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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Pretty entertaining reading material
16 Feb 2012
Format:Paperback
Rene Chartrand's Tomahawk and Musket book proves to be a well written, well researched book that was both entertaining to read and educational. The book covers the 1758 Ohio Valley campaign led by capable British General John Forbes in his effort to capture Fort Duquesne (modern day Pittsburgh). An earlier effort three years ago led by General Edward Braddock ended in utter disaster as describe in Osprey Campaign Book 140 also written by Rene Chartrand.
This book describes three raids that took part of this overall campaign. First was the near comical "surprise" attack on Fort Duquesne led by Major James Grant. This was the only real battle that took place in and around Fort Duquesne. Grant, once achieving his objective of getting his main force in position so close to Fort Duquesne, choose to announced his presence by drums and bagpipes to the unaware enemy who came out like host of bees out of beehive and literally destroyed Grant's forces. This part of the book read like a comedy of errors. (Only a year earlier, Admiral John Byng was shot on his own quarterdeck for failure. You would think Grant should be stood up against a wall for practical stupidity but the author implied a possible Scottish conspiracy that kept Grant from dishonor upon his return as his commanding general, Forbes was also a Scotsman! Unfortunately, some of Grant's men captured weren't so lucky as they served as entertainment for their Indian hosts.)
The second and third raids took place at and around Fort Ligonier (closest British base to Fort Duquesne) as the French and the Indians repaid the favor by successfully raiding the outer camps of the British and American troops and chasing them back inside the fort where 1500 men were hemmed in 450 men of the raiding party for a day or so. I notices that the French and Indians were not playing music prior to their assault!! The third raid was a small affair but it resulted in a prisoner that gave the British a near complete understanding of the situation in and around Fort Duquesne that prompted Forbes to moved fast. The French gave up the ghost and burnt Duquesne, British rebuild as Fort Pitts that soon turned into Pittsburgh as know it today.
Overall, this is an excellent book and I found the maps and the illustrations to be one of the best I have seen from this series. It was a fun and enjoyable reading experience. It will be a good companion book the author's earlier effort regarding Braddock's Defeat. You would really think that this campaign probably should have belong to the Campaign series instead of the Raid series.
This book describes three raids that took part of this overall campaign. First was the near comical "surprise" attack on Fort Duquesne led by Major James Grant. This was the only real battle that took place in and around Fort Duquesne. Grant, once achieving his objective of getting his main force in position so close to Fort Duquesne, choose to announced his presence by drums and bagpipes to the unaware enemy who came out like host of bees out of beehive and literally destroyed Grant's forces. This part of the book read like a comedy of errors. (Only a year earlier, Admiral John Byng was shot on his own quarterdeck for failure. You would think Grant should be stood up against a wall for practical stupidity but the author implied a possible Scottish conspiracy that kept Grant from dishonor upon his return as his commanding general, Forbes was also a Scotsman! Unfortunately, some of Grant's men captured weren't so lucky as they served as entertainment for their Indian hosts.)
The second and third raids took place at and around Fort Ligonier (closest British base to Fort Duquesne) as the French and the Indians repaid the favor by successfully raiding the outer camps of the British and American troops and chasing them back inside the fort where 1500 men were hemmed in 450 men of the raiding party for a day or so. I notices that the French and Indians were not playing music prior to their assault!! The third raid was a small affair but it resulted in a prisoner that gave the British a near complete understanding of the situation in and around Fort Duquesne that prompted Forbes to moved fast. The French gave up the ghost and burnt Duquesne, British rebuild as Fort Pitts that soon turned into Pittsburgh as know it today.
Overall, this is an excellent book and I found the maps and the illustrations to be one of the best I have seen from this series. It was a fun and enjoyable reading experience. It will be a good companion book the author's earlier effort regarding Braddock's Defeat. You would really think that this campaign probably should have belong to the Campaign series instead of the Raid series.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
I have wanted a new book about the Forbes campaign for years
4 May 2012
Format:Paperback
Rene Chartrand's Tomahawk and Musket finally gives French forces in the Ohio valley their due in the 1758 campaign. Undefeated in the field by their British opponents, but forced into defeat by their superior numbers and supplies. So many books have been written about this theater of war regarding Washington's defeat at Fort Necessity and Braddock's defeat at the Monongahela. This book fills in the gap and let's the interested reader know that one of the greatest guerilla forces in history (French forces at Duquesne) did not remain idle after 1755. I have been an amateur student of this campaign for years, and have visited the sites mentioned in this book multiple times, and have known that several older histories (which mention the battle at Fort Ligonier) paint the incident as a British victory due to the fact that the French didn't take the fort (when that wasn't the objective at all). There are even some accounts which try to make it seem as though the French were pushed away from the fort by force due to British artillery fire and attacks. Anyone who reads these accounts with a critical eye and looks at the comments made by Forbes and Bouquet after the battle realizes that the British had narrowly avoided an even bigger disaster due to the strength of Fort Ligonier's defenses. In the meantime the French showed their prowess on the battlefield and successfully convinced Forbes to delay his advance until the new year. Only the timely capture of a few French prisoners during a patrol in November allowed Forbes to know the true weakness of Fort Duquesne resulting in it's destruction a few weeks later. Great book telling the often ignored story of the important and final chapter of the French and Indian War in Pennsylvania.
