Parley during the French and Indian War

While overall I thought Last of The Mohicans was only an average movie, I always found this particular scene to be intriguing: two European gentlemen engaged in parley. The scene depicts an exchange between the Marquis de Montcalm and Lt. Col. Munro during the battle of Fort William Henry in 1757, during the French and Indian War.

We have grown so accustomed to "total" warfare that most of us can't believe that there was a time when enemies actually respected one another. I hope you enjoy.

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• French
• Indian
• War
• British
• Parley
• Fort
• William
• Henry
• 1757
• Last
• Mohicans

[kevista117]

Sigh. The days when men fought with honor and respect.

[Imanilove2]

Were watching this in school today

[clodge631992]

the french used to be some realy bad motherfuckers

[The84eRegiment]

im aint french, but france ftw in17-18-19 century

[KaArAn1231]

This helped me a lot (:

[boss180888]

@Embers73 i agree that people who have more to prove will fight harder to show what they can do rather than live in your ancesters name, that is what made the noblety decay, initially they were really the best but soon they started to be a pestilence to true merit and talent. however i don't believe it was so at 1066, but i get your "drift" don't worry ^^.

[Embers73]

@boss180888 This is not about UK bias. I am just going with the idea that richer fighters don't have the same edge to their motivation than poorer fighters.

It is like the difference between a rising Roberto Duran, born in slums in Panama, compared to Floyd Mayweather today. Not an absolutely perfect analogy, but I hope you catch my drift.

[Embers73]

@boss180888 Norman knights were usually not as affluent as knights usually were in other parts of France. Most knights from other parts of France could trace their ancestors back to Carolignan times, most Norman knights didn't even know who their great grandfathers were.

They were hungrier, and had more to prove than their compatriots from other duchies.

[boss180888]

@Embers73 there is no proof of that, i'm not trolling, there really isn't, normandy was just another duchy of france, if you mean they were the best because of their norman ancestry, then how do you explain that 200 frank nights beat an army of 10000 at the siege of paris? if it was was because of their christian-chivalric adopted culture, then what makes them better than the people they copied their way from?

if you can logicaly and factually wrong me, i'll admit it, just don't be UK biased.

[Embers73]

@boss180888 Maybe you would like to expand on that, as the Norman knights are widely considered to be the best in Europe at the time.

But Normans only made up half the strength of Williams army, and would have been hopelessly outnumbered on their own. Without Papal support, William would not have been able to recruit enough men to invade England.

[boss180888]

@Embers73 best? don't turn this into a historical novel, there were better soldiers in 1066 were those who invaded england came from.