. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. rof friendly Indians were kept out as scouts; and every pre-caution wras taken to guard against surprise. The force for this purpose specially consisted of 2,500men, picked out. That the men might be restricted aslittle as possible in their movements they went withouttents or baggage, and with a light train of artillery, ex-pecting to meet the enemy and ready to determine theresult by a battle. On the seventeenth of November Washington was atBushy Run. On the eighteenth Armstrong is reportedwithin seventeen miles of Fort Duquesne, where he ha
. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. rof friendly Indians were kept out as scouts; and every pre-caution wras taken to guard against surprise. The force for this purpose specially consisted of 2,500men, picked out. That the men might be restricted aslittle as possible in their movements they went withouttents or baggage, and with a light train of artillery, ex-pecting to meet the enemy and ready to determine theresult by a battle. On the seventeenth of November Washington was atBushy Run. On the eighteenth Armstrong is reportedwithin seventeen miles of Fort Duquesne, where he hadthrown up intrenchments. General Forbes himself fol-lowd on the seventeenth, from Fort Ligonier, with 4,300effective men, having left strong garrisons and suppliesboth there and at Raystown. On the twenty-fourth General Forbes1 Expedition. 507 Forbes encamped his whole army about Turtle Creek,ten or twelve miles from Fort Duquesne. Here wordwas brought, by the Indian scouts who had advanced towithin sight of the fort, that the Fench had abandoned. built. B-Commawoants house, not built. C- STORE: HOUSE- DPOWDER MA&AIINfcS. E-CASEMENT F- Store house for flour etc. G-wellsintwo of which are Fort Duquesne Horn work to cover French barracksK First Fort Pitt destroyed, n. Sally port. PI,AN OF FORT PITT—1761. the place and that the structure was on fire. This reportwas soon confirmed. A company of cavalry, under Cap-tain Hazlet was sent forward to extinguish the fire andsave as much as possible, but they were too late. Prepa- 508 The Pennsylvania-German Society. rations had been made by the French to withdraw when itwas seen that they could offer no resistance. They hadmade ready to destroy their works, and, after setting fireto everything that would burn, they withdrew with therest of their munitions and cannon, some going down theOhio, and the commandant, with the most of his forces,going up the Allegheny to Fort Machault. The wholeof t
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