Today's installment concludes Braddock's Defeat, with two short pieces from George Washington and Captain De Contrecoeur. For works benefiting from
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Parkman Vol. 4, Chapter 20
The intellectual progress of The Enlightenment and the Revolutions passed French Canada by.Our special project presenting the definitive account
British Army Routs
These, making the best of their way off, were joined beyond the other ford by Gage, who had rallied some eighty men; and this was all that remained of
British Solders Buckle Under Fire
The officers sought to collect their men together and lead them on in platoons. Nothing could avail.Continuing Braddock's Defeat,with a selection
French and Indians Open Fire
The French -- some of whom, according to Garneau, were mounted -- held the center of the semicircular disposition so instantly assumed; and a
French Lie in Wait
But even now, when the forests are gone and the plough long since passed over the scene, the ravine cannot be at all perceived until one is directly
Braddock’s Defeat
This series has six easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The British Forces Cross the River.IntroductionThe repeated wars between
Marino Falieri Attempts Coup
This is the second half of Venice Doge's Coupour selection from The Makers of Venice by Margaret Oliphant published in 1887.For works benefiting
The Nuns of French Canada
If there are no Canadians canonized by the Catholic Church, it is not due to the exceptional spirituality of some but the remoteness of the region to