The History of an Expedition Against Fort Du Quesne, in 1755 Under Major-General Edward Braddock, Volume 6Winthrop Sargent Lippincott, Grambo, & Company, 1855 - 423 pages Contains a history of Braddock's Campaign in 1755 against Fort Duquesne. |
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... give an account of Braddock's defeat , which , although not so rare as to be unknown to Rich , are hardly pos- sessed of sufficient worth to save them from the limbo of Ariosto . The first of these is " A Letter to a Friend ; giving a ...
... give an account of Braddock's defeat , which , although not so rare as to be unknown to Rich , are hardly pos- sessed of sufficient worth to save them from the limbo of Ariosto . The first of these is " A Letter to a Friend ; giving a ...
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... give to each an oppor- tunity to extricate itself from any unprofitable enterprise or dangerous dilemma in which it had become involved , and to prepare , at leisure , plans for a future and more successful war . " Never , " says Lord ...
... give to each an oppor- tunity to extricate itself from any unprofitable enterprise or dangerous dilemma in which it had become involved , and to prepare , at leisure , plans for a future and more successful war . " Never , " says Lord ...
Page 32
... give up the ship ! " That gentle- man pledged himself that he never would ; and nailing the flag to the staff , he stood by it during the contest with a brace of pistols , resolved to slay the first man , friend or foe , who approached ...
... give up the ship ! " That gentle- man pledged himself that he never would ; and nailing the flag to the staff , he stood by it during the contest with a brace of pistols , resolved to slay the first man , friend or foe , who approached ...
Page 36
... give them lucrative employments in an expedition which , it was gravely whispered , was concocted for the express purpose of placing these gentlemen at a considerable distance from home ; and to Péan was assigned the command of the ...
... give them lucrative employments in an expedition which , it was gravely whispered , was concocted for the express purpose of placing these gentlemen at a considerable distance from home ; and to Péan was assigned the command of the ...
Page 44
... 14. Since both the French and the English have published their own stories , it is but fair to give the Indian version of this affair . but remember that Contrecœur had but a few weeks before 44 INTRODUCTORY MEMOIR .
... 14. Since both the French and the English have published their own stories , it is but fair to give the Indian version of this affair . but remember that Contrecœur had but a few weeks before 44 INTRODUCTORY MEMOIR .
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48th Regiment advanced party Aid de Camp Alexandria America appointed arms army arrived artillery Assembly baggage Braddock camp Canada Capt Captain Colonel Dunbar colonies command Conrad Weiser Contrecœur Crown Cumberland defeat Delawares desired detachment Dinwiddie Duke of Cumberland Dunbar Edward Braddock encamped enemy English expedition fire flanks Fort Cumberland Fort Necessity French Gage Garneau garrison General's Governor Governor Dinwiddie Grenadiers Guards Halket Hist hundred Indians Iroquois John St Clair July killed land Lieut Lieutenant Colonel Maryland Meadows ment miles Mirepoix Monongahela Morris never night occasion officers Ohio ordered Orme passed Penn Pennsylvania Peter Halket Philadelphia pickets Pouchot proper province provisions Quebec Quesne rank received remained river road Royal Highness savages scalped scene sent Shawanoes Shirley Sir Peter Six Nations soldiers Sparks's St John St subalterns tion troops Virginia waggons warriors Washington Will's Creek wounded
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