Journal de la campagne de M[onsieu]r de Villiers depuis son arrivée au fort du Quesne jusqu'à son retour audit fort : manuscript, 1754
About this Item
- Creator
- Coulon de Villiers, Louis , 1710-1757
- Language
- French
- Origin
- Canada
- Description
- 1 v. (16 p.) ; 33 cm.
- Date
- 1754
- Repository
- Houghton Library, Harvard Library, Harvard University
Content Notes
Diary describes ambush of his brother's Canadian troop by the Virginia militia under George Washington, subsequent battle to avenge his death, and articles of re-capitulation.
Biographical Notes
Coulon de Villiers was an officer in command of colonial regular troops at Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh, Pa.)