France And England in North America: a Series of Historical Narratives Pt. 7, v. 1
France And England in North America: a Series of Historical Narratives Pt. 7, v. 1
Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893
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Two horses were killed under him, and four bullets tore his clothes. The conduct of the British officers was above praise. Nothing could surpass their undaunted self-devotion; and in their vain attempts to lead on the men, the havoc among them was frightful. Sir Peter Hal- ket was shot dead. His son, a lieutenant in his regiment, stooping to raise the body of his father, was shot dead in turn. Young Shirley, Braddock's secretary, was pierced through the brain. Orme and Morris, his aides-de-camp..., Sinclair, the quar- termaster-general. Gates and Gage, both after- wards conspicuous on opposite sides in the War of the Revolution, and Gladwin, who, eight years later, defended Detroit against Pontiac, were all wounded. Of eighty-six officers, sixty-three were killed or disabled;^ while out of thirteen hun- dred and seventy-three non-commissioned officers 1 Leslie to a Merchant of Philadelphiay 30 July, 1755, in Hazard's Pennsylvania Register, V. 191. Leslie was a lieutenant of the Forty- fourth.
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