Category: History - American
In the year 1750, commissioners met at Paris to adjust the various boundaries of the North American territories, M. de Galissoniere and M. de Silhouette on the part of France, and Messrs. Shirley and Mildmay on the part of Great Britain. The English commissioners, however, soo...
book, one just recollected that there was a supplement promised, to contain a chapter on Montreal, the starving and surrender of it; but here we are on a sudden reading our book...
1. CHAPTER IIn the year 1750, commissioners met at Paris to adjust the various boundaries of the North American territories, M. de Galissoniere and M. de Silhouette on the part of France, a...
12. CHAPTER XII.We must leave Wolfe for a while to take a brief review of the position of affairs in his enemy's camp. Montcalm's difficulties were also great. He knew not where to turn for a r...
5. CHAPTER V.From the brilliant successes on the island of Cape Breton, it is now necessary to turn to the painfully checkered course of events on the American continent, where the execution...
6. CHAPTER VI.It will now be advisable to consider the state of the two great rival races on the North American continent, before entering upon the relation of the eventful campaign which was...
2. CHAPTER II.The campaign of 1755 had opened with evil promise for the cause of France in the Western world; four formidable armies were arrayed to check her progress, and turn back the tide...
10. CHAPTER X.From the indifferent progress of Amherst and the untoward inactivity of Gage, we may now return to the more stirring events of the expedition against Quebec. Early in February a...
11. CHAPTER XI.Wolfe had now been five weeks before Quebec; not a few lives had been lost, a vast quantity of ammunition expended, and, above all, the season of action was already half consume...
7. CHAPTER VII.During the early part of the eighteenth century, the British North American provinces had made extraordinary progress in population and wealth--a progress then unequaled in the...
8. CHAPTER VIII.We must now return to the proceedings in the British camp. In the stern climate of Northern America the season for military action was very limited. From the breaking up of the...
3. CHAPTER III.Stimulated by the general success of their arms during the campaign of 1756, the French suffered not their energies to slumber even through the chilly Canadian winter. With deta...
4. CHAPTER IV.During the disastrous campaign of 1757, a strife of greater importance than that on the American continent was carried on in the English House of Commons. In the preceding year,...
9. CHAPTER IX.The expedition against Niagara consisted of a detachment of the Royal Artillery, the 44th and 46th British regiments, the 4th battalion of the Royal Americans, two battalions of...