Loyalhanna

Most of the army was still at Loyalhanna on November 12, when outposts warned that the enemy was approaching in force.

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Loyalhanna was fixed as the advanced post where stores would be stockpiled and scouts would go out.

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Officers at Loyalhanna heard firing southwest of camp on the 12th and deployed small detachments against what was assumed to be raiders.

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Byrd had recovered enough to attend, and Stephen came from Loyalhanna to tell them that a road from there to the Forks was impracticable.

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The road was open to Loyalhanna by the end of August.

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With the army closing on Loyalhanna and delegations from many nations headed for Easton, the stage was set for the conquest of Fort Duquesne.

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Bouquet ordered Washington on August 10 to forward troops over the mountains to the most advanced post at Loyalhanna later Fort Ligonier.

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Small parties of Indians prowled around Loyalhanna, killing and scalping a few deserters.

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Reports about the road west from Loyalhanna, from British and provincial officers alike, alternated between positive and negative.

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It boiled over at Loyalhanna, where Adam Stephen supervised construction.

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