The Savage YearsHarper, 1959 - 288 sider Story of the last French and Indian war in North America climaxed by the fall of New France. |
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Side 63
... town met to chatter about the army . At dusk the herds of cows , each with a hollow , clanging bell around its neck , were driven slowly down from the common at the far end of the town , stopping to be milked at its owner's door , while ...
... town met to chatter about the army . At dusk the herds of cows , each with a hollow , clanging bell around its neck , were driven slowly down from the common at the far end of the town , stopping to be milked at its owner's door , while ...
Side 98
... town occupied the tip of the freak promontory of almost sheer cliffs between the St. Lawrence river and its tributary , the St. Charles . It was a situation of remarkable beauty as well as of great military strength . Within the walls ...
... town occupied the tip of the freak promontory of almost sheer cliffs between the St. Lawrence river and its tributary , the St. Charles . It was a situation of remarkable beauty as well as of great military strength . Within the walls ...
Side 249
... town of Quebec was abandoned to its fate . Ramesay found himself with 2,600 civilians , most of them women and children , about a thousand invalids and non- combatants , nearly a thousand sailors manning the batteries , 450 colony ...
... town of Quebec was abandoned to its fate . Ramesay found himself with 2,600 civilians , most of them women and children , about a thousand invalids and non- combatants , nearly a thousand sailors manning the batteries , 450 colony ...
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GEORGE WASHINGTON COMES OF | 13 |
Across the Alleghenies Page | 26 |
BAITING THE GOVERNORS | 31 |
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Amherst arrived artillery assembly attack battalions battle Beauport Bigot boats Bougainville Braddock brigadier British colonies brought camp campaign Canada Canadians and Indians Cape Breton Island Captain captured carried Colonel colonists colony marines command Cumberland defence Dinwiddie Duquesne duty enemy England expedition fight fire fleet force Fort Cumberland Fort Duquesne Fort Edward Fort Frontenac Fort William Henry France French frontier garrison Governor Governor-General Grenadiers guns Highlanders honour hundred Ile aux Noix James Wolfe killed King King's Lake Ontario land Lawrence Lévis light infantry Loudoun Louisbourg Marquis de Montcalm miles military militia Minister Monckton Montcalm Montmorency Montreal North America officers Ohio Oswego Paris Pennsylvania Pitt Point Levis position provincials Quebec regiments regulars reinforcements river sent settlements ships Shirley shore soldiers supplies Ticonderoga town Townshend trade troops Vaudreuil victory Virginia Washington William Henry Wolfe Wolfe's wounded wrote