In 1760, General Jeffery Amherst led the British campaign that
captured Montreal and began the end of French colonial rule in
North America. All Canada in the Hands of the British is a detailed
account of Amherst's successful military strategy and soldiers'
experiences on both sides. Newly promoted general Jeffery Amherst
took command of British forces in North America in 1759 and soon
secured victories at Fort Duquesne, Louisbourg, Quebec, Fort
Ticonderoga, and Niagara. In 1760 William Pitt, head of the British
government, commanded Amherst to eliminate French rule in Canada.
During the ensuing campaign, Amherst confronted French resurgence
at Quebec and mounted sieges at Isle aux Noix and Fort Levis, both
of which were made difficult by French strategic placements on
nearby islands. As historian Douglas R. Cubbison demonstrates,
however, Amherst was well before his time in strategy and tactics,
and his forces crushed French resistance. In this first book-length
study of Amherst's campaign, Cubbison examines the three principal
columns that Amherst's army comprised, only one of which was under
his direct command. Cubbison argues that Amherst's success against
the French relied on his employment of command, control,
communications, and intelligence. Cubbison also shows how well
Brigadier General James Murray's use of what is today called
population-centric counterinsurgency corresponded with Amherst's
strategic oversight and victory. Using archival materials,
archaeological evidence, and the firsthand accounts of junior
provincial soldiers, Cubbison takes us from the eighteenth-century
antagonisms between the British and French in the New World through
the Seven Years' War, to the final siege and its historic
significance for colonial Canada. In one of the most decisive
victories of the Seven Years' War, Amherst was able, after a mere
four weeks, to claim all of Canada. All Canada in the Hands of the
British will change how military historians and enthusiasts
understand the nature of British colonial battle strategy.
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