lodilefty wrote:Campaign in the warmer South!
Small raiding units [Rangers] can do damage to unguarded depots, etc. in Winter.
Winter Quarters are the routine! Get a "Training Officer" into a stack of troops to train them up to elite.....
That's just it. Send some Courier Du Bois or rangers down south. The French frontiersman can go on a campaign to recruit a large amount of warriors in the Southern regions, many of which will stay during their mild winter. A lot of vulnerable settlements and stockades with the occasional fort to raid. I would not advise attacking Charleston or any big VP cities down there unless you bring some Professional soldiers. Their is a unit that you can procure in New Orleans I believe, but I hate to take any of the few marines of garrison duty. As for the British, I never play them but shall in the future. They can spend time driving out all the tribes down there so they don't have to worry about a southern menace.
Winter quarters was the reality of warfare back then. Especially in such a harsh undeveloped landscape and northern climate. It's is often a relief actually. Protects the French from relentless attacks from the British who outnumber them. Gives them a chance to hold out in siege defense until winter if they cannot be relieved.