Excellent little documentary on this, perhaps one of the most famous of sieges in the F&I war. Depicted in LotM this was a French propaganda disaster with the so-called massacre that followed it became a cause celebre for the Yankees. Recently this view of the aftermath has been challenged in such books as 'Betrayals' by Ian Steele which I recommend to anyone interested in trying to understand this event.
American warfare 1690-1835 in popular culture, art, in miniature and in wargames, through Living History and in movies.
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Today in 1755
The Battle of Lake George was fought on 8 September 1755, in the north of the Province of New York . [ 2 ] It was part of a campaign by th...
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From Don's Facebook page. The incident depicts Two Kettles Together loading a musket for her wounded husband Honyere Tehawenkarogwen ... -
https://www.gf9.com/Default.aspx?tabid=295&art_id=3070 Wargaming battles of the American war of independence While reading 'With Zea...
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