HISTORY OF Vi^RMONT. 41T 



ppcction iwvJi vigor, v. Uh Vvhich he mace hir. 

 advancts, covxhulcd net to iibide the hazrad 

 and event oi a !-;e<-;c ; hut dismantled and aban- 

 doned the fort, a:;d rttiicd down the Oiiio, to 

 their settlements on ii:e Mississippi. On th-:; 

 twer.t}' fourth of -NoveTiibpr they quitted the fort 

 and tiie next day it v/<<s taken pessession of by 

 the British arvn\', ILiviarc r( i.xiired the works, 

 Forbes chajtg:ed the name of the fort from Dii, 

 Quesne, to that of Pittbburg, v.liich it sXill 

 bears.* 



Such were the event", of the c:5mpa!G:n of 

 1758. The exiDeditions a2:yinst Louisbouro", 

 Forts Frontenac and D'j Qnesyie, had compleat- 

 }y suecceded. That against riconderogu had 

 fiiiled. The events of the campaign h.ad been 

 iiiuch in f.ivor of the Britiiih interest ; and the 

 advantages that had been obtained over the 

 French, gave flattering h.opes and prospects that 

 thev inis,i.t be pursued to much CTcater advan- 

 ta^^e, in t'le course of another year. General 

 Amherst had now assumed the command, and 

 the pubiic cxpcctati;.;i and feeling ' v.-ere ready 

 to alford any assistance that he should ask. 

 This general was already preparing for the next 

 camp?.ign. Soon ailer lie had compkatcd tlie 

 conquest of Cape Breton lie received intelli- 

 gence of the defeat of Abercrombie at Ticon- 

 dero^a. Lcavinc" a strong; j^arrison at Louis- 

 bourg, he embarked with six regiments, and 

 landed at Boston. About the middle of Sep- 

 tember, he began his march for Albany, to join 

 the troops at the lake ; to attempt any further 

 enterprise, or to be in readiness for the next 

 campaign, as the season and circumstances 

 should permit. 



• Sraollrt's Hist. EnghadjVol.j, p.a^i. 



