The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 10Yale University Press, 1918 |
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... land . In those wild regions dwelt many savage tribes . Some of the natives were by no means without political capacity . On the contrary , they were long clever enough to pit English against French to their own advantage as the real ...
... land . In those wild regions dwelt many savage tribes . Some of the natives were by no means without political capacity . On the contrary , they were long clever enough to pit English against French to their own advantage as the real ...
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... sixteen hundred armed men , a thousand of them French regular troops , were to advance by land into the heart of the colony , seize Albany and all the boats there available , and descend by the Hudson 12 THE CONQUEST OF NEW FRANCE.
... sixteen hundred armed men , a thousand of them French regular troops , were to advance by land into the heart of the colony , seize Albany and all the boats there available , and descend by the Hudson 12 THE CONQUEST OF NEW FRANCE.
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... land forces made their attack . The village , for it was hardly more than this , contained , as the French believed , only some two hundred houses and four hundred fighting men and it was thought that a month would suffice to complete ...
... land forces made their attack . The village , for it was hardly more than this , contained , as the French believed , only some two hundred houses and four hundred fighting men and it was thought that a month would suffice to complete ...
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... land of Orleans and sailing into the broad basin . Breathless spectators counted the ships . There were thirty - four in sight , a few large vessels , some mere fishing craft . It was a spectacle well cal- culated to excite and alarm ...
... land of Orleans and sailing into the broad basin . Breathless spectators counted the ships . There were thirty - four in sight , a few large vessels , some mere fishing craft . It was a spectacle well cal- culated to excite and alarm ...
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... land defenses . Soon Phips was short of ammunition . A second time he made a landing in order to attack Quebec from the valley of the St. Charles but French regu- lars fought with militia and Indians to drive off his forces . Phips held ...
... land defenses . Soon Phips was short of ammunition . A second time he made a landing in order to attack Quebec from the valley of the St. Charles but French regu- lars fought with militia and Indians to drive off his forces . Phips held ...
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