Re: But what about Bushy Run?

Posted by Brent on August 04, 2000 at 20:46:29:

In Reply to: Re: But what about Bushy Run? posted by M.A. MacWm. on July 27, 2000 at 08:20:20:

: Well, really!!!?? What allegations?? Do I just dress up and play war!!! I hope it's more than that!!

: Chief Pontiac moved in from the west, egged on by the French, burning settlements, etc., eventually surrounding Fort Pitt, originally Fort Duquesne. He continued to move east, as the British raised troops to meet him. They bumped into each other at Bushy Run station, early August, 1763. Colonel Bouquet, from the Forbes Expedition of 1758 (the MacWm. Chronicles I and II, which is now running in Mohicanland), led the regiments of the 60th Royal Americans, 42nd Royal Highlanders, and 77th Highland Regiment (Montgomery's). The first day's battle was basically an ambush on the British forces (ever see Griffing's painting of the Battle?) and the British were routed and pinned down. That night, Bouquet ordered that flour bags be placed as a redoubt and Pontiac attacked again the next morning. Back and forth battling occurred with finally a flanking movement by the 77th Lights which routed Pontiac and his allies, finally ending any threat of the French in North America.

: I believe our troops do more than dress up and play war. We educate, as much as possible, and take our job very seriously. Hope this helped. Oh, the reenactment of Bushy Run does the scenario of both days, so the woods attack is reenacted and the field attack at the flour bag fort is also reenacted.

: Hope this helps, Kim!

: Pax Aye! God Save the King!

: Cpl. MacWilliam, 77th Regt' of Foot, Grenadiers

I may be wrong, but if I remember correctly, Pontiac was not at Bushy Run. The Indians who attacked Bouquet's force were Shawnee, Delaware, Mingos and others who had recently been besiegeing Fort Pitt. And the battle didn't really end any threat of the French in North America. In Pontiacs Rebellion the threat was from the American Indians not the French. Although a few frenchmen joined in with the Indians, the threat of the French in North America ended in 1759.

Brent

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: : Well, really!!!??  What allegations??  Do I just dress up and play war!!!  I hope it's more than that!!

: : Chief Pontiac moved in from the west, egged on by the French, burning settlements, etc., eventually surrounding Fort Pitt, originally Fort Duquesne.  He continued to move east, as the British raised troops to meet him.  They bumped into each other at Bushy Run station, early August, 1763.  Colonel Bouquet, from the Forbes Expedition of 1758 (the MacWm. Chronicles I and II, which is now running in Mohicanland), led the regiments of the 60th Royal Americans, 42nd Royal Highlanders, and 77th Highland Regiment (Montgomery's).  The first day's battle was basically an ambush on the British forces (ever see Griffing's painting of the Battle?) and the British were routed and pinned down.  That night, Bouquet ordered that flour bags be placed as a redoubt and Pontiac attacked again the next morning.  Back and forth battling occurred with finally a flanking movement by the 77th Lights which routed Pontiac and his allies, finally ending any threat of the French in North America.

: : I believe our troops do more than dress up and play war.  We educate, as much as possible, and take our job very seriously.  Hope this helped.  Oh, the reenactment of Bushy Run does the scenario of both days, so the woods attack is reenacted and the field attack at the flour bag fort is also reenacted.

: : Hope this helps, Kim!

: : Pax Aye!  God Save the King!

: : Cpl. MacWilliam, 77th Regt' of Foot, Grenadiers

: I may be wrong, but if I remember correctly, Pontiac was not at Bushy Run. The Indians who attacked Bouquet's force were Shawnee, Delaware, Mingos and others who had recently been besiegeing Fort Pitt. And the battle didn't really end any threat of the French in North America. In Pontiacs Rebellion the threat was from the American Indians not the French. Although a few frenchmen joined in with the Indians, the threat of the French in North America ended in 1759. 

: Brent


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