A History of the British Army, Vol. 2 First Part—to the Close of the Seven Years' War
CHAPTER II
Reduction of the Army at Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle 261
Foundation of Halifax 262
British and French on the Ohio 263
Obstinacy of the Virginian Assembly 264
Washington's Mission; Apathy of the Colonies 265
Washington's First Skirmish with the French 266
Continued Apathy of the Colonies 267
General Braddock sent from England 268
His difficulties and their Causes 270
Boscawen's Action with French Ships; War inevitable 272
Braddock's March to the Monongahela 273
Dispositions of the French 274
Action of the Monongahela 275
Braddock and the School of Cumberland 278