John Forbes : Scotland, Flanders and the Seven Years' War, 1707-1759 / John Oliphant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oliphant, John, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forbes, John, 1707-1759.

Forbes, John.

Great Britain. Army--Officers--Biography.

Great Britain.

Great Britain. Army. Dragoons, 2nd (Royal Scots Greys)--Surgeons--Biography.

Austrian Succession, War of, 1740-1748--Campaigns--Flanders.

Austrian Succession, War of, 1740-1748.

Generals--Great Britain--Biography.

Generals.

Military history, Modern--18th century.

Military history, Modern.

Soldiers--Scotland--Biography.

Soldiers.

Fort Duquesne (Pa.)--History, Military--18th century.

Fort Duquesne (Pa.).

Great Britain--History, Military--18th century.

United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Campaigns.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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."--From publisher's website.

Contents:

Introduction: A death in Philadelphia

"Merry pintle cout," 1707-1729

Grey Dragoon, 1729-1739

Rumours of wars, 1739-1742

Dettingen, 1742-1744

"In which wee fail'd" : Flanders and the Battle of Fontenoy, 1744-1745

The dancers of Breda, 1746-1748

"I know the other a mad sort of fool," 1748-1757

The madness of Lord Charles Hay, 1757

"Am now a downright Leopard," 1757-1758

"Necessity will turn me a Cherokee," 1758

Crossing Laurel Hill, 1758

The fall of Fort Duquesne, 1758

"Brave, without ostentation".

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350019546

1350019542

9781474218962

1474218962

OCLC:

908762979