Excerpt from The Magazine of History, Vol. 12: With Notes and Queries; July, 1910 General William S. Johnson was, in September, 177 5, at the head of Lake George in command of the army charged with the undertaking. In this force was Col. Ephraim Williams with his Hampshire regiment. To-day is a memorable anniversary. September 8, 1755, I 54 years ago, a French army, under Dieskau, was on the march towards Lake George. Col. Williams was sent out to find the enemy. He fell in the front of the fight that followed, which was so disastrous in numbers slain, that the reconnaissance is known as the Bloody Morning Scout. The day, disastrously begun, ended in the defeat of Dieskau but mingled with rejoicings for the victory was mourning for the fallen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.