The British Light Infantryman of the Seven Years' War (1756-1763) was proficient at scouting and skirmishing, and more than a match for the French and their Indian allies. Shooting rapids in canoes, traversing swamps and snowshoeing through endless tracts of forest, British redcoats earned a reputation for resilience and resourcefulness as they adapted to the wilderness conditions of North America. Their development was a watershed in the history of irregular warfare, and this book provides a full examination of their fighting methods, covering training, tactics and campaigning from Canada to the Caribbean.

Ian McCulloch (April 18, 1957 – September 23, 2019) was

born in Comox, B.C. and raised in Northern Ontario. He was the

author of three books of poetry: The Moon of Hunger (Penumbra,

1982), The Efficiency of Killers (Penumbra, 1988) and Parables

and Rain (Penumbra, 1993), and three chapbooks, Balsam To

Ease All Pains (Alburnum Press, 1998), A Box of Light (above/

ground press, 2019), and Certain Humans (above/ ground press,

2020). He was also the author of the novel Childforever(Mercury,

1996). A founding member of Northern Ontario’s longest-running

international reading series, “The Conspiracy of 3,” he read twice

at Toronto’s prestigious Harbourfront series. Two of his poems

were included in the anthology Tamaracks: Canadian Poetry for

the 21st Century (LUMMOX Press, 2018). His writing was deeply

influenced by family and his Indigenous heritage. Ian was the father

of three and married to poet and professor, Laurie Kruk.

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