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The Pontiac Manuscript
But this was time and powder lost for them.
The English officers who, until now, hardly had time to breathe, seeing that, to all appearance, they would not be molested during the day, sent half of their troops to rest until evening, while the other half worked to render useful the two cannon, which, until now, had been of no service, for want of a place to put them. For this purpose the commander ordered that, on the two sides of the large gate of the fort, which faced the highway on the southwest side, there should be made two embrasures, for placing the two pieces, one on each side, one of whicli swept the highway, and the other, the field and the house of Mr. Jacques H. Martin, on the same side.
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