. Indian history for young folks . HUliATIO GATES. THE OLD FRENCH WAR (1755-1760). 213. DANIEL MORGAN. the display of the British troops onthis eventful morning. They werein full uniform and marched withbayonets fixed, colors flying, anddrums and fifes beating and playing,in the most perfect order, not dream-ing of any obstacle to an easy con-quest. A detachment of three hundredand fifty men, under Lieutenant-col-onel Thomas Gage, afterwards con-spicuous as the British Commander-in-chief at Boston, at the beginningof the Revolution, attended by aworking party of two hundred andfifty, advanced
. Indian history for young folks . HUliATIO GATES. THE OLD FRENCH WAR (1755-1760). 213. DANIEL MORGAN. the display of the British troops onthis eventful morning. They werein full uniform and marched withbayonets fixed, colors flying, anddrums and fifes beating and playing,in the most perfect order, not dream-ing of any obstacle to an easy con-quest. A detachment of three hundredand fifty men, under Lieutenant-col-onel Thomas Gage, afterwards con-spicuous as the British Commander-in-chief at Boston, at the beginningof the Revolution, attended by aworking party of two hundred andfifty, advanced cautiously towards the fort. There were no scouts or rangers in the advance, or on theflanks, to beat up the woods and ravines, but the army marched as ifin review in St. Jamess Park. Contrecceur, the French commandant, informed of the approach ofBraddock with an overwhelming force, was about to abandon the fort,when Captain de Beaujeu proposed to head a party of French and Indi-ans, and waylay the English while on the march. The plan was adopted,and Beaujeirs party posted themselve
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