They seized the Grand Battery consisting of twenty-eight forty-two-pounders, and two eighteen-pounders.Our special project presenting the definitive

When the levies were complete, it was found that Massachusetts had contributed about 3,300 men, Connecticut 516, and New Hampshire 304 in her own pay,

Few knew well what a fortress was, and nobody knew how to attack one.Our special project presenting the definitive account of France in Canada by

Louisbourg was a standing menace to all the northern British colonies. It was the only French naval station on the continent.Our special project

The below narrative rests mainly on contemporary documents, official in character, of which the originals are preserved in the archives of the French

The object was to surprise the Snakes in the security of their winter camp, and strike a deadly blow, which would have been impossible in summer.Our

After a march of about three weeks, the brothers reached a hill, or group of hills, apparently west of the Little Missouri, and perhaps a part of the

He had explored a vast region hitherto unknown, diverted a great and lucrative fur-trade from the English at Hudson Bay, and secured possession of it