Visit Fort Ligonier for a surprisingly great collection of top notch artifacts and paintings from the period as well as a painstakingly reconstructed period fort.
Fort Pitt museum at the forks of the Ohio in Pittsburgh isn't much to look at from the outside but is a great museum inside.
Visit Fort Ligonier for a surprisingly great collection of top notch artifacts and paintings from the period as well as a painstakingly reconstructed period fort.
Fort Pitt museum at the forks of the Ohio in Pittsburgh isn't much to look at from the outside but is a great museum inside.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
First-rate Historical Writing and Presentation
1 Mar 2012
Format:Paperback
While the Forbes Expedition to western Pennsylvania in 1758 may not appear to be one of the most fascinating chapters in American military history, Rene Chartrand delivers a gripping narrative about it in Osprey's Tomahawk and Musket. This entry in the Raid-series is designed both to tell the story of two raids during this campaign of the French and Indian War, as well as to illustrate the nature of forest warfare tactics in the Eighteenth Century. Although the volume has a definite slant toward the French side, the Anglo-American side of the story is also told very well. The overall high quality of the narrative, combined with excellent graphics, maps and eye-catching cover make Tomahawk and Musket a must-have volume for readers interested in military history.
The volume begins with a rather lengthy introduction that sketches the relationships between the British, American colonials, French and the main Eastern Indian tribes. The author's research - as always -is impeccable and he manages to provides new facts and insights even on familiar topics. His main point is that before the French and Indian War even broke out, the French had forged close military-economic ties with all the major Eastern tribes except the Iroquois confederation and that together, the French and Indians had developed a very deadly tactical doctrine for forest warfare. In contrast, Anglo-American relations with most of the tribes was antagonistic and the British were smugly confident that regular troops could operate anywhere, even in the wilderness. This smugness resulted in the 1755 Braddock disaster, which caused the Anglo-Americans to seek a re-match in the Ohio Valley, but in more controlled circumstances.
The author then outlines how the Forbes expedition, intended to eliminate French-held Fort Duquesne in the Ohio Valley, was part of an overall British strategy to mass superior force against key French positions in North America and seize them. The planning for the Forbes expedition and the march through western Pennsylvania occupies about one-quarter of the volume. The raid sections consist of Grant's raid on Fort Duquesne and Aubry's raid on Fort Ligonier, each of which has a 3-D BEV map and a battle scene by Peter Dennis. The volume concludes with the French decision to abandon Fort Duquesne and the British occupation of the Ohio Valley. Overall, this is first-rate historical writing and presentation, of interest to both special readers and a general audience.
The volume begins with a rather lengthy introduction that sketches the relationships between the British, American colonials, French and the main Eastern Indian tribes. The author's research - as always -is impeccable and he manages to provides new facts and insights even on familiar topics. His main point is that before the French and Indian War even broke out, the French had forged close military-economic ties with all the major Eastern tribes except the Iroquois confederation and that together, the French and Indians had developed a very deadly tactical doctrine for forest warfare. In contrast, Anglo-American relations with most of the tribes was antagonistic and the British were smugly confident that regular troops could operate anywhere, even in the wilderness. This smugness resulted in the 1755 Braddock disaster, which caused the Anglo-Americans to seek a re-match in the Ohio Valley, but in more controlled circumstances.
The author then outlines how the Forbes expedition, intended to eliminate French-held Fort Duquesne in the Ohio Valley, was part of an overall British strategy to mass superior force against key French positions in North America and seize them. The planning for the Forbes expedition and the march through western Pennsylvania occupies about one-quarter of the volume. The raid sections consist of Grant's raid on Fort Duquesne and Aubry's raid on Fort Ligonier, each of which has a 3-D BEV map and a battle scene by Peter Dennis. The volume concludes with the French decision to abandon Fort Duquesne and the British occupation of the Ohio Valley. Overall, this is first-rate historical writing and presentation, of interest to both special readers and a general audience.
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