Reminiscences of the French war 1765

Text of this important book on Ranging which is a must-read for anyone interested in the subject here

Fort Frontenac by Rene Chartrand

Well worth reading is this article on the battle of Fort Frontenac. He posts an order of battle which might make a well proportioned wargames army. Interesting to note they are mostly all American and accustomed to canoes - the regulars were from Captain Ogilvie's Independent company.

Royal Artillery 27
Regulars 155
Rangers (or scouts) 60
New York Regiment 1,112
Col. Joseph William's Massachusetts Regiment 432
Col. Thomas Doty's Massachusetts Regiment 248
Rhode Island Regiment 318
New Jersey Regiment 418
Battoemen 270
Iroquois Indians 42

Total: 3,082

Regiment de Guyenne

We had a comment from someone recreating this regiment in the UK so I thought I'd post this really great painting fom 1757. On their webpage it says
After initial garrison duty at Fort Frontenac, the battalion fought in most of the major actions of the war, including the victories at Fort William Henry and Fort Carillon, and the defeat at Quebec. They remained with the field army until the final surrender at Montreal, whereupon the bulk of the survivors returned to Europe and were incorporated into the regiment’s 1er – now only – battalion

New Thomsomfeld diorama

From the AWI period - see it here

The Buffalo Trace on capots

This is a cool blog by Nathan Kobuck - covering Native and longhunter stuff from the 1760s - lots to read - he investigates the blanket coat in the Revwar here.

New Conquest figures

I've enjoyed checking out the new figures in Conquest's French and Indian war range - some excellent French regulars and a couple of Jesuits and these, my favourites Natives in Winter dress - ideal for a snowshoes type skirmish. 28mm of course.

More CfdlM

I really enjoyed the below clip - nicely framed and set - made me dig out another Compagnies franches de la Marine image from the late 90s - I am second from right. Good days.