William Pitt launched four fleets in a coordinated campaign to prevent France from reinforcing Louisbourg. As the author shows, the Royal Navy outfought its opponents before General Jeffery Amherst and Brigadier James Wolfe successfully led 14,000 British regulars, including American-born redcoats, rangers, and carpenters, in a hard-fought assault landing. Together they besieged the fortress, which surrendered after forty-nine days. The victory marked a turning point in British fortunes and precipitated the end of French rule in North America. Boscawen, an experienced soldier and sailor, and a direct descendant of Admiral the Hon. Edward Boscawen, who commanded the Royal Navy fleet at Louisbourg, examines the pivotal 1758 Louisbourg campaign from both the British and French perspectives. Drawing on myriad primary sources, including previously unpublished correspondence, Boscawen also answers the question "What did the soldiers and sailors who fought there do all day?" The result is the most comprehensive history of this strategically important campaign ever written.
Author |
: Andrew John Bayly Johnston |
Publisher |
: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press |
Total Pages |
: 400 |
Release |
: 2001 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015050737058 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis Control and Order in French Colonial Louisbourg, 1713-1758 by : Andrew John Bayly Johnston
Control and Order in French Colonial Louisbourg, 1713-1758 is the culmination of nearly a quarter century of research and writing on 18th-century Louisbourg. The author uses a multitude of primary archival sources to put together a detailed analysis of a distinctive colonial society.
Author |
: A. J. B. Johnston |
Publisher |
: U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages |
: 383 |
Release |
: 2007-12-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780803209862 |
ISBN-13 |
: 080320986X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis Endgame 1758 by : A. J. B. Johnston
The story of what happened at the colonial fortified town of Louisbourg between 1749 and 1758 is one of the great dramas of the history of Canada, indeed North America. This book presents the dramatic military and social history of this short-lived and significant fortress, seaport, and community, and the citizens who made it their home.
Author |
: Don Aker |
Publisher |
: Scholastic Canada |
Total Pages |
: 194 |
Release |
: 2015 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781443119597 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1443119598 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis Brothers in Arms by : Don Aker
A riveting story of a pivotal battle in the Seven Years' War that changed Canadian history forever. Seventeen-year-old Sebastien de L'Esperance and his friend Guillaume have fought to keep the British from getting a foothold in Ile Royale (now Cape Breton Island) ever since the young men came from France two years ago. Britain has blockaded Louisbourg, and supplies for the 4000 inhabitants are running short. Despite Louisbourg's massive defences, if cut off from supplies provided by France, it cannot survive. Both young men are members of the Compagnies Franches de la Marine. They are sent out on scouting missions that provide valuable information about the British troops -- troops which outnumber the French three to one. When British warships arrive in force, Sebastien vows to defend the town, his friend Guillaume, and the woman he loves.
Author |
: Huw J. Davies |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 457 |
Release |
: 2022-12-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780300268539 |
ISBN-13 |
: 030026853X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Wandering Army by : Huw J. Davies
A compelling history of the British Army in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries—showing how the military gathered knowledge from campaigns across the globe “Superb analysis.”—William Anthony Hay, Wall Street Journal At the outbreak of the War of Austrian Succession in 1742, the British Army’s military tactics were tired and outdated, stultified after three decades of peace. The army’s leadership was conservative, resistant to change, and unable to match new military techniques developing on the continent. Losses were cataclysmic and the force was in dire need of modernization—both in terms of strategy and in leadership and technology. In this wide-ranging and highly original account, Huw J. Davies traces the British Army’s accumulation of military knowledge across the following century. An essentially global force, British armies and soldiers continually gleaned and synthesized strategy from war zones the world over: from Europe to the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Davies records how the army and its officers put this globally acquired knowledge to use, exchanging information and developing into a remarkable vehicle of innovation—leading to the pinnacle of its military prowess in the nineteenth century.
Author |
: Public Archives of Canada |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 892 |
Release |
: 1888 |
ISBN-10 |
: HARVARD:HNI59J |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (9J Downloads) |
Synopsis Report of the Work of the Public Archives ... by : Public Archives of Canada
Author |
: Canada. Parliament |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 914 |
Release |
: 1888 |
ISBN-10 |
: IOWA:31858029287442 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sessional Papers of the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada by : Canada. Parliament
Author |
: Public Archives of Canada |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 890 |
Release |
: 1888 |
ISBN-10 |
: RUTGERS:39030009293913 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis Report on Canadian Archives by : Public Archives of Canada
Author |
: Public Archives Canada |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 892 |
Release |
: 1888 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCAL:$B637423 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis Report by : Public Archives Canada