All Forums  AGAINST ALL ODDS MESSAGE BOARD - Mohicans Version  Any Other Military Encounters - 1492 - Present  Bushy Run August 5-6th 1763

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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Videos: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message Icon:                             Message: Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Edmund McKinnon[/i] [br]We are soon approaching the anniversary of this pivotal battle that saved Ft.Pitt and ended Pontiac's Uprising in South Western Pennsylvania.When Col.Henri Bouquet left Ft.Ligonier with his relief column for Ft.Pitt(which had been besieged,and not heard from in several weeks)he was ambushed and later surrounded by indians(including some of the fort's besiegers).He then found himself in a predicament much like Gen.Edward Braddock did some several years earlier.In a desperate attempt at a breakout,he had two companies of his highlanders feign retreat,then outflank the indians who thought that they were swooping in for an easy victory.The Native American forces were then routed and Bouquet was able to lift the siege of Ft.Pitt.This did not end Pontiac's War in the rest of the theater,as the Native Americans scored consecutive victories at "Bloody Run" near Ft.Detroit and "Devil's Hole" outside of Ft.Niagra.It did however put and end to the rebellion in Southwestern Pennsylvania.If Ft.Pitt had fallen,it is unlikely that the City of Pittsburgh would have been built,which later became the springboard for settlement in the west. Edmond N.Gaudelli Jr. [/quote]    Upload an Image File From Your PC For Insertion in Your Post    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.