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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... position . So far as its ostensible objects were concerned , it would have perfectly answered the purpose , and the trade it would secure would have been prodigious : nor could the English , everything considered , have made any very ...
... position . So far as its ostensible objects were concerned , it would have perfectly answered the purpose , and the trade it would secure would have been prodigious : nor could the English , everything considered , have made any very ...
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... position to terribly annoy , if not to entirely overcome them , in the event of war , but also to clog and embarrass their prosperity during time of peace . A very great staple of that commerce which made America so valuable to Great ...
... position to terribly annoy , if not to entirely overcome them , in the event of war , but also to clog and embarrass their prosperity during time of peace . A very great staple of that commerce which made America so valuable to Great ...
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... position ; but the haughtiness of his character , and the lack of affa bility in his manners , prevented his ever attaining any great degree of popularity with the Canadians . Neverthe- less , he seems to have been possessed of some ...
... position ; but the haughtiness of his character , and the lack of affa bility in his manners , prevented his ever attaining any great degree of popularity with the Canadians . Neverthe- less , he seems to have been possessed of some ...
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... position , but which , in the manner in which the business was managed , must have afforded endless opportunities for the acquire- ment of ill - gotten gains . Together with the proper provisions and stores , all sorts of goods , always ...
... position , but which , in the manner in which the business was managed , must have afforded endless opportunities for the acquire- ment of ill - gotten gains . Together with the proper provisions and stores , all sorts of goods , always ...
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... position and character , it is not unjust to admit the truth of the facts upon which he bases his conclusions : but ignorant as , from the very nature of his subordinate rank , he must have been of the state arrangements and politic ...
... position and character , it is not unjust to admit the truth of the facts upon which he bases his conclusions : but ignorant as , from the very nature of his subordinate rank , he must have been of the state arrangements and politic ...
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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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