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John Forbes : Scotland, Flanders and the Seven Years' War, 1707-1759
- Title
- John Forbes : Scotland, Flanders and the Seven Years' War, 1707-1759 / John Oliphant.
- Author
- Oliphant, John
- Publication
- London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015.
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Details
- Description
- xix, 173 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "In November 1758 Brigadier General John Forbes's army expelled the French army from Fort Duquesne at the forks of the Ohio River. Over seven months Forbes had co-ordinated three obstructive and competitive colonies, managed Indian diplomacy, and cut a road through over a hundred miles of mountain and forest. This is the first full biography of Forbes, which traces his rise from surgeon in the Scots Greys to distinguished service in War of the Austrian Succession before his 1757 posting to North America. John Oliphant puts Forbes' life and career in the wider context of the social and military world of the 18th century and offers important insights into the Seven Years' War in North America"--From publisher's website.
- Subjects
- Military history, Modern > 18th century
- Soldiers > Scotland > Biography
- Austrian Succession, War of, 1740-1748 > Campaigns > Flanders
- Forbes, John, 1707-1759
- Great Britain > Army > Dragoons, 2nd (Royal Scots Greys) > Surgeons > Biography
- United States > History > French and Indian War, 1754-1763 > Campaigns
- Great Britain > History, Military > 18th century
- Generals > Great Britain > Biography
- Great Britain > Army > Officers > Biography
- Fort Duquesne (Pa.) > History, Military > 18th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: A death in Philadelphia -- "Merry pintle cout," 1707-1729 -- Grey Dragoon, 1729-1739 -- Rumours of wars, 1739-1742 -- Dettingen, 1742-1744 -- "In which wee fail'd" : Flanders and the Battle of Fontenoy, 1744-1745 -- The dancers of Breda, 1746-1748 -- "I know the other a mad sort of fool," 1748-1757 -- The madness of Lord Charles Hay, 1757 -- "Am now a downright Leopard," 1757-1758 -- "Necessity will turn me a Cherokee," 1758 -- Crossing Laurel Hill, 1758 -- The fall of Fort Duquesne, 1758 -- "Brave, without ostentation".
- Call Number
- JFE 15-1913
- ISBN
- 9781472511188 (hardback)
- 1472511182 (hardback)
- 9781472514127 (PDF) (canceled/invalid)
- 9781472511782 (ePub) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2014049231
- OCLC
- 881309466
- Author
- Oliphant, John, author.
- Title
- John Forbes : Scotland, Flanders and the Seven Years' War, 1707-1759 / John Oliphant.
- Publisher
- London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-1913