Editing French and Indian Wars (section)

===Petty warfare===

Although ultimately futile, the French fought according to the tactical doctrine contemporaries called ''[[Petty warfare|la Petite guerre]]'', or today's [[Guerrilla warfare|guerilla warfare]]. The numerical inferiority of the French forces in North America made it impossible to fight a war according to standard European tactics. Hence the French to a large extent made use of indigenous allies (see below). The small French population; New France's dependence on the [[fur trade]], mutually profitable for both French and indigenous peoples; and the common threat from the British colonies, made the indigenous peoples willing allies. The [[Battle of the Monongahela]] was the largest achievement of the petty warfare tactics. But at the end of the French and Indian War British numerical superiority became overwhelming, in spite of almost the whole male population of Canada being mobilized, and standard European tactics won the day and the war.<ref>Rene Chartrand (1993–2000). ''Canadian Military History.'' Montreal: Art Global, vol. 1, pp. 74-76, 88-91, 94-95; vol. 2., pp. 20, 32.</ref>