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French Battle Tactic: Moving Walls to Protect the Front Line

Brad Lieb

• Historic Figures

The French used a battle tactic of stuffed mattresses carried by slaves to protect the front line.

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Chickasaw Negotiation with the French, 1739

Brad Lieb

• Historic Figures

Though they amassed the largest army ever in North America at the time, the French faced a series of logistical headaches.

1m

Battle of Ackia: Chickasaws Return French Grenades

Brad Lieb

The French began their attack on Ackia with grenades.

2m

Chickasaw "Hatchet Women" Attack, Singing

Brad Lieb

Protecting their land and way of life from the French, Chickasaw women joined the battle during the attack on Ogoula Tchetoka.

1m 30s

The Chickasaws: A Final Stand for Sovereignty

Brad Lieb

Severely reduced in number with the brutal French and Indian War raging around them, the Chickasaws banded together in the 1740s and 1750s.