Braddock: A Story of the French and Indian Wars |
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Page iii
The despised provincial soldiers were for the first time compared with British
regulars at Braddock's bloody defeat on the Monongahela. The comparison was
favorable to the Americans, and, while it gave them self-reliance, the royalists
and ...
The despised provincial soldiers were for the first time compared with British
regulars at Braddock's bloody defeat on the Monongahela. The comparison was
favorable to the Americans, and, while it gave them self-reliance, the royalists
and ...
Page 17
Several detached houses were protected by slight fortifications, and twenty
soldiers had been placed within the fort; but they were quartered about in
different houses and, forgetting their duty as soldiers, were surprised with the rest
of the ...
Several detached houses were protected by slight fortifications, and twenty
soldiers had been placed within the fort; but they were quartered about in
different houses and, forgetting their duty as soldiers, were surprised with the rest
of the ...
Page 19
He then called to two soldiers, who were sleeping in the chamber, and returned
to his bed for the weapons which he always kept under his pillow, when the
enemy rushed into the room. Seizing his pistol, he uttered a short prayer to God
and, ...
He then called to two soldiers, who were sleeping in the chamber, and returned
to his bed for the weapons which he always kept under his pillow, when the
enemy rushed into the room. Seizing his pistol, he uttered a short prayer to God
and, ...
Page 26
Their population was composed of a commandant, Jesuits, soldiers, traders,
halfbreeds and savages, all of whom belonged to a system of machinery in
religion and trade. Besides the commandants, the most prominent individuals at
these ...
Their population was composed of a commandant, Jesuits, soldiers, traders,
halfbreeds and savages, all of whom belonged to a system of machinery in
religion and trade. Besides the commandants, the most prominent individuals at
these ...
Page 32
This singular mixture of costume was made more strange by the Indians loitering
around the fort, the French soldiers, with blue coats, turned up with white facings,
and short clothes, and the number of Jesuits and priests, with their long sable ...
This singular mixture of costume was made more strange by the Indians loitering
around the fort, the French soldiers, with blue coats, turned up with white facings,
and short clothes, and the number of Jesuits and priests, with their long sable ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Braddock: A Story of the French and Indian Wars Volume 8 of Columbian historical novels, John Roy Musick |
| Author | John Roy Musick |
| Publisher | Funk & Wagnall's Company, 1893 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 4 Nov 2006 |
| Length | 470 pages |
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