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John Forbes : Scotland, Flanders and the Seven Years' War, 1707-1759

"In November 1758 Brigadier General John Forbes's army expelled the French army from Fort Duquesne at the forks of the Ohio River. Over seven months Forbes had co-ordinated three obstructive and competitive colonies, managed Indian diplomacy, and cut a road through over a hundred miles of...

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Main Author: Oliphant, John.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015.
Subjects and Genres:
Forbes, John, > 1707-1759.
Great Britain. > Army > Officers > Biography.
Great Britain. > Army. > Dragoons, 2nd (Royal Scots Greys) > Surgeons > Biography.
Generals > Great Britain > Biography.
Soldiers > Scotland > Biography.
Austrian Succession, War of, 1740-1748 > Campaigns > Flanders.
Military history, Modern > 18th century.
United States > History > French and Indian War, 1754-1763 > Campaigns.
Fort Duquesne (Pa.) > History, Military > 18th century.
Great Britain > History, Military > 18th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: A death in Philadelphia
  • "Merry pintle cout," 1707-1729
  • Grey Dragoon, 1729-1739
  • Rumours of wars, 1739-1742
  • Dettingen, 1742-1744
  • "In which wee fail'd" : Flanders and the Battle of Fontenoy, 1744-1745
  • The dancers of Breda, 1746-1748
  • "I know the other a mad sort of fool," 1748-1757
  • The madness of Lord Charles Hay, 1757
  • "Am now a downright Leopard," 1757-1758
  • "Necessity will turn me a Cherokee," 1758
  • Crossing Laurel Hill, 1758
  • The fall of Fort Duquesne, 1758
  • "Brave, without ostentation".

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