A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . ton hold a command?26. By what road was the advance against Duquesne made? 2T. What was theresult ? 23. What check was experienced by Grant ? IX. 29. What was determined upon in a council of war? .SO. Why was not thedetermination carried out? 31. What success finally rewarded the efforts of the ex-pedition ? 82. Why had the French abandoned the fort ? 83. What did the Englishdo Mith the fort? FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. 10. therefore resumed, and when, tow
A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . ton hold a command?26. By what road was the advance against Duquesne made? 2T. What was theresult ? 23. What check was experienced by Grant ? IX. 29. What was determined upon in a council of war? .SO. Why was not thedetermination carried out? 31. What success finally rewarded the efforts of the ex-pedition ? 82. Why had the French abandoned the fort ? 83. What did the Englishdo Mith the fort? FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. 10. therefore resumed, and when, towards the latter part ^0of November, Duquesne was reached, it was found inruins. The French had set fire to it and retreated down theOhio. The destruction of Frontenac had cut off all hopeof reinforcements and supplies ; their savage allies, when des-titution and danger threatened, had deserted—hence the ruinand abandonment of tlie fort. The English at once repairedand garrisoned the place, and, in honor of their illustriousstatesman, changed the name to Fort OF The great object of the campaign of 1759 was the re-. duction of Canada; and General Amherst, who had gainedgreat favor by his success at Louisburg, was appointed corn- EVENTS OF 1759.— 1. What was the object of the campaign of1T59? 2. What change took place in the commanders? 3. What was the plan ofoperations ? 104 FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. mander-in-chief, to succeed Abercrombie. By theplan of operations, General Wolfe was to lay siege toQuebec ; Amherst ^vas to reduce Ticonderoga and CrownPoint, and then co-operate with Wolfe; Avhile a third divi-sion, under General Prideaux [pre-d(/), after capturing Niag-ara, was to proceed against Montreal. II. Early in July, Prideaux reached Niagara, and at oncecommenced a siege, during which he was unfortunately killedby the bursting of a shell. Sir William Johnson, l)aving suc-ceeded to the command, defeated a force of twelve hundi-edFrench
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