Forbes Expedition



Locations
Participants

Timeline

Y/M/D Description Place
1757/06/10 GW writes: There are yet two parties, one of which consisting of 20 Indians and 10 soldiers, under Capt Spotswood, and are gone toward Fort DuQuesne: while the other amounts to 15 Indians and 5 Soldiers, under Lt Baker, bent their course for Log's Town.
1757/06/25 GW writes: Poor Spottswood, and a party that went towards duQuesne, with some Cherokee Indians are, I fear, lost! Baker from the said place, has brought 5 scalps, and a french Officer, prisoner, after killing two others. Forks of the Ohio, Pittsburgh
1758/09/21 After Major Grant is captured by the French forces, Bullitt rallies the troops in the woods, counterattackes their pursuers and leads more than half of the original party back to their main force.
1758/11/24 The French destroy Fort Duquesne before the English arrive. Forks of the Ohio, Pittsburgh
1758/11/25 Colonel Armstrong, leading 2,700 Pennsylvania provincial troops, captures Fort Duquesne. Forks of the Ohio, Pittsburgh

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