In that same year Washington captured Fort Duquesne, which, in honor of the great Prime Minister, was called Fort Pitt.

A provincial officer named Bradstreet destroyed Fort Frontenac on Lake Ontario.

This was a heavy blow to the French; for with Fort Frontenac gone and Fort Duquesne in English hands, the Ohio was cut off from Quebec.
An attack on Ticonderoga, however, was repulsed by Montcalm with dreadful loss to the English.
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At the siege of Louisburg a young officer named James Wolfe had greatly distinguished himself, and in return for this was selected by Pitt to command an expedition to Quebec.