True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 22
French and the In-dians, who were onthe French side, theymust be very carefulwhen they weremarching throughthe forest to battle.He tried to makeGeneral Braddocksee this, too, but the British General thought he knew best,and he told Washington to mind his own business. So the British soldiers… … NOMINATION OF WASHINGTON AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY. *<\ GEORGE WASHINGTON hiding behind trees waiting for them, sprang out upon them and surprised them, and surrounded them and fired guns at them from the thick, dark woods. The British were caught in a trap. They did not know…
