The General History of the Late War, Containing It's Rise, Progress, and Event, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, Vol. 2: And Exhibiting the State ... Their Interests and Objects in It's Contin - Softcover
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Our campaign in I755 opened with an expedition againli the French encroachments in Nova Scotia, with about 400 regular troops, and 2000 irregulars from Bolton; which was fo conducted, that the French forts upon the Ifihmus foon fur rendered; their garrifons were tranfported to Louifhourg one of their forts upon the river St. John was abandoned, and their fettlements about it broke up. The fame year our own fortifications were advanced as far as Lake Sacrament, now Lake George, as, in' the preceding year they had likewife begun to be upon the river Kennebeck, towards the metropo lis of Canada. And the French general, Diefltau, who came from France that year with about 3000 troops, and had begun his march to inveii Ofwego, was prevented from making an attempt upon it, and defeated In his attack upon our camp at Lake George. And In the year 1756, a large party of French regulars, Canadians and Indians, which attacked, by fur! Prize, a party of our bartoepmen upon the river Onondaga, were entirely defeated by an inferior number of men.
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