JOHN BRADSTREET'S RAID 1758: A Riverine Operation of the French and Indian War

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John Bradstreet's raid of 1758 -- the first and largest British-American riverine raid mounted during the Seven Years' War (i.e. French and Indian War) was hailed as a great 'American' victory at the time. The operation was carried out principally by American colonial soldiers.

Includes supporting material such as orders of battle, meteorological data, and overviews of captured ships. Examines Bradstreet's new riverine operational capability and water-borne style of combat that the British-American army would soon successfully deploy in the campaigns of Niagara (1759) and Montreal (1760).

Examines with the context campaign planning and the friction among commanders in the war's first three years, the raid looks markedly different than a heroic portrayal. Includes 26 B&W illustrations and four maps.

Includes French and other never-before-seen materials and a new interpretive approach to dispel many of the myths that have grown up around the operation. The result is a closely observed, deeply researched revisionist microhistory.