Washington's Expeditions (1753-1754) and Braddock's Expedition (1755): With History of Tom Fausett, the Slayer of General Edward BraddockJames Hadden, 1910 - 139 頁 |
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... arms by erecting a cordon of forts to extend from Lake Erie down the Allegheny and Ohio rivers . This news soon reached the ears of the governor of Virginia , who in the fall of the same . year determined to dispatch a messeng- er to ...
... arms by erecting a cordon of forts to extend from Lake Erie down the Allegheny and Ohio rivers . This news soon reached the ears of the governor of Virginia , who in the fall of the same . year determined to dispatch a messeng- er to ...
第 16 頁
... arms . The French descend the Allegheny in considerable force . Everything seemed quiet until the Alle- gheny , freed from ice , opened in the spring . On April thirteenth Ensign Ward received notice that the French were descending the ...
... arms . The French descend the Allegheny in considerable force . Everything seemed quiet until the Alle- gheny , freed from ice , opened in the spring . On April thirteenth Ensign Ward received notice that the French were descending the ...
第 22 頁
... mistook to be prowling foes ; the troops sprang to arms and re- mained on the alert until daybreak . Not an enemy was to be seen . The roll was THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR , LENOX ALDEN FOUNDATIONS 22 WASHINGTON'S AND.
... mistook to be prowling foes ; the troops sprang to arms and re- mained on the alert until daybreak . Not an enemy was to be seen . The roll was THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR , LENOX ALDEN FOUNDATIONS 22 WASHINGTON'S AND.
第 24 頁
... arms . A sharp fire ensued , which lasted for fifteen minutes , when the French gave way and ran . They were soon overtaken , and twenty - one pris- oners taken . Washington's men on the right received the fire of the enemy . One man ...
... arms . A sharp fire ensued , which lasted for fifteen minutes , when the French gave way and ran . They were soon overtaken , and twenty - one pris- oners taken . Washington's men on the right received the fire of the enemy . One man ...
第 28 頁
... arms between the French and English for supremacy in the Mis- sissippi valley . Erected July 4th , 1908 , under the auspices of the Centennial commit- tee of 1904 . Washington's situation now was ex- tremely perilous . Contrecoeur had ...
... arms between the French and English for supremacy in the Mis- sissippi valley . Erected July 4th , 1908 , under the auspices of the Centennial commit- tee of 1904 . Washington's situation now was ex- tremely perilous . Contrecoeur had ...
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第 87 頁 - But, by the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability, or expectation ; for I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, though death was levelling my companions on every side of me...
第 86 頁 - In short, the dastardly behavior of those they call regulars exposed all others, that were inclined to do their duty, to almost certain death ; and, at last, in despite of all the efforts of the officers to the contrary, they ran, as sheep pursued by dogs, and it was impossible to rally them.
第 86 頁 - ... we endeavored to rally them in hopes of regaining the ground and what we had left upon it, it was with as little success as if we had attempted to have stopped the wild bears of the mountains...
第 87 頁 - It is imagined (I believe with great justice, too) that two thirds of both killed and wounded received their shots from our own cowardly dogs of soldiers, who gathered themselves into a body, contrary to orders, ten and twelve deep, would then level, fire, and shoot down the men before them.
第 86 頁 - Poison had almost as hard a fate ; for only one of his escaped. " In short, the dastardly behavior of the regular troops...
第 86 頁 - Duquesne, without meeting any extraordinary event, having only a straggler or two picked up by the French Indians.
第 4 頁 - March, 1749, for a tract of five hundred thousand acres of land lying on the south side of the Ohio and between the Monongahela and the Kanawha rivers, with privilege to embrace a portion of land on the north side if deemed expedient.
第 83 頁 - ... same route as the advance had been made. An encampment was made at the Old Orchard ,the same place as Braddock had encamped on his way out. Braddock was silent all the first day after the defeat, and at night only said : "Who would have thought it?" All the next day he he was again silent, till at last he muttered : "We shall know better how to deal with them the next time," and died in a few minutes after.
第 86 頁 - ... as little success as if we had attempted to have stopped the wild bears of the mountains or rivulets with our feet; for they would break by, in despite of every effort that could be made to prevent it. "The General was wounded in the shoulder and breast, of which he died three days after; his two aids-de-camp were both wounded, but are in a fair way of recovery; Colo.