John Forbes: Scotland, Flanders and the Seven Years' War, 1707-1759
Download or Read eBook John Forbes: Scotland, Flanders and the Seven Years' War, 1707-1759 PDF written by John Oliphant and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-18 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : John Oliphant |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 201 |
| Release | : 2015-06-18 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781472511782 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1472511786 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis John Forbes: Scotland, Flanders and the Seven Years' War, 1707-1759 by : John Oliphant
Book excerpt: 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.
