Braddock: A Story of the French and Indian WarsFunk & Wagnall's Company, 1893 - 470 pages |
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... fleet from England under command of Colonel Nicholson . The fleet , consisting in all of thirty - six vessels , early in September anchored before Port Royal . A few cannon shots were exchanged , some troops were landed and began to ...
... fleet from England under command of Colonel Nicholson . The fleet , consisting in all of thirty - six vessels , early in September anchored before Port Royal . A few cannon shots were exchanged , some troops were landed and began to ...
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... fleet left Boston . They were four thousand in number and were chiefly furnished by New York and Con- necticut . Six hundred of them were warriors of the Five Nations . Reports of the movements were not long in reaching the ears of ...
... fleet left Boston . They were four thousand in number and were chiefly furnished by New York and Con- necticut . Six hundred of them were warriors of the Five Nations . Reports of the movements were not long in reaching the ears of ...
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... fleet . " Those clouds of fog ! It will be dangerous to attempt to enter the river now ! " he cried . He reached a point of land furthest out to sea , halting by the side of a stone in the shape of an za Cartag י , obelisk . While ...
... fleet . " Those clouds of fog ! It will be dangerous to attempt to enter the river now ! " he cried . He reached a point of land furthest out to sea , halting by the side of a stone in the shape of an za Cartag י , obelisk . While ...
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... fleet bearing down into the gulf , " said one . " There can be little doubt that their designs are against Quebec . ' 99 " By the mass ! they will be formidable , too . ” 66 They must never reach the town . " " No ; for then Canada will ...
... fleet bearing down into the gulf , " said one . " There can be little doubt that their designs are against Quebec . ' 99 " By the mass ! they will be formidable , too . ” 66 They must never reach the town . " " No ; for then Canada will ...
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... fleet to mislead them . " God in heaven give me strength and show me the way to thwart their designs , " he mentally groaned . It had been years since he had seen his native country , and , now that a hope of being again on board an ...
... fleet to mislead them . " God in heaven give me strength and show me the way to thwart their designs , " he mentally groaned . It had been years since he had seen his native country , and , now that a hope of being again on board an ...
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