APPENDIX D. 



THE WAR ON THE BORDERS. 



The Battle of Bushy Run. (Chap. XX.) 



The despatches written by Colonel Bouquet, immediately after the 

 two battles near Bushy Run, contain so full and clear an account of those 

 engagements, that the collateral authorities consulted have served rather 

 to decorate and enliven the narrative than to add to it any imjjortant facts. 

 The first of these letters was written by Bouquet under the apprehension 

 that he should not survive the expected conflict of the next day. Both 

 were forwarded to the commander-in-chief by the same express, within a 

 few days after the victory. The letters as here given were copied from 

 the originals in the London offices. 



Camp at Edge Hill, 26 Miles from \ 

 h'ovt Pitt, 5tli August, 1763. ) 



Sir: 



The Second Instant the Troops and Convoy Arrived at Ligonier, 

 whence I could obtain no Intelligence of the Enemy ; The Expresses 

 Sent since the beginning of July, having been Either killed, or Obliged 

 to Return, all the Passes being Occupied by the Enemy : In this uncer- 

 tainty I Determined to Leave all the Waggons with the Powder, and a 

 Quantity of Stores and Provisions, at Ligonier ; And on the 4th pro- 

 ceeded with the Troops, and about 350 Horses Loaded with Elour. 



I Intended to have Halted to Day at Bushy Run, (a Mile beyond this 

 Camp,) and after having Refreshed the Men and Horses, to have Marched 

 in the Night over Turtle Creek, a very Dangerous Defile of Several 

 Miles, Commanded by High and Craggy Hills : But at one o'clock this 

 Afternoon, after a march of 17 Miles, the Savages suddenly Attacked our 

 Advanced Guard, which was immediately Supported by the two Light 

 Infantry Companies of the 42d Regiment, Who Drove the Enemy from 

 their Ambuscade, and pursued them a good Way. The Savages Returned 

 to the Attack, and the Fire being Obstinate on our Eront, and Extending 

 along our Flanks, We made a General Charge, with the whole Line, to 

 Dislodge the Savages from the Heights, in which attempt We succeeded 

 without Obtaining by it any Decisive Advantage ; for as soon as they 



