Siege of Quebec (1760)

Francis de Gaston, Chevalier de Levis (1719-1787) avec le bâton de maréchal

 Started today in 1760. Lasted until May 15. Siege of Quebec (1760) - Wikipedia

Battle of Sainte-Foy

 The Battle of Sainte-Foy (French: Bataille de Sainte-Foy) sometimes called the Battle of Quebec (French: Bataille du Quebec), was fought on April 28, 1760, near the British-held town of Quebec in the French province of Canada during the Seven Years' War (called the French and Indian War in the United States). It was a victory for the French under the Chevalier de Lévis over the British army under General Murray. The battle was notably bloodier than the Battle of the Plains of Abraham of the previous September, with 833 French casualties to 1,124 British casualties.

At first the British had some success, but the advance masked their artillery, while the infantry became bogged down in the mud and melting snowdrifts of the late spring. The battle turned into a two-hour fight at close range; eventually, as more French soldiers joined the fray, the French turned the British flanks, forcing Murray to realize his mistake and to recall the British back to Quebec without their guns, which Lévis then turned on the city.

How to Hessian: Part One

How to Hessian: Part One

The book "How to Hessian: Part One" is a comprehensive guide for modern reenactors and enthusiasts of the Hessian infantry. It provides critical parts of the 1767 Hessian Infanterie Reglement for the Gemeiner, including the oft-translated Handgriffe procedure for parade exercise, and offers insights into the organization, rank structure, and vocabulary of the Hessian soldier. The book features original German and English translations, over 50 period illustrations, and is designed to be user-friendly for those interested in Hessian impressions. 

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Détachement de la Colonie et la Garnison de Québec à la forteresse de Louisbourg. Crédit photo G. Bergeron

 

Hessian event

 

1/72 Hessians

 HaT have released three new sets depicting Hessian troops during the American War of Independence. They show musketeers in battle poses and charging, plus grenadiers in parade and combat. These are sets 8348, 8349 and 8353, and are already at some retailers.

Down the Warpath to the Cedars Indians' First Battles in the Revolution by Mark R. Anderson

 Down the Warpath to the Cedars - University of Oklahoma Press

In May 1776 more than two hundred Indian warriors descended the St. Lawrence River to attack Continental forces at the Cedars, west of Montreal. In just three days’ fighting, the Native Americans and their British and Canadian allies forced the American fort to surrender and ambushed a fatally delayed relief column. In Down the Warpath to the Cedars, author Mark R. Anderson flips the usual perspective on this early engagement and focuses on its Native participants—their motivations, battlefield conduct, and the event’s impact in their world. In this way, Anderson’s work establishes and explains Native Americans’ centrality in the Revolutionary War’s northern theater.

Anderson’s dramatic, deftly written narrative encompasses decisive diplomatic encounters, political intrigue, and scenes of brutal violence but is rooted in deep archival research and ethnohistorical scholarship. It sheds new light on the alleged massacre and atrocities that other accounts typically focus on. At the same time, Anderson traces the aftermath for Indian captives and military hostages, as well as the political impact of the Cedars reaching all the way to the Declaration of Independence. The action at the Cedars emerges here as a watershed moment, when Indian neutrality frayed to the point that hundreds of northern warriors entered the fight between crown and colonies.

Adroitly interweaving the stories of diverse characters—chiefs, officials, agents, soldiers, and warriors—Down the Warpath to the Cedars produces a complex picture, and a definitive account, of the Revolutionary War’s first Indian battles, an account that significantly expands our historical understanding of the northern theater of the American Revolution.