No body of British troops in the Revolution bore such a dark stain on its laurels as the massacre at Fort William Henry left on the banners of Montcalm; even the French, not to speak of the Spaniards and Mexicans, were to us far more cruel foes than the British, though generally less formidable.
Roosevelt critiques the British military's reputation in the context of the American Revolution, highlighting the massacre at Fort William Henry.
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