Tomahawk and Musket: French and Indian Raids in the Ohio Valley 1758

Osprey Raid #27

by René Chartrand, Peter Dennis (Illustrations)

In 1758, at the height of the French and Indian War, British Brigadier General John Forbes led his army on a methodical advance against Fort Duquesene, French headquarters in the Ohio valley. As his army closed in upon the fort, he sent Major Grant of the 77th Highlanders and 850 men on a reconnaissance in force against the fort. The French, alerted to this move, launched their own counter-raid. 500 French and Canadians, backed by 500 Indian allies, ambushed the highlanders and sent them fleeing back to the main army. With the success of that operation, the French planned their own raid against the English encampment at Fort Ligonier less than fifty miles away. With only 600 men, against an enemy strength of 4,000, the French & Amerindians launched a daring night attack on the heart of the enemy encampment. This book tells the complete story of these ambitious raids and counter-raids, giving in-depth detail on the forces, terrain, and tactics.

Genres: History, Military History, Ebooks

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Steve]

Decent basic primer on the Forbes Expedition of 1758. Even within the context of the limited page count of the Raid series, this book suffered from some unnecessary padding with several different accounts of the same action being quoted, despite not differing in any meaningful way. The book also suffers formatting problems as an e-book, something Osprey should look into for this series, with maps spilt, illustrations inserted at 90 degrees, text for illustrations interfering with the flow of the main text.

[Almantas]

Osprey Publishing Raid publication.

[Станислав]

Маленькая война с большими последствиями. Не хватает карт, можно больше уделить внимания позиции французской стороны.