Maryland; stories of her people and of her history . ^-ing. The bright red coatsof the British soldiers shonein the sunlight. Presentlythey entered a deep at once a shot rang outand a British soldier rifle shots sounded onall sides. The Indians wereattacking. The British soldiers wereall crowded together. Theyfired into the woods, butcould not see the Indians, hidden be-hind trees, and bushes,and rocks, had the soldiersbright red coats as targets. More than half of theBritish were killed, and General Braddock was mortallywounded. The American riflemen fought fr
Maryland; stories of her people and of her history . ^-ing. The bright red coatsof the British soldiers shonein the sunlight. Presentlythey entered a deep at once a shot rang outand a British soldier rifle shots sounded onall sides. The Indians wereattacking. The British soldiers wereall crowded together. Theyfired into the woods, butcould not see the Indians, hidden be-hind trees, and bushes,and rocks, had the soldiersbright red coats as targets. More than half of theBritish were killed, and General Braddock was mortallywounded. The American riflemen fought from behind trees androcks, in Indian fashion. Washington had two horseskilled under him, and four balls passed through his he was not hurt. What was left of the army fled to. GEORGE WASHINGTON, COLONELVIRGINIA MILITIA From photograph of portrait in the posses-sion of the Maryland Historical Society 73 MARYLAND Fort Cumberland. But the British refused to stay there,and soon after went to Philadelphia. And now the whole of western Maryland was at themercy of the Indians. The settlers, as fast as they could,fled to Fort Cumberland and the block houses they had
Size: 1390px × 1799px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidmarylandstorieso00pass
