Author : Murray John Cardwell
Publisher :
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 20,32 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Abercrombie's Ticonderoga Campaign, N.Y., 1758
ISBN :
Author : William R. Nester
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 42,36 MB
Release : 2008-02-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0791478963
On July 8, 1758, British General James Abercromby ordered a controversial frontal assault of the French defenses on the Ticonderoga peninsula in upstate New York. Outnumbering the French by four to one, the capture of their fort, named Carillon, seemed all but assured. Once the fort—called the "key to a continent"—was in British hands the road would be open to invade Canada, capture Montreal and Quebec, and end the French and Indian War. The attack, however, would go horribly wrong and result in nearly 2,000 British casualties, the single bloodiest day of the entire war. It would be another year before the British, under a different commander, would capture the fortifications and rename them Fort Ticonderoga. The Epic Battles for Ticonderoga, 1758 examines the skirmishes and raids in the months leading up to the battle, discusses Abercromby's campaign in the larger context of British grand strategy for the year 1758, the roles of key military and political figures on both sides, and the conflict's aftermath.
Author : René Chartrand
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 47,13 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN :
This book recounts the course of the ill-fated British attempt to capture Fort Ticonderoga in 1758 during the French-Indian Wars. The British foolishly attacked Ticonderoga head-on, leading to their defeat and the preservation of French Canada for the time being.
Author : Michael G. Laramie
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,88 MB
Release : 2023-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781594164071
Author : René Chartrand
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 33,60 MB
Release : 2013-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1846035341
Featuring information from a previously unpublished journal, an illustrated account of this strategically important battle in Canada.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 : Winthrop Sargent
Publisher :
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 32,79 MB
Release : 1856
Category : Braddock's Campaign, 1755
ISBN :
Contains a history of Braddock's Campaign in 1755 against Fort Duquesne.
Author : Walter R. Borneman
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 44,96 MB
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0061842648
In the summer of 1754, deep in the wilderness of western Pennsylvania, a very young George Washington suffered his first military defeat, and a centuries-old feud between Great Britain and France was rekindled. The war that followed would be fought across virgin territories, from Nova Scotia to the forks of the Ohio River, and it would ultimately decide the fate of the entire North American continent—not just for Great Britain and France but also for the Spanish and Native American populations. Noted historian Walter R. Borneman brings to life an epic struggle for a continent—what Samuel Eliot Morison called "truly the first world war"—and emphasizes how the seeds of discord sown in its aftermath would take root and blossom into the American Revolution.
Author : Francis Parkman
Publisher :
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 49,22 MB
Release : 1865
Category : America
ISBN :
Author : Carl R. Crego
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 40,23 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738535029
Called "the Key to the Continent" and "the Gibraltar of the North," Fort Ticonderoga controlled the strategically critical portage between Lakes George and Champlain in the eighteenth century and played an important role in both the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. French troops began construction of the fort in 1755, calling it Fort Carillon. The British captured the fort in 1759 and renamed it Fort Ticonderoga. The storming of the fort on May 10, 1775, by Benedict Arnold, Ethan Allen, and the Green Mountain Boys was America's first victory of the Revolutionary War.
Author : Daniel Marston
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 26,63 MB
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 1135975108
The closest thing to total war before the First World War, the Seven Years' War was fought in North America, Europe, the Caribbean and India with major consequences for all parties involved. This fascinating book is the first to truly review the grand strategies of the combatants and examine the differing styles of warfare used in the many campaigns. These methods ranged from the large-scale battles and sieges of the European front to the ambush and skirmish tactics used in the forests of North America. Daniel Marston's engaging narrative is supported by personal diaries, memoirs, and official reports.
