. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. rd, then in command, sentout two parties to surround them, which, as the firingincreased, were reinforced until they numbered some 500men. They were forced back, however, into the camp,and a regular attack ensued which lasted a long time, abouttwo hours, finally resulting in the defeat of the the night a second attack was made with like re-sult. The loss to the English was 12 killed, 18 wounded,31 missing of whom 29 were on grass guard when theattack was made. Meanwhile the road-making progressed as rapidly aspossible, under the
. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. rd, then in command, sentout two parties to surround them, which, as the firingincreased, were reinforced until they numbered some 500men. They were forced back, however, into the camp,and a regular attack ensued which lasted a long time, abouttwo hours, finally resulting in the defeat of the the night a second attack was made with like re-sult. The loss to the English was 12 killed, 18 wounded,31 missing of whom 29 were on grass guard when theattack was made. Meanwhile the road-making progressed as rapidly aspossible, under the directions of Colonel Bouquet, butunder most disadvantageous conditions. We are told the autumnal rains, uncommonly heavy and persistent, hadruined the newly-cut road. On the mountains the tor-rents tore it up, and in the valleys the wheels of the wagonsand cannon churned it into soft mud. The horses, over- 502 The Pennsylvania-German Society. worked and underfed, were fast breaking down. Theforest had little food for them, and they were forced to. Fort Pm and \is environs. January 1759. RiriitiNCtS toTNt Atovt Jkctch or Fort Du PITTSBURGH, WITH THl AOMCtfIT COUNTRY. t mowoNOiMiu RivtR 2 Fort DuQucsni or PrnjivnGM. 2 TNI 5* 4 AUtCrJUNY RtVLA 5 Aili&hwy Indian Snanafins 7 Y0UfrH»00HINY RlVtR. 6 OMIO ORAUl^MCNY RlVtR 9 Loos Town, 10 BiAVIR 11 KUSKUSK(L8 CHICPToWA OfTMtlUCNATIONS. rt $HtN&oe» Auuouppa15 Senmaaaas. drag their own oats and corn, as well as the supplies forthe army, through two hundred miles of wilderness. In General Forbes Expedition. 5°3 the wretched condition of the road, this was no longer pos-sible. The magazines of provisions, formed at Raystownand Loyalhanna to support the army on its forward march,were emptied faster than they could be filled. Early inOctober the elements relented; the clouds broke, the skywas bright again, and the sun shone out in splendor onmountains radiant in the livery of autumn. A gleam ofhope
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