A History of the British Army, Vol. 2 First Part—to the Close of the Seven Years' War
CHAPTER I
French Explorers in North America 241
The English Settlements 243
Predominance of Massachusetts in the North 244
New York Captured by the British 245
French Explorations in the West 246
Their Design to confine the British to a strip of the Sea-board 246
Governor Dongan; the Iroquois 248
French and English Settlers and Military Systems 249
English Regular Troops in America 251
The War of 1689; Peril of New York 251
Failure of the Colonial Counterstroke on Canada 252
Massachusetts appeals to England for help 252
War of the Spanish Succession; Colonial Operations 254
Capture of Nova Scotia; British failure before Quebec 255
The Building of Louisburg 256
French Forts at Crown Point and Niagara 257
Colonial Apathy 257
War of the Austrian Succession; Colonists Capture Louisburg 257
Projected Operations for 1746 259
Neglect of America by Newcastle's Government 260