Ft. William Henry Massacre as a French Fault In the act of war, men are in conflict with each other over certain things and fighting is a way to remedy this. However, every decent man knows that there are certain codes of chivalry that one is upheld to during an act of war. These are basic codes of respect and rationality that go along with fighting. Theses are rules of conduct that characterize a gentleman. At Ft. William Henry, the Marquis de Montcalm and the French army violated these manners of war. The French demonstrated the curtsey of barbarians when they allowed the English to be brutally massacred by Indians as they left Ft. William Henry in retreat. Major General Webb was the commanding officer at the Fort William Henry, until he decided to leave for Ft. Edward a few miles away, taking a good number of men with him. This left the fort in the hands of Colonel Monro and Colonel Young and about 2,300 men, and only about half of these men were fit for duty. The fort was bombarded with a garrison of over 7, 500 French soldiers and Indian allies. Monro held out for four days, and did not decide to seek terms with the French until he was notified that reinforcements were not available to Monro at the time. Monro agreed to the terms for surrender given by Montcalm. The British were to leave the fort entirely, accept for the wounded that were to be returned to them as soon as they were seen healthy. The British could leave honorably to nearby Ft. Edward with their arms, but without ammunition. They carry their flags away with honor as long as agreed not to fight for 18 months. Monro accepted the terms of surrender given by Montcalm, as they were respectful and honorable. Mono also had little choice in matters because he was outnumbered by nearly three to one, without possible chance of reinforcements. The terms allowed the British to be defeated without a loss of their moral or dignity. No one would be taken prisoner. The terms were discussed like gentleman while battle was put on hold. The terms of the agreement were in fact so good, that they now seem suspicious. As it turned out, Montcalm went back on his word, and turned his back on human decency as well.
As the Spanish advanced again to take Fort Frederica, Oglethorpe was waiting. Slowly moving through the swampy lands on St. Simons the Spanish headed toward Fort Frederica with high confidence. Posting a regiment of Foot Soldiers and Darien’s Independent Company of Highlanders in a wooded area overlooking the marsh where Spanish soldiers would have to cross, Oglethorpe returned to Ft. Frederica (Swinson 137). Oglethorpe then left to retrieve more soldiers. When he returned, the battle was over. The troops had stood off the Spanish until they ran out of ammunition and retreated. Even though he arrived after the fighting, Oglethorpe became the victor (Coleman
Anderson received a letter from Gen. Beauregard telling him to evacuate the fort or he will force them out. Anderson refused, even though the lack of supplies would force him to evacuate. He replied to Beauregard that unless he received instructions or supplies from Washington by noon April 15 he would evacuate.
Many suspect that they were with Washington only to maximize the hate on both sides of the battle. They went against Washington’s orders to not be the aggressors. Soon large units of British and American soldiers were sent to settle what should have been small battles. The French however were prepared to fight back and even had the Indians as allies to help with upcoming battles. In July, Braddock’s army which consisted of over 2000 British soldiers rode west with George Washington and came upon 250 plus French soldiers with over 600 Indians allies. Nearly 1000 British were killed, unlike George Washington who was unhurt during the battle was soon promoted to commander of the Virginia army for his bravery. (Roark 146)
When Maurice Keen set out to write a book on the components and development of chivalry, he did not know it would be “the last word on a seductive subject,” as stated by one Washington Post reviewer. Instead, Keen was merely satisfying a curiosity that derived from a childhood fascination of stories filled with “knights in shining armour.” This juvenile captivation was then transformed into a serious scholarly interest by Keen’s teachers, the product of which is a work based upon literary, artifactual, and academic evidence. Keen’s Chivalry strives to prove that chivalry existed not as a fantastical distraction, as erroneously portrayed by romances, but instead as an integral and functional feature of medieval politics, religion, and society. The thirteen chapters use an exposition format to quietly champion Keen’s opinion of chivalry as being an element of an essentially secular code of “honour” derived from military practices.
Meanwhile, General Robert E. Lee was left without his eyes and ears while his Calvary, led by Jeb Stuart was off on a wild goose chase. General Lee got a little too cocky; he believed his army was invincible. He led his army, without Stuart and his Calvary, to the southern side of Cemetery Ridge where he believed it to be less well defended. On day two of the attack at Gettysburg, General Lee instructed to General Longstreet to attack, but this command was delayed for a few hours, giving the Union time to reinforce their numbers and strengthen their position. When Longstreet did finally attack, the battles were nastiest at Little Round Top, the Peach Orchard, the Wheat F...
The most important aspect of the chivalric code is honor. Without honor a man is
The French and Indian War was very momentous because it greatly expanded the English’s territorial claims it had owned, meaning more control over the colonies than it had before. It diminished the English’s wealth it had accumulated due to the heavy taxation on American colonies, creating a debt the English owed to pay for the war. All of this would lead to factors that would influence the colonists to rebel against the English Crown and later on fully declare independence.
104 men were sent to form Jamestown in 1607. 4 months after they arrived, 70 had died. Thousands were sent to take their place over the next 3 years, but they also died. Why?
In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sir Gawain continuously proves his knightly virtues and code of honor. Chivalry includes bravery, honor, and courtesy. He proves that he is in fact a 'real'; Knight. He shows his bravery by shying away from nothing and no one. He proves his honor and courtesy to everyone he meets by showing respect to all whether he receives it back or not.
In 1756, the war that lasted for 9 years, not including the events that led up to the war are known to some as the French and Indian War and to others as the Seven Years’ War (French And Indian War). In this paper I am going to discuss what took place during the war, what led to war, finally, explain what led to the ending of the war.
Closely associated to the romance tradition are two idealized standards of behavior, especially for knights: courage and chivalry. The protagonist within many medieval romances proved their worth by going on quests, as many a knights went in those times, thus returning with great tales of their travels and deeds. Many modern people think of chivalry as referring to a man's gallant treatment of women, and although that sense is derived from the medieval chivalric ideal, chivalry could be seen as more than that. Knights were expected to be brave, loyal, and honorable-sent to protect the weak, be noble to...
on top of it all, murdering those who seemed a threat to his church or
Chivalry, in its most all-encompassing definition, can be described as “a form of behavior knights and nobles would have liked to imaged they followed, both based on and reflected in the epics and romances, a form of behavior which took armed and mounted combat as one of its key elements.” This definition opens many doors as to a true depiction of chivalry; however it is efficient at enabling discussion of chivalry from almost every medieval source. It is jus...
A knight’s purpose is to live a life of honor with practices of chivalry, they force him to be loyal to their lord and their fellow knights no matter what. For that reason the knight as the narrator tells a story explaining the how two fellow soldiers that practice the code of chivalry break it for their own selfish reasons. Upon breaking this code the outcome good or bad, affect the soldiers and their honor. The breaking of this code is something the knight would never commit due to the various consequences that affect the warriors of his tale. Violating the code cause great misfortune to the individuals involved,
The ideas of honour and disgrace and their utilization as legitimization for brutality and murdering are not remarkable to any one society or religion. Surely, respect and honour-based roughness are reflected in recorded occasions in numerous nations, and in numerous works of writing. For example, dueling was a key practice through which claims of manly respect were made, administered and saw in Western social orders. In France, Le Cid recounted the story of a man offended by a slap over the face, which asked his child to safeguard his honour in a duel. In Canada, dueling proceeded into the l...