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England's best if not only means of protecting the Colonies, to prevent the French from transporting
soldiers and war material to Canada; naval preparations 244
Evasive answers and disclaimers of the French Government, with naval and military preparations 245
Braddock's unfortunate expedition; capture of French vessels, soldiers, &c., (in a note) 247
The King's speech to Parliament on French encroachments; convention of Colonies at Albany, and its representatives, a year before war was declared 247
Mr. Bancroft's imputation against the British Government, and reply to it (in a note) 247
Mr. Bancroft represents this war as merely European; refuted by himself; his noble representations
of the Protestant character of the war on the part of Great Britain and other Powers 248
Contests chiefly between the Colonists, the French, and the Indians, from 1648 to 1654; English
soldiers under General Braddock sent to America in 1655; campaigns actual and devised that year;
Massachusetts active; Sir William Johnson's victory over the French General, Dieskau 250
War formally declared by England and France in 1756; French successes in 1755, 1756, and 1757 252
Parliament votes £115,000 sterling to compensate the Colonies for expenses incurred by them 252
Arrival of the Earl of Loudon from England with troops, as Commander-in-Chief 252
Capture of Forts Oswego and William Henry by the French General, Montcalm 253
Dispute between the Earl of Loudon and the Massachusetts Court, in regard to the Mutiny Act,
and quartering the troops upon the citizens 255
Alarming situation of affairs at the close of the year 1757 255
Divided counsels and isolated resources and action of the Colonies 257
General Abercrombie arrives with more troops, and forty German officers to drill and command
regiments to be raised in America (which gave offence to the Colonists) 257
The Governor of Virginia recommends Washington, but his services are not recognized 257
Generals Abercrombie and Loudon at Albany hesitate and delay, while the French generals are active
and successful 258
The Earl of Loudon's arbitrary conduct in quartering his officers and troops in Albany and New York
(in a note) 258
Loudon never fought a battle in America; and in the only battle fought by Abercrombie, he was
disgracefully defeated by Montcalm, though commanding the largest army which had ever been
assembled in America. Among the slain in this battle was the brave General, Lord Howe, the
favourite of the army and citizens 259
The Massachusetts Court appropriate £250 sterling to erect a monument in Westminster Abbey in
honour of Lord Howe 260
Abercrombie—the last of the incompetent English Generals—recalled, and succeeded by
Lord Amherst as Commander-in-Chief, assisted by General Wolfe, when, under the Premiership of
the elder Pitt, the whole policy and fortunes of the war undergo a complete change 260
Colonel Bradstreet's brilliant achievement in taking and destroying Fort Frontenac 261
Lord Amherst plans three expeditions, all of which were
