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7, pp. 162-187; T.J.
Chapman's _The French in the Allegheny Valley_, pp.
60-72; Sargeant's _History of Braddock's Expedition_.] Braddock was wounded just as the retreat began, and died a few days later. %86.
The Other Expeditions.%--The expedition against Niagara was a failure.
The officer in command did not take his army further than Oswego on Lake Ontario. The expedition against Crown Point was partially successful, and a stubborn battle was fought and a victory won over the French on the shores of that beautiful sheet of water which the English ever after called Lake George in honor of the King. %87.
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