. Pittsburgh and Allegheny in the centennial year . nd In-dian troops, was the first military movement transpiring at this locality, andwas the first overt act of hostility of the memorable French and Indian warof l754-58. The expedition of the French commander De Villier, from Fort Duquesne,against Genl Washington at Fort Necessity, on July 3d, Ilb-i, may be given asthe second actual military movement of which Pittsburgh was the pivotalpoint; while the defeat of Braddock on the 9th of July, 1755, stands third inthe list of military events which are a part of the citys history. Thus, amidst th

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. Pittsburgh and Allegheny in the centennial year . nd In-dian troops, was the first military movement transpiring at this locality, andwas the first overt act of hostility of the memorable French and Indian warof l754-58. The expedition of the French commander De Villier, from Fort Duquesne,against Genl Washington at Fort Necessity, on July 3d, Ilb-i, may be given asthe second actual military movement of which Pittsburgh was the pivotalpoint; while the defeat of Braddock on the 9th of July, 1755, stands third inthe list of military events which are a part of the citys history. Thus, amidst the contentions of two great European nations to secure the pointof land where Pittsburgh stands, the embryo of a future city was formed, andFort Duquesne passed into history, and became a familiar word in courts andcamps, to become yet more familiar as Fort Pitt, and still more famous asPittsburgh. Tlie expedition of Gcnl Forbes in 1758, against Fort Duquesne, comes nextin the events that belong to the military history of Pittsburgh; and the attack. piimu J/fUJ f)ji>JJ)uiml) ojiJqflJif ^-^J s/^o,jji

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