Ticonderoga 1758: Montcalm's Victory Against All Odds

Osprey Campaign #76

by René Chartrand

On 5 July 1758 General Abercromby's expedition against Fort Carillon set off from its camp. Within hours, tragedy struck. Some rangers ran into a French scouting party and in the fierce skirmish that followed Lord Howe, the darling of the army, was shot through the heart. The army was shattered at the loss, but Abercromby went to pieces. He decided to attack Montcalm's completed breastworks head-on. Battalion after battalion was sacrificed, the most famous of these hopeless assaults being that of the Black Watch. With the failure of his plan and the exhaustion of his army Abercromby retreated to the foot of Lake George – Montcalm had saved Canada, with Abercromby's help.

Genres: History, Military History, American History, Nonfiction, Military Fiction

96 pages, Paperback

First published October 25, 2000

Reviews

[Larry · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you do a search in here ("in here" being Goodreads), you'll see almost three pages of titles by Chartrand. He is certainly an historian of considerable accomplishment.

This book, although quite short (under 100 pages), examines one battle in amazing detail. If you want to know anything about this amazing battle (amazing because the French, despite being enormously outnumbered, won a decisive battle), this is the book to look to.

Based on this I intend to read at least 3 others of his works.

[Sean Chick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another good account from Chartrand that is fair and even. Given the small scale of the battle, there is more personal detail here than one usually finds from Osprey.