Thursday, September 13, 2018

The Little Force That Was To Decide


"Slipping down the river towards him came the little force that was to decide the fate and future of all North America."

Braddock Grave Sign (NPS) In Pennsylvania

"The Indian raids on the British colonies, Washington's years of endurance on the mountain frontier, the incompetence of Braddock and Loudoun, *Webb and Abercrombie were about to be avenged."[Source - Plains Of Abraham]

*"An English colonel, Daniel Webb, for no historically assignable reason, was then sent over as a place-warmer for two Scotchmen: James Abercrombie, another court favorite, who in turn was to be locum tenens for John Campbell, Earl of Loudoun, though all three were to remain as generals." [Source]

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