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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... Regiments of Hacket and Dunbar . Being Extracts of Letters from an Officer in one of those Regiments to his Friend in London , " & c . ( Lon- don , 1755 ; 8vo . , pp . 29. ) This seems to be a mere catch - penny production , made up ...
... Regiments of Hacket and Dunbar . Being Extracts of Letters from an Officer in one of those Regiments to his Friend in London , " & c . ( Lon- don , 1755 ; 8vo . , pp . 29. ) This seems to be a mere catch - penny production , made up ...
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... regiment of Béarn . His talents as an engineer , cultivated under such masters as Vauban and Cohorn , carly pointed him out to favourable notice , and in season he acquired a captaincy in that regiment , and was created a knight of St ...
... regiment of Béarn . His talents as an engineer , cultivated under such masters as Vauban and Cohorn , carly pointed him out to favourable notice , and in season he acquired a captaincy in that regiment , and was created a knight of St ...
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... Regiment , the merit of being their contriver is attributable . The fort was a log breast - work 100 feet square , surrounded in part by a shallow ditch ; and was commenced immediately on Washington's arrival . As day broke on the ...
... Regiment , the merit of being their contriver is attributable . The fort was a log breast - work 100 feet square , surrounded in part by a shallow ditch ; and was commenced immediately on Washington's arrival . As day broke on the ...
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... troubles began in 1754. Dinwiddie giving him a company in Frey's regiment , he took an active part in Washington's campaign . It is not impossible he was one On the following morning , the fourth of July , 52 INTRODUCTORY MEMOIR .
... troubles began in 1754. Dinwiddie giving him a company in Frey's regiment , he took an active part in Washington's campaign . It is not impossible he was one On the following morning , the fourth of July , 52 INTRODUCTORY MEMOIR .
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... Regiment ) , then serving in America ; which position he held as late as 1765. He was an eccentric creature ; an acquaintance of David Hume and a friend of Smollett , to whom he is said to have sate for the character of the immor- tal ...
... Regiment ) , then serving in America ; which position he held as late as 1765. He was an eccentric creature ; an acquaintance of David Hume and a friend of Smollett , to whom he is said to have sate for the character of the immor- tal ...
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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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