for Hostilities, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

IV. Washington's Mission to the French Commander, . . . . . 19

V. Military Expedition to the Frontier, . . . . . . . . . . 30

VI. Misfortunes.--Capitulation of Fort Necessity, . . . . . 39

VII. A Campaign under General Braddock, . . . . . . . . . . . 48

VIII. Braddock's Advance.--His Defeat, . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

IX. Washington in Command.--Panics on the Frontier, . . . . 68

X. Frontier Service, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

XI. Operations against the French.--Washington's Marriage, . 85

XII. Campaigns in the North.--Washington at Mount Vernon, . . 94

XIII. Colonial Discontents, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

XIV. Expedition to the Ohio.--Tea Tax, . . . . . . . . . . . 112

XV. The First General Congress, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

XVI. Military Measures.--Affairs at Lexington, . . . . . . . 125

XVII. Capture of Ticonderoga and Crown Point.--Washington
appointed Commander-in-Chief, . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

XVIII. Battle of Bunker Hill, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

XIX. Washington on his Way to the Camp, . . . . . . . . . . . 148

XX. Siege of Boston, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

XXI. Projects for the Invasion of Canada, . . . . . . . . . . 158

XXII. War along the Coast.--Progress of the Siege, . . . . . . 168

XXIII. Affairs in Canada, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

XXIV. Incidents of the Camp.--Arnold before Quebec, . . . . . 177

XXV. Washington's Perplexities.--New York in Danger, . . . . 183

XXVI. Attack on Quebec.--Affairs in New York, . . . . . . . . 188

XXVII. Movements before Boston.--Its Evacuation, . . . . . . . 196

XXVIII. Reverses in Canada.--The Highlands.--Close of the
Invasion of Canada, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

XXIX. The Army in New York, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

XXX. Proceedings of Lord Howe.--Gates and Schuyler, . . . . . 222

XXXI. The War in the South.--Affairs in the Highlands, . . . . 229

XXXII. Battle of Long Island.--Retreat, . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

XXXIII. Retreat from New York Island, . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

XXXIV. Retreat through Westchester County.--Battle of White
Plains, . . . . .