French Navy

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Culture, Documents, Primary Sources, Religion, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) January 12, 2022 January 10, 2022

Blessing of the Flags

by Norman Desmarais

During the era of the American Revolution, French and Spanish regiments were comprised primarily of Roman Catholics who customarily have objects and implements blessed…

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Conflict & War, People, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) January 3, 2019 January 2, 2019

Captain Lambert Wickes and “Gunboat Diplomacy, American Revolution Style”

by Richard J. Werther

The Continental Navy. Words that didn’t exactly strike fear into the heart of the mighty British Royal Navy. For most Americans, knowledge of the…

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1. John Fitzhugh Millar The American Invasion of Canada

Benedict Arnold could see in the summer of 1774 that when a war broke out the British could simply send troops down Lake Champlain from Canada and clamp a lid…
2. Darren Sharrocks The American Invasion of Canada

Good article and very interesting but the spelling and grammar needs correcting.
3. William Cooke The American Invasion of Canada

It may have been more appropriate to use the spelling Canadien to refer to the French-speaking inhabitants of the Province of Quebec during the Revolutionary War.