along securing the strong passes, and fords of the rivers upon Genl Braddock's route."[1]
Forbes had been in Philadelphia while Bouquet was struggling away at Raystown with his thousand perplexities. Early in July he had proceeded to Carlisle where he remained stricken down "with a cursed flux" until the eleventh of August. Two days later he reached Shippensburg, where he was again prostrated and unable to advance until the middle of September. It is difficult to realize that the campaign had been directed so largely by this prostrate man whose "excruciating pains" often left him "as weak as a new-born infant" and who, when able to be about camp, retired "at eight at night, if able to sit up so late." All of this might well have been stated long ago but it is of particular significance now that Forbes's correspondence of the whole summer has been systematically reviewed. The very trials
- ↑ As to the correctness of Forbes's statement see Bougainville au Cremille, Pennsylvania Archives (2d series), vol. vi, p. 425; also Daine au Maréchal de Belleisle, id., pp. 420, 423.
