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Page 60
... infantry and a detachment of artillery , all commanded by Major - general Hop- son , were ordered to assemble at Cork , and await the arrival of a powerful fleet of fourteen line - of - battle ships , destined to bear them to America ...
... infantry and a detachment of artillery , all commanded by Major - general Hop- son , were ordered to assemble at Cork , and await the arrival of a powerful fleet of fourteen line - of - battle ships , destined to bear them to America ...
Page 61
... infantry . The troops were landed as soon as possible , and busied in various and somewhat trivial occupations , while fast - sailing vessels were dispatched to examine the French strength at Louis- burg , and also to watch for the ...
... infantry . The troops were landed as soon as possible , and busied in various and somewhat trivial occupations , while fast - sailing vessels were dispatched to examine the French strength at Louis- burg , and also to watch for the ...
Page 74
... infantry , with artillery and engineers , in all 11,600 , almost exclu- sively British regulars , were embarked to form the army of General Amherst . The troops were told off in three bri- gades of nearly equal strength , under the ...
... infantry , with artillery and engineers , in all 11,600 , almost exclu- sively British regulars , were embarked to form the army of General Amherst . The troops were told off in three bri- gades of nearly equal strength , under the ...
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... infantry closed in from day to day . His light troops were swept from the neighboring woods ; his sallies were interrupted or overwhelmed . Well - armed batteries were pushed up to the very ramparts ; a murderous fire of musketry struck ...
... infantry closed in from day to day . His light troops were swept from the neighboring woods ; his sallies were interrupted or overwhelmed . Well - armed batteries were pushed up to the very ramparts ; a murderous fire of musketry struck ...
Page 81
... Infantry , was sent round to the Gulf of St. Lawrence . The object of this expedition was to destroy the French settlements at Miramichi , the Baye de Chaleurs , Gaspé , and as far up the banks of the Great River as the season might ...
... Infantry , was sent round to the Gulf of St. Lawrence . The object of this expedition was to destroy the French settlements at Miramichi , the Baye de Chaleurs , Gaspé , and as far up the banks of the Great River as the season might ...
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