The American Nation, a History: Thwaites, R. G. France in America, 1497-1763Albert Bushnell Hart Harper & Brothers, 1905 |
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The American Nation, a History: Thwaites, R. G. France in America, 1497-1763 Albert Bushnell Hart Affichage d'extraits - 1904 |
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Page 154 - Virginia, are so notoriously known to be the property of the Crown of Great Britain, that it is a matter of equal concern and surprise to me to hear that a body of French forces are erecting fortresses and making settlements upon that river, within his Majesty's dominions.
Page 190 - I see their situation, know their danger, and participate their sufferings, without having it in my power to give them further relief, than uncertain promises. In short, I see inevitable destruction in so clear a light, that, unless vigorous measures are taken by the Assembly, and speedy assistance sent from below, the poor inhabitants that are now in forts, must unavoidably fall, while the remainder are flying before the barbarous foe.
Page 116 - Lord! we would not advise; But if in thy Providence A tempest should arise To drive the French fleet hence, And scatter it far and wide, Or sink it in the sea, We should be satisfied, And thine the glory be.
Page 218 - He gives among other cases that of Le Mercier, chief of Canadian artillery, who had come to...
Page 97 - July, three months before the declaration of war ; its instructions being " to destroy the Spanish settlements in the West Indies and to distress their shipping by every method whatever." It had been the hope of Vernon, with his squadron of six ships, to find rich prizes in the SpanishAmerican ports. But when (November 21) he easily captured and destroyed Porto Bello, the booty amounted to the trivial value of $10,000; for the Spanish, also scenting trouble, had before Vernon's arrival hurried off...
Page 191 - The supplicating tears of the women and moving petitions of the men melt me into such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease."1...
Page 185 - Your great colonel," he writes to Orme, "is gone to a peaceful colony, and left our frontiers open. . . . The whole conduct of Colonel Dunbar appears to me monstrous. ... To march off all the regulars, and leave the fort and frontiers to be defended by four hundred sick and wounded, and the poor remains of our provincial forces, appears to me absurd."1...
Page 164 - ... the United Colonies of New England. 2. The said United Colonies for themselves and their posterities do jointly and severally hereby enter into a firm and perpetual league of friendship and amity for offence and defence, mutual advice and succor upon all just occasions both for preserving and propagating the truth and liberties of the Gospel and for their own mutual safety and welfare.
Page 24 - VI.), chap. viii. The treaty did not, however, bring peace to the harassed borderers. Intercolonial hostilities of a merciless character continued spasmodically along the frontier throughout the period of five years between the treaty of Ryswick and the breaking-out, in 1702, of Queen Anne's War, known in Europe as the War of the Spanish Succession. The military operations of the latter were of a character similar to those of the preceding war. Of three attempts made by New England troops to recapture...
Page 229 - The army, the too-small army of the King, has beaten the enemy. What a day for France ! If I had had two hundred Indians to send out at the head of a thousand picked men under the Chevalier de LeVis, not many would have escaped. Ah, my dear Doreil, what soldiers are ours ! I never saw the like. Why were they not at Louisbourg?