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Готовя очередное обновление на сайт, натолкнулся на забавную вещь. Два известных историка - ревизионист-Дженнингс и проиндеанист-Стил интепретируют одно из писем Монкальма. Точнее его отношение к идее де Водрея атаковать Осуиго в 1756 году. Итак.

Первоисточник. M. de Montcalm to Count d'Argenson. Montreal. July 20, 1756. // O'Callaghan, E.B. Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New York procured in Holland, England and France. – Weed, Parsons and Company, Albany (NY), 1858. Т.10, С.434.
I have no need of enlarging on all the difficulties of this expedition, which is, in fact, undertaken only on the supposition that the enemy has but 1000 men there, and that this movement must withdraw a portion of the force which threatens Carillon. I cannot reach Frontenac before the first of August; it is 80 leagues from here. In order to be successful, we would require secrecy and celerity, which are not the virtues of the Colony. You may be assured, my Lord, that I readily yield to this project; and that I count myself as nothing on an occasion of so much interest, and which has appeared to me quite pregnant with obstacles to be surmounted. Increased diligence on the part of the enemy may oblige me, on my arrival at Frontenac, to renounce this grand project, but we shall have made a diversion.

Дженингс. Jennings, Francis. Empire of fortune. – W.W.Norton & Company, Inc., New York, 1990. С.295.
Unaware of all these British liabilities, Montcalm was reluctant to undertake the campaign against Oswego. To his mind the critical spot was Lake George, but Vaudreuil prodded him and almost physically shoved him toward Oswego. Defeatist Montcalm acceded, hoping that at least he would have made "a diversion."41 We must note well one of his preparations discreetly omitted from his reports. A French officer observed that Montcalm "had the report spread throughout all the Indian nations that there would be plunder for those who would come and fight with us." For Indians of that time and place, plunder meant scalps above all other trophies.

Стил. Steele, Ian Kenneth. Warpaths: Invasions of North America. – Oxford University Press, New York, 1994. С.199.
The new commander of the French regulars in New France, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, was a cautious strategist, unlike the unfortunate Dieskau. Montcalm found the target attractive in the context of maneuver-conscious European campaigning. As the British forces concentrated at Albany for a push north, Montcalm supported an attack on Oswego to divert some British troops westward up the Mohawk River.

Вот такое творческое осмысление первоисточника.