The news of the surrender was received with indignation in England and in the colonies.Our special project presenting the definitive account of

Much difficulty arose from the different rules adopted by the various [English] colonies for the regulation of their soldiers.Our special project

Three women -- two empresses and a concubine -- controlled the forces of the three great nations, Austria, Russia, and France; and they all hated

To master Niagara would be to cut the communications of Canada with the whole system of French forts and settlements in the West and leave them to

The next stroke of the campaign was to be the capture of Crown Point, that dangerous neighbor which, for a quarter of a century, had threatened the

Washington's letter had contained the astonishing announcement that Dunbar meant to abandon the frontier and march to Philadelphia.Our special

He was one of a very few in the colonies who at this time entertained the idea of expelling the French from the continent.Our special project

In the early morning the fort was abandoned and the retreat began.Our special project presenting the definitive account of France in Canada by

Buried in the wilderness, the military exiles resigned themselves as they might to months of monotonous solitude; when, just after sunset on the