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Expedition Down Lake Champlain Aimed At French
An Edinburgh Chronicle report from Nov 26 1759 describes forts rising near a large lake front and a pending expedition by Amherst to Lake Champlain with 2,500 regulars 1,500 light infantry and rangers plus 400 artillery. It notes ships and mortars in convoy and dispatches from Crown Point and St John’s with updates on Wolfe’s death duties and European diplomacy.
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America
Grenadiere
Oakey Light Infantry
Lake‘Champlain
Gotrold
Lake George
Royal Scotch
Forbes
Gage
Boston
Crown-Point
Amherst
Lake Champlain
Northampton
Beerfield
Crown Point
Foot
Murray
Wolfe
Admiral Saunders
Petersburg
Ratisbon
Berlin
Saxony
Henry
M. Daun
Ingria
Livonia
Finland
Siberia
Russian Empire
Russia
Europe
Rotterdam
Graysock
Graystock
Graylock
Grayfork
Hague
Yoske
Dublin
London
Com
Scotland
Ireland
Germany
Plymouth
Rochester
Duff
Lords of the Admiralty
Sir Edward Hawke
Ushant
Quiberon Bay
Bref
Wms MacCleverty
Gibraltar