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Redcoat
The Seven Years War in the eighteenth century was primarily between France and Great Britain. It began with the French and Indian War between Britain and France and their Native Indian allies in America between the colonies of New France and the thirteen American colonies of Britain. Eventually it spread to Europe involving other countries, particularly Spain on the side of France and Prussia on the British side.
It was an expensive and hard fought war in America. The French had a famous commander in General Louis Montcalm and Britain had various Generals, the most successful and famous being General Wolfe. They both fought well.
The standing British regular army was supplemented not only with Indian tribes but militias also from the American colonies. Eventually the new prime minister in Britain, William Pitt, organised more troops to be sent from Britain as reinforcements. The French army under Montcalm depended more on its vast numbers of Indian allies.
This story begins with a British relief column being sent to relieve Fort William Henry which was besieged by the French and their Indian allies. The column also had numbers of regular British army Redcoats, Indians, and a forward scouting party of militia. The commanding officer was General Sir Ronald Arbiter. In its ranks was Private Nathaniel Toxten, a Blacksmith’s son from England who was unused to the horrors of war. Another raw recruit was the Irishman John O’Driscoll. Their Redcoat section was commanded by Sergeant Major Bainbridge, a no nonsense man well acquainted with the discipline and fortitudes of warfare. Their advance through the American wilderness would however prove to be just the beginning of a very mixed affair fraught with danger, and which would test the might of the British Redcoat.
It was an expensive and hard fought war in America. The French had a famous commander in General Louis Montcalm and Britain had various Generals, the most successful and famous being General Wolfe. They both fought well.
The standing British regular army was supplemented not only with Indian tribes but militias also from the American colonies. Eventually the new prime minister in Britain, William Pitt, organised more troops to be sent from Britain as reinforcements. The French army under Montcalm depended more on its vast numbers of Indian allies.
This story begins with a British relief column being sent to relieve Fort William Henry which was besieged by the French and their Indian allies. The column also had numbers of regular British army Redcoats, Indians, and a forward scouting party of militia. The commanding officer was General Sir Ronald Arbiter. In its ranks was Private Nathaniel Toxten, a Blacksmith’s son from England who was unused to the horrors of war. Another raw recruit was the Irishman John O’Driscoll. Their Redcoat section was commanded by Sergeant Major Bainbridge, a no nonsense man well acquainted with the discipline and fortitudes of warfare. Their advance through the American wilderness would however prove to be just the beginning of a very mixed affair fraught with danger, and which would test the might of the British Redcoat.
88 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 5, 2023
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