Talk:Jean Erdman, Baron Dieskau

'Canadians?'

There was no such thing as 'Canadians' in this part of the world at this time in history. There were English, French and natives. The English and French soldiers did, indeed, come from those countries and their task was to protect the land and the colonists from those opposite countries' military forces, as well as make any extension to their own boundaries as might be possible. If 'Canadians' are meant to be the civilian French colonists, they were not known by that name at the time; they were called 'habitants', actually spelled 'habitans' in the plural at the time. maybe. In later years, 'Canadians' is used to identify citizens of the nation-state Canada, which did not come into existence until 1867. Grandma Roses (talk) 12:37, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

• • • In the book "Fort William Henry, 1755-57," the author repeatedly uses the word 'Canadians' to refer to the local militias. He also gives at least one quote where a French Officer referred to the militia as "Canadians." Drr230 (talk) 03:32, 28 December 2014 (UTC)

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"Almost all the French regulars perished"

I find this line difficult to take. The linked Wikipedia page "The Battle of Lake George" states that about 1/3 of the Grenadiers were killed or wounded. My previous Citation , p.35, also states that, "The [French] regulars suffered losses of 78 killed and wounded or just over a third of their strength." Drr230 (talk) 03:49, 28 December 2014 (UTC)

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