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Title: Attack on British Forts and Settlements - Battle for a Continent - War...
 
Type: Document
Description: Description of television episode on the declaration of war by Britain against France in 1756. Discusses the first battles of the war at Forts Oswego, William Henry, and Carillon as well as at German Flats. Governor Vaudreuil and General Montcalm never agreed on strategy - Vaudreuil's war was one of attrition and Montcalm hated guerrilla warfare. This episode is part of the "Canada: A People's History" series. Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, and video clips.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: A Costly Assault
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: In July 1758, General Abercromby led the largest British army to date in North America northwards against French posts in the Champlain Valley. Impatient for a clear and rapid victory, Abercromby led his men in a disastrous assault on French entrenchments near Fort Carillon.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: More British Reinforcements
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: After the unsuccessful campaigns of 1757, Great Britain sent a new commander in chief, and four regular regiments to North America. The disgraced Loudoun's strategy was to be retained. As for the French, they could only find two battalions to add to the garrison of Louisbourg.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Fort Saint-Jean during the 1750s
 
Type: Image
Online Reference Books
Description: First built on the west shore of the Richelieu River by soldiers of the régiment de Carignan-Salières in 1665, Fort Saint-Jean was rebuilt several times. In this plan the fort (shown as it was in the 1750s) consists of palisades with four large bastions. Surrendered to the British in 1760, Fort Saint-Jean was taken by General Montgomery's American army after a siege in 1775 and reoccupied by British troops in 1776. It was a military base in the 19th and 20th century and the site of the Collège Royal Militaire from 1952 to 1995.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: The 'French Gate' at Fort Niagara.
 
Type: Image
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Description: Construction of the so-called 'French Gate' began at Fort Niagara in 1756. Note the coat of arms - from 1725, the royal coat of arms of France was ordered to be put up over the main gates of towns and forts in New France. The fort itself dates back to the 1720s, and was expanded substantially at the beginning of the Seven Years' War. Several of the original French structures still stand, incorporated within later British and American works. The whole site is now a New York state park.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Training in a New School
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: Once established, the tactics of Canadian warfare would persist as long as the French regime. Refinements were made as the regular soldiers of the Compagnies franches de la Marine grew more experienced in the new methods.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: The Artillery Companies
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: The amount of artillery at Louisbourg led to the creation of an artillery company there in 1743. There was a school for artillery training at Quebec, which became the nucleus for a second company in 1750. Gunners wore distinctive uniforms and were considered elite soldiers.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Map of the conquest of Canada 1758-1760
 
Type: Image
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Description: This map shows the paths of the British and American advances against New France between 1758 and 1760. (Library of the Canadian Department of National Defence)
Site: National Defence
 
Title: General Montcalm at the battle of Carillon, 8 July 1758
 
Type: Image
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Description: This early-20th century view of the Battle of Carillon is taken from a Quebec primary school text familiar to generations of children. It gives a romantic view of General Montcalm inspiring his men. The clouds of smoke are quite realistic, even if some other details of costume and terrain are not. Smoke filled the air whenever gunpowder was used to fire muskets. There was no cannon firing from the French abbatis lines during the battle, although some were put in during the following days.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Canadian Voyageurs
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: An essential part of the Canadian tactical system was the 'voyageur' - a type of militiaman responsible for transporting goods rather than fighting. Canoes carried supplies for hundreds of men during journeys of up to several months.
Site: National Defence
 
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