My visit to the Canadian War Museum 
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Showing posts with label Cannonier-Bombardier French Artillery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cannonier-Bombardier French Artillery. Show all posts
Saturday, 22 October 2022
Canadian War Museum early Canadian war exhibits
Tuesday, 21 August 2018
Siege of Louisbourg 1758. British assault on the Dauphin Bastion
This coming Saturday, I'm going to have a battle day with one of my reenactment mates. He wants to be the British, Ian wants to be the colonial commander so I will be the French defender.
Pictures will follow
Hamilton deploys his troops to begin assault.
The French positions. My strategy was to see how the British would conduct their attack.
The main British assault came in this area. For some reason, Alistar kept his Rangers in reserve for most of the game and used his Highlanders to do the brunt of the attack.
Once he had taken out most of the French artillery save the lone gun, he began his assault on the King's bastion.
However, my attack went better than planned. The Cannonier-Bombardier took out the Royal Artillery while the
French regular regiments used the bayonet to clear the area with support from the sailors of the French navy. The MikMaq gave support to Le Compaigne Frances de La Marine. All in all, Wolfe's attack failed, Louisbourg continued to live! Vive La France!
Pictures will follow
Hamilton deploys his troops to begin assault.
The French positions. My strategy was to see how the British would conduct their attack.
The main British assault came in this area. For some reason, Alistar kept his Rangers in reserve for most of the game and used his Highlanders to do the brunt of the attack.
Once he had taken out most of the French artillery save the lone gun, he began his assault on the King's bastion.
However, my attack went better than planned. The Cannonier-Bombardier took out the Royal Artillery while the Friday, 27 October 2017
Louisbourg garrison Cannionaire-Bombardier 1744-1758
The French artillery at Louisbourg was made up of men from the colonial Cannionaire-Bombardier. These were trained gun crews who could also act as Grenadiers when in an infantry role. The guns in the fortifications of Louisbourg were Naval guns.
Saturday, 14 October 2017
Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site of Canada
This was my family's first visit but my 8th!
We came up with our step father. Staying in a nice hotel
Soldat Compagne Frances de La Marine
Historic turkeys
King's Bastion
with a French 24lb gun
outer defenses
battery
where I had been encamped in 1995
casemates
the kids fortify themselves in the bastion
store house
Emi checks out the geese
livestock barn
Ian tries on some gear
Compagne Frances de La Marine
Cursifix
King's Chapel
Town side of the King's Bastion
French sail make
40th Regiment drum captured at Canso
Le Compagne Frances drum
Regiment de Karrer
French decleration of War
Guardroom bunks
Town gate from inside, the outside was being renovated for the winter
in the bastion
kids in the sentry box
24lb gun
harbor facing battery
water gate
waterfront
looking back toward the main gate
one of the streets
Emi walks by
We came up with our step father. Staying in a nice hotel
Soldat Compagne Frances de La Marine
Historic turkeys
King's Bastion
with a French 24lb gun
outer defenses
battery
where I had been encamped in 1995
casemates
the kids fortify themselves in the bastion
store house
Emi checks out the geese
livestock barn
Ian tries on some gear
Compagne Frances de La Marine
Cursifix
King's Chapel
Town side of the King's Bastion
French sail make
40th Regiment drum captured at Canso
Le Compagne Frances drum
Regiment de Karrer
French decleration of War
Guardroom bunks
Town gate from inside, the outside was being renovated for the winter
in the bastion
kids in the sentry box
24lb gun
harbor facing battery
water gate
waterfront
looking back toward the main gate
one of the streets
Emi walks by
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