Thanks to Norm for these two links. First up is a letter from Washington to his mother describing the battle of Monongahela and the other is a page about the action at Great Meadows Fort Necessity.

Young “coureur des bois”

 (wood-runner). Illustration: Francis Back. Archives Congrégation de Notre-Dame - Montréal.

Siege of St Augustine (1702)

This siege was abandoned today in 1702. Read about this siege here

Native images database

Go here to see most of the historic images of Natives

Fort Ti in the snow

From the Fort Ticonderoga facebook page today

Merry Christmas

Have a great season - here's an image of Canadians by Cornelius Krieghoff

French and Indian war image

Infanterie française au Canada, 1755-1760, nouveau dessin inédit de Maître Louis Frégier, peintre titulaire de l'Armée, en hommage à Maître Eugène Leliepvre.
French infantry in Canada, by Master Louis Frégier, official painter to the french army, in tribute to Master Eugène Leliepvre.

First Thanksgiving 1777

So today, the 18th, was the official first thanksgiving - thanks being given in particular for the victory over Burgoyne at Saratoga in October.

The Mississinewa 1812

Today and tomorrow is the bicentennial of this action in the War of 1812. Read about it here.
There's an interesting article from Keith Raynor here

Winter scout photo

This is Martin Psenicka from the Czech Redcoat (His Majesty's Independent Company of Foot) group's photo, but I had to share it.

LOUIS MÉNADE by Ronald Embleton

Thomsomfeld found this image from here - It's a great character piece - I don't know anything about Louis Menade - any of you know? I presume its a Compagnies franches de la Marine study though obviously it should have blue cuffs but information was not so easy to get on the subject as now.

Woodland Indians in Snowshoes

New pack of 28mms from Warlord in the UK.

Compagnies franches de la Marine - recruitment and military life

Interesting article on the colonial Marines. Here

All about New France Old England

Promotional film for the UK FIW society

Lying down

Something that is not made enough of in wargame rules or figures is the fact that Canadians were prone (sorry) to lie down to fire and load - something that seems quite normal to us but was something that was not the norm in the 18th century. Do you have any thoughts on the matter? (Incidentally I don't remember where I found this image - if its you let me know!)

Canadian footwear

This lovely looking pair of souliers de boeuf are made by Soulier Tannes. See their Facebook page

Royal artillerie

There was about 40 of this regiment of specialists in North America during the Seven Years war.

Régiment de la Reine

Wiki
SYW Project
Also see 1759 image here

French drill for 1759

Here in its entirety.

Régiment du Roi

 Du Roi infanterie. 
This regiment was present at Minden, Rossbach, Krefeld and more.

Le Régiment du Roi a été levé en 1663 et c’est devenu le 105e Régiment d’Infanterie en 1791. Colonel propriétaire du régiment était toujours le Roi de France. Pendant la Guerre de Sept Ans, le 12e Régiment du Roi s’est battu à Hastenbeck, Hanovre, Zell, Rossbach, Krefeld, Minden, Corbach, Göttingen, Warburg, Vellinghausen, Neuhaus, and Melsungen.

Minden 2014

This SYW reenactment in Northern Germany has had a good deal of interest from North American groups which is ace so don't miss out on the fun - sign up for the Facebook page. Of course I have time to put together an outfit - what shall I do? Minden photos here
Wiki on the battle 
Order of battle here

Czech winter trek F&I style

Photos here

Fort Loudoun Forsaken by God and Man

Facebook page. A great source for some really picturesque images like this one.

Battle of Great Bridge

Battle of the Revwar  - fought today - wiki here. Image is of Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment present at the battle.Image from here

French and Indian special

WARGAMES ILLUSTRATED: Issue #302 December 2012 Cover theme:
WAR IN THE WILDERNESS
In our first article for this month’s theme, Neil Smith and Chris Peers introduce us to the history and guide us through the practical information required for bringing a F&IW force to bear on the tabletop.

DRIED CORN AND SWAMPFOOT
In this article Rich Jones tells us about his ‘slip’ into F&IW gaming, followed by a walk through of a Muskets & Tomahawks battle, featuring the iconic Rogers Rangers.

DECORATING THE WILDERNESS
What should a French & Indian Wars tabletop look like? With the help of Grand Manner buildings, Neil Smith educates us on how to tell our wikiups from our wigwams in order to bring accurate F&IW scenery to our battlefields.

HOW TO ... BUILD AN INDIAN LONGHOUSE
Paul Davies shows us how to make a Native American Longhouse.

Pulp novel

Written by the classy sounding Jefferson Cooper.

Snow photos

Don't forget to send in your wintery history images. This is one from Fort St Jean Baptiste's Facebook page.

Volontaires etrangers de la Marine

By Lucien Rousselot. Thanks to Thomsomfeld.

La Compagnie de La Vérendrye

Facebook page for this excellent French Compagnies franches de la Marine group here

Drummer Compagnies franches de la Marine

Thanks to Thomsomfeld for this image.