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![Ponce (N.).—continued. 3. Attack on Lexington, 18 April, 1775. 4. Surrender of Burgoyne at Sarratoga. 5. Capture of Island of Dominica. 6. Capture of Senegal. 7. Capture of the Island of Grenada. 8. Capture of Pensacola. g. Capture of Tobago. ro. Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. t1. Surprise of the Island of St. Eustatius. 12. Siege of Fort St. Philip, Minorca. 13. Attack on Brimstone Hill, St. Christopher. 14. Map of European Settlements in the U.S.A. 15. Maps of Florida, Minorca, Senegal and Tobago. 16. Peace Treaty. An emblematical plate. {204] PRATT (Parley P., one of the Twelve Apostles). Marriage and Morals in Utah. Read in Joint Session of the Legislature, in the Representatives’ Hall, Fillmore City, Dec. 31, 1855, by Mr. Thomas Bullock. 8vo. Sheepskin. Liverpool, 1856. £2 2s [205] PRIESTLEY (H. I1.). The Luna Papers, documents relating to the Expedition of Don Tristan de Luna y Arellano for the Conquest of La Florida in 1559-61. 2 vols. 8vo. Cloth. Deland, 1928. £4 15s First PusLisHED ACCOUNT OF CAPTURE OF Fort BULL. [206] RELACAM DO COMBATE, Que Tiverao os Francezes com os Inglezes, Aonde se referem as proezas, que estes tem feito; com alguas noticias da América, e tomada do Forte Bull. Small 4to. Levant morocco gilt. Lisbon, Domingos Rodrigues, 1756. (SEE ILLUSTRATION OPPOSITE. ) £25 This pamphlet contains an account, in Portuguese, of the capture of Fort Bull by the French, one of the events which led to their taking of Oswego. : Concerning this incident, Parkman, in his ‘“‘ Montcalm and Wolfe,” remarks that early in the Spring of 1756 the French struck a blow against the English, that materially aided their schemes for the capture of Oswego, and the complete command of Lake Ontario. “ The English had built two small forts to guard the Great Carrying Place on the route to Oswego. One of these, Fort Williams, was on the Mohawk; the other, Fort Bull, a mere collection of store- houses surrounded by a palisade, was four miles distant, on the bank of Wood Creek. Here a great quantity of stores and ammunition had amar been collected against the opening campaign. In February Vaudreuil sent Léry, a colony officer, with 362 picked men, soldiers, Canadians, and Indians, to seize these two posts. Towards the end of March, after extreme hardship, they reached the road that connected them, and at half past five in the morning captured 12 men going with wagons to Fort Bull. Léarning from them the weakness of that place, they dashed forward to surprise it. The 30 provincials of Shirley’s regiment who formed the garrison had barely time to shut the gate, while the assailants fired on them through the loopholes, of which they got possession in the tumult. Léry called on the defenders to yield; but they refused, and pelted the French for an hour with bullets and hand-grenades. The gate was at last beat down with axes, and they were summoned again; but again refused, and fired hotly through the opening. The French rushed in, shouting ‘Vive le roi,’ and a frightful struggle followed. All the garrison were killed, except two or three who hid them- selves till the slaughter was over; the fort was set on fire and blown to atoms by the explosion of the magazines; and Léry then withdrew, not venturing to attack Fort Williams. Johnson, warned by Indians of the approach of the French, had pushed up the Mohawk with reinforcements; but came too late. It is certain that damage enough was done to retard Bers](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b3181539x_0053.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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