Chronological Annals of the War: From Its Beginning to the Present Time. In Two Parts. Part I. Containing from April 2, 1755, to the End of 1760. Part II.--From the Beginning of 1761, to the Signing of the Preliminaries of the Peace. With an Introductory Preface to Each Part...Clarendon Press, 1763 - 327 pages |
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... Lieutenant- Colonels , Gage and Burton , and Mr. Orme , and Captain Morris Aid - de - Camps . The French be- came mafters of all the artillery , provifions , bag- gage , and the military cheft ; the ufual fruits of a decifive victory ...
... Lieutenant- Colonels , Gage and Burton , and Mr. Orme , and Captain Morris Aid - de - Camps . The French be- came mafters of all the artillery , provifions , bag- gage , and the military cheft ; the ufual fruits of a decifive victory ...
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... Lieutenant of the troops of the Colony , at the head of 500 Re- gulars , Canadians and Indians ; attack'd , and took Fort Bull ( at a confiderable distance from Ofwego ) by affault , putting the garrifon of 100 men to the fword ; the ...
... Lieutenant of the troops of the Colony , at the head of 500 Re- gulars , Canadians and Indians ; attack'd , and took Fort Bull ( at a confiderable distance from Ofwego ) by affault , putting the garrifon of 100 men to the fword ; the ...
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... Lieutenant Kennedy , with 16 private men , were kill'd on the fide of the English ; and Captain Rogers was wounded in several places . Jan. Jan. The Vengeance Privateer of St. Maloe fought the Terrible 1756 . 13 OF THE WAR .
... Lieutenant Kennedy , with 16 private men , were kill'd on the fide of the English ; and Captain Rogers was wounded in several places . Jan. Jan. The Vengeance Privateer of St. Maloe fought the Terrible 1756 . 13 OF THE WAR .
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... Lieutenant , Mr. Rawlins Hey third Lieutenant of the Kent , the Master of the Tyger , and the fon of Captain Henry Speke were kill'd , together with 32 private men ; Admiral Pocock , Mr. Stanton , and Captain Henry Speke ( the latter by ...
... Lieutenant , Mr. Rawlins Hey third Lieutenant of the Kent , the Master of the Tyger , and the fon of Captain Henry Speke were kill'd , together with 32 private men ; Admiral Pocock , Mr. Stanton , and Captain Henry Speke ( the latter by ...
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... lieutenant , with 7 midshipmen , and 8 pieces of cannon , engag'd the army of the Suba or Nabob of Bengal , in the plain of Plaissy , which confifted of near 15,000 horfe and between 20 and 30,000 foot , with upwards of 40 pieces of ...
... lieutenant , with 7 midshipmen , and 8 pieces of cannon , engag'd the army of the Suba or Nabob of Bengal , in the plain of Plaissy , which confifted of near 15,000 horfe and between 20 and 30,000 foot , with upwards of 40 pieces of ...
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