The Works of Francis Parkman: Montcalm and WolfeLittle, Brown, 1897 - America |
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... nearly twelve hundred Canadians and Indians from Fort Duquesne and the upper lakes.2 Shirley was but imperfectly informed by his scouts of the unex- pected strength of the opposition that awaited him ; but he knew enough to see that his ...
... nearly twelve hundred Canadians and Indians from Fort Duquesne and the upper lakes.2 Shirley was but imperfectly informed by his scouts of the unex- pected strength of the opposition that awaited him ; but he knew enough to see that his ...
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... . The midland counties , too , were for the most part tolerably safe . They were occupied mainly by crude German peasants , who nearly 1755 , 1756. ] CHARACTER OF THE POPULATION . 25 24 [ 1755 , 1756 . SHIRLEY . - BORDER WAR .
... . The midland counties , too , were for the most part tolerably safe . They were occupied mainly by crude German peasants , who nearly 1755 , 1756. ] CHARACTER OF THE POPULATION . 25 24 [ 1755 , 1756 . SHIRLEY . - BORDER WAR .
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... nearly all its inmates massacred . Colonel William Moore wrote to the governor that two thousand men were coming from Chester County to compel him and the Assembly to defend the province ; and Conrad Weiser wrote that more were coming ...
... nearly all its inmates massacred . Colonel William Moore wrote to the governor that two thousand men were coming from Chester County to compel him and the Assembly to defend the province ; and Conrad Weiser wrote that more were coming ...
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... nearly three hundred were now in hospital . The four battalions that came with Dieskau are reported at the end of May to have sixteen hun- dred and fifty - three effective men . Etat de la Situation actuelle des Bataillons , appended to ...
... nearly three hundred were now in hospital . The four battalions that came with Dieskau are reported at the end of May to have sixteen hun- dred and fifty - three effective men . Etat de la Situation actuelle des Bataillons , appended to ...
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... nearly seven thousand men ; and these , it was plain , were not too many to drive the French from their stronghold . While Winslow pursued his preparations , tried to settle disputes of rank among the colonels of the several colonies ...
... nearly seven thousand men ; and these , it was plain , were not too many to drive the French from their stronghold . While Winslow pursued his preparations , tried to settle disputes of rank among the colonels of the several colonies ...
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Page 109 - we were agreeably entertained with a quick succession of charged guns, gradually firing off as reached by the fire, but much more so with the vast explosion of sundry bags, and large kegs of powder, wherewith almost every house abounded.
Page 367 - If his achievement was not brilliant, its solid value was above price. It opened the Great West to English enterprise, took from France half her savage allies, and relieved the western borders from the scourge of Indian war.
Page 15 - The West rose like a nest of hornets, and swarmed in fury against the English frontier. Such was the consequence of the defeat of Braddock aided by the skilful devices of the French commander. " It is by means such as I have mentioned, " says Dumas, " varied in every form to suit the occasion, that I have succeeded in ruining the three adjacent provinces, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, driving off the inhabitants, and totally destroying the settlements over a tract of country thirty leagues...
Page 28 - We, to be sure, are in as bad circumstances as ever any poor Christians were in, for the cries of the widowers, widows, fatherless and motherless children, with many others, for their relations, are enough to pierce the hardest of hearts; likewise it's a very sorrowful spectacle to see those that escaped with their lives with not a mouthful to eat, or bed to lie on, or clothes to cover their nakedness, or keep them warm, but all they had consumed into ashes.
Page 291 - Howe, 8 and he was in fact its real chief ; " the noblest Englishman that has appeared in my time, and the best soldier in the British army," says Wolfe.4 And he elsewhere speaks of him as "that great man.
Page 366 - After God, the success of this expedition is entirely due to the General, who. by bringing about the treaty with the Indians at Easton, has struck the blow which has knocked the French on the head, in temporizing wisely to expect the effects of that treaty, in securing all his posts, and...
Page 18 - I see their situation, I know their danger, and participate their sufferings, without having it in my power to give them further relief than uncertain promises. In short, I see inevitable destruction in so clear a light, that, unless vigorous measures are taken by the Assembly, and speedy assistance sent from below, the poor inhabitants now in forts must unavoidably fall, while the remainder are flying before the barbarous foe.
Page 31 - You have in all," said the Governor, " proposed to me five money bills, three of them rejected because contrary to royal instructions ; the other two on account of the unjust method proposed for taxing the proprietary estate. If you are disposed to relieve your country, you have many other ways of granting money to which I shall have no objection. I shall put one proof more both of your sincerity and mine in our professions of regard for the public, by offering to agree to any bill in the present...
Page 19 - The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions .of the men, melt me into such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease.
Page 18 - ... service, cause me to lament the hour that gave me a commission, and would induce me, at any other time than this of imminent danger, to resign, without one hesitating moment, a command from which I never expect to reap either honour or benefit, but, on the contrary, have almost an absolute certainty of incurring displeasure below, while the murder of helpless families may be laid to my account here.