The British Defeat of the French in Pennsylvania, 1758

This is the first complete military study of the campaign directed by Brigadier General John Forbes in 1758 to drive the French out of the forks of the Ohio River. The author details the leadership, logistics, artillery, training and discipline that led to the campaign’s success and discusses its role in American Colonial history.

Douglas R. Cubbison is a military historian and curator with the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, U.S. Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. He writes about social, military and American history.

Douglas R. Cubbison
Format: softcover (7 x 10)
Pages: 251
Bibliographic Info: 10 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2010
pISBN: 978-0-7864-4739-8
eISBN: 978-0-7864-5595-9
Imprint: McFarland

Acknowledgments      vii
Introduction      1

ONE • “A lion heart of courage”: The Appointment of Brigadier General John Forbes to Command the Expedition      3
TWO • “A gathering from the scum of the worst of people, in every Country”: The Organization and Leadership of the Forbes Campaign      12
THREE • “By which I shall have a constant Supply”: Forbes Plans a Campaign      32
FOUR • “It is now time to form our Magazines”: Forbes’s First Parallel Advances to the Foot of Allegheny Mountain      41
FIVE • Allegheny Mountain Becomes Forbes’s Rubicon: Forbes Chooses His Route      86
SIX • “The Waggons have been the plague of my life”: Forbes’s Second Parallel Crosses Allegheny Mountain      96
SEVEN • “My heart is broke”: Grant’s Defeat      122
EIGHT • “Immediately a regular Attack Insued”: French Resurgence at Loyalhanna      141
NINE • “Colonel Washington did not discover his usual activity and presence of mind”: Combat, Fratricide and a Prisoner at Loyalhanna      147
TEN • “I will sleep in Fort Duquesne or in hell tonight”: The Final Movement to Fort Duquesne and the Occupation of the Forks of the Ohio      157
ELEVEN • “A willing sacrifice … to King & Country”: Conclusions      181

Appendix A: A Compilation of Indian Trade Goods Presented to the Cherokee and Catawba Warriors During the Forbes Campaign, 1758      199
Appendix B: List of Ordnance Supplies on the Forbes Campaign      212
Chapter Notes      217
Bibliography      231
Index      239