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Montcalm had thrown out three hundred rangers overnight under Langy to feel the British advance: but so dense was the tangle that even these experienced woodmen went astray during the night and, in hunting for tracks, blundered upon Howe's light infantry at unawares.
Fort Amity Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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A saw-mill stood beside it: and here Montcalm had crossed and taken up his quarters, pushing forward Bourlamaque to guard the upper end of the rapids, and holding Langy ready with three hundred rangers to patrol the woods on the outer side of the river's loop.
Fort Amity Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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But some American rangers taken near Lake George by Langy told him that Abercrombie already had thirty thousand men at the head of George and the Marquis at once abandoned the scheme.
The Lords of the Wild A Story of the Old New York Border 1890
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"I wish to report to you, sir," said Langy, "that the entire army of the enemy is now embarked on the Lake of the Holy Sacrament, and is advancing against us."
The Lords of the Wild A Story of the Old New York Border 1890
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I have talked with Bourlamaque, Trepezec, Lotbiniére, the engineer, Langy, the partisan, and other of my lieutenants whom you know.
The Lords of the Wild A Story of the Old New York Border 1890
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Robert did not know it then, but it was the able and daring French partisan, Langy, and he came out of the forest with vital news.
The Lords of the Wild A Story of the Old New York Border 1890
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Meanwhile Langy saluted Montcalm with the great respect that his successes had won from all the French.
The Lords of the Wild A Story of the Old New York Border 1890
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Trepezec and Langy had been trapped by rangers under Rogers and troops under Fitch and Lyman.
The Lords of the Wild A Story of the Old New York Border 1890
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Dade, of Westmoreland, a clean-made, light young fellow, a mighty swift runner, too -- but then he was no match for George: Langy, indeed, did not like to give it up, and would brag that he had sometimes brought George to a tie.
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The advanced party of French under Langy and Trepezec, about three hundred and fifty in all, regulars and Canadians, had tried to retreat; but before they could do so, the whole English army had passed them, landed, and placed itself between them and their countrymen.
Montcalm and Wolfe Francis Parkman 1858
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