British Light Infantryman of the Seven Year's War: North America 1757-63 [Paperback]

Ian Macpherson Mcculloch (Author), Steve Noon (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Warrior | Publication Date: December 10, 2004

The British Light Infantryman of the Seven Years' War (1756-1763) was proficient at scouting and skirmishing, and more than a match for the French and their Indian allies. Shooting rapids in canoes, traversing swamps and snowshoeing through endless tracts of forest, British redcoats earned a reputation for resilience and resourcefulness as they adapted to the wilderness conditions of North America. Their development was a watershed in the history of irregular warfare, and this book provides a full examination of their fighting methods, covering training, tactics and campaigning from Canada to the Caribbean.

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Insights into the real lives of history's fighting men, packed with full colour illustrations, highly detailed cutaways, exploded artwork of weaponry and armour, and action-packed battle scenes.

About the Author

Lieutenant Colonel Ian McCulloch is a military historian, the former Deputy Director of History & Heritage, and now serves as the Special Assistant to the Director-General of Health Services for the Canadian Armed Forces in Ottawa. He has published historical articles in numerous North American journals and magazines and is finishing a book on the 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade in World War I.

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (December 10, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1841767336
• ISBN-13: 978-1841767338
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 0.2 x 9.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #580,480 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars colorful and insightful, April 20, 2006

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Michael N. Ryan (Bel AIr, Maryland USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: British Light Infantryman of the Seven Year's War: North America 1757-63 (Paperback)

A colorful and insightful look into the men of the British Light Infantry formations created and deployed in North America to deal with the irregular warfare situation created by both teh wilderness and hostile native peoples.

Extremely well illustrated.

28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rebuttal to So-called Scholar, June 13, 2006

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Ruadh Mhor (Virginia Beach) - See all my reviews

This review is from: British Light Infantryman of the Seven Year's War: North America 1757-63 (Paperback)

I don't know what planet Mr Swenson (if thats his real name) pretends to be a scholar on, but his partisan and vitriolic review points are so out to lunch, he should be ashamed of himself. Moses Hazen's Rangers were nowhere near Newfoundland in August 1762, their captain having been severely wounded at the 28 April 1760 Battle of Sillery outside Quebec. Hazen was commissioned a lieutenant in the 44th Regiment of Foot shortly afterwards for his gallantry and was no longer commanding a ranger company which was disbanded in the fall of 1760 after the fall of Montreal. The provincial light infantry company that actually fought at Signal Hill in 1762 was of Job Winslow's Massachusett's battalion commanded by Capt. Charles Barron, and their gallant effort is recorded in Steve Noon's excellent color plate of that action. Secondly, the color plate of the Louisbourg landing, 1758, is extremely accurate, as it drawn from actual photographs taken of the landing site adjacent to Kennington Cove about SIX MILES WEST of Louisbourg, a site Mr Swenson has obviously never visited or he wouldn't have put his foot in his mouth. Finally, I'm delighted that Mr Swenson found the attention of detail to Kirk(wood) too detailed, as the aim and objective of all Osprey WARRIOR series books is to do exactly that: viz. show the life of a "warrior" either real or fictional, in this particular case, a real person, Light Infantryman Robert Kirkwood of the 77th Montgomery Highlanders, later of the Royal Highland Regiment. Thanks for letting me set the record straight for more discriminating historians and "real" scholars.

Lt. Colonel Ian McCulloch

4 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars British Light Infantryman of the Seven Years War, December 29, 2005

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R. H. Swenson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: British Light Infantryman of the Seven Year's War: North America 1757-63 (Paperback)

As a historical researcher and scholar I found this book to be very unnecessary and almost useless as to the research presented. It is more of a review of the 'Diary of Robert Kirk' than a dissertation of light infantry formation, tactics and weapontry. As to the colored plates...I have been to Nova Scotia and to Fortress Louibourg and it does not look at all like the plates, even considering time and place. The capture of Signal Hill was accomplished by Capt. Moses Hazen's Company of rangers and Highlanders from the 78th Fraser's HB. It seems that artistic license verses historical truth is the word for these picture plates. As to the information contained within this book, I could do much better at the local library. The rating is actually too high, 1/2 star maybe.