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Usage examples of duquesne.

Then, after giving DuQuesne an instrument like the one he himself carried, Brookings took his leave.

But another product of the French and Indian War, the road that General John Forbes had hacked through the Pennsylvania wilderness to deliver his unwieldy army to do battle at Fort Duquesne, ensured that the treaty would be violated almost immediately.

Duquesne knew that most battle plans go awry when the first shot is fired, and he reserved his final judgment for that day.

In college and graduate school at Duquesne University he avoided hard math and science courses and instead studied history.

Washington advised Braddock to divide his forces, leaving one part to come on with the armys stores, baggage, and more cumbersome appurtenances, and with the other (light artillery and his elite troops) to advance rapidly on Fort Duquesne before it could be reinforced.

He and the other survivors were permitted to leave, save for two hostages, who were taken back to Fort Duquesne.