Col. Henry Bouquet and His Campaigns of 1763 and 1764Steinman & Hensel, printers, 1883 - 96 pagini |
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... erect a stockade at Loyalhannah . Armstrong , who was a captain in this expedition , wrote under date of Raystown , ( Bedford ) October 3 , 1758 , to Richard Peters The general ( Forbes ) came here at a critical and seasonable juncture ...
... erect a stockade at Loyalhannah . Armstrong , who was a captain in this expedition , wrote under date of Raystown , ( Bedford ) October 3 , 1758 , to Richard Peters The general ( Forbes ) came here at a critical and seasonable juncture ...
Pagina 14
... erected here by the road building party under Col. Burd by direction of Col. Bouquet . This had been assailed by the French and Indians , who made a deter- mined sortie from Fort Duquesne to surprise and cut off the advance guard and ...
... erected here by the road building party under Col. Burd by direction of Col. Bouquet . This had been assailed by the French and Indians , who made a deter- mined sortie from Fort Duquesne to surprise and cut off the advance guard and ...
Pagina 15
... erected on the ruins of the old fort by General Stanwix and named Fort Pitt , in honor of the English statesman , whose energetic policy had secured British supremacy in the New World . Pitts- burgh was laid out at the confluence of the ...
... erected on the ruins of the old fort by General Stanwix and named Fort Pitt , in honor of the English statesman , whose energetic policy had secured British supremacy in the New World . Pitts- burgh was laid out at the confluence of the ...
Pagina 17
... erected buildings . suitable for his purpose . Here , with his second wife and a young and growing family , he settled down in the midst of the wilderness , at the end of the Penn Manor , intend- ing to carve out a home for his children ...
... erected buildings . suitable for his purpose . Here , with his second wife and a young and growing family , he settled down in the midst of the wilderness , at the end of the Penn Manor , intend- ing to carve out a home for his children ...
Pagina 37
... erected to protect them from the bullets which flew among them thick and fast from all side during the fight . It was indeed a sad and dreary night for the wounded . The agony of thirst was almost intolerable , springs ran out of the ...
... erected to protect them from the bullets which flew among them thick and fast from all side during the fight . It was indeed a sad and dreary night for the wounded . The agony of thirst was almost intolerable , springs ran out of the ...
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Pagina 52 - And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land, unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you ; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
Pagina 74 - And shall subscribe a profession of their Christian belief in these words — I, AB, profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ, his Eternal Son, the true God, and in the Holy Spirit, one God, blessed for evermore ; and do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine inspiration.
Pagina 52 - Walk about Zion, and go round about her : Tell the towers thereof. Mark ye well her bulwarks, Consider her palaces ; That ye may tell it to the generation following : For this God is our God for ever and ever : He will be our guide even unto death.
Pagina 5 - He has allowed you to behold and to partake the reward of your patriotic toils; and he has allowed us, your sons and countrymen, to meet you here, and in the name of the present generation, in the name of your country, in the name of liberty, to thank you!
Pagina 7 - Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of, for a memorial of her.
Pagina 50 - Mingoes had closely Beset, and Attacked this Fort from the 27th July, to the First Instant, when they Quitted it to March against us. " The Boldness of those Savages is hardly Credible ; they had taken Post under the Banks of Both Rivers, Close to the Fort, where Digging Holes, they kept an Incessant Fire, and threw Fire Arrows: They are good Marksmen, and though our People were under Cover, they Killed one, & Wounded seven.
Pagina 45 - ... till they were totally dispersed. The left of the savages, which had not been attacked, were kept in awe by the remains of our troops, posted on the brow of the hill for that purpose; nor durst they attempt to support or assist their right, but being witness to their defeat, followed their example and fled.
Pagina 45 - Entice them to Come Close upon Us, or to Stand their Ground when Attacked. With this View two Companies of Light Infantry were Ordered within the Circle, and the Troops on their Right and Left opened their Files, and Filled up the Space that it might seem they were intended to Cover the Retreat; The Third Light Infantry Company, and the Grenadiers of the 42d, were Ordered to Support the two First Companys.
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