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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... young Wolfe fell the thankless labours of a lowly infantry officer . On the way across Flanders , James wrote to his mother saying that after five days ' marching he had arrived at his quarters with aching hips and knees . He hoped that ...
... young Wolfe fell the thankless labours of a lowly infantry officer . On the way across Flanders , James wrote to his mother saying that after five days ' marching he had arrived at his quarters with aching hips and knees . He hoped that ...
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... young man of quality who may be desirous of coming into the army to be assisted and favoured with your Lordship's countenance . " The actual battle was a confused brawl in which the British army , cut off from its base by superior ...
... young man of quality who may be desirous of coming into the army to be assisted and favoured with your Lordship's countenance . " The actual battle was a confused brawl in which the British army , cut off from its base by superior ...
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... young lieutenant - colonel of modest family , living on his pay , was no match for such a well - connected young woman . But a full colonel , fêted by society and in the good graces of the first minister , was another proposition ...
... young lieutenant - colonel of modest family , living on his pay , was no match for such a well - connected young woman . But a full colonel , fêted by society and in the good graces of the first minister , was another proposition ...
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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