page_title: Two-front war
section_title: Seven Years' War
hierarchical_section_title: Two-front war / Seven Years' War
caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: ourgreatercountr00nort (find matches) Title: Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time .. Year: 1901 (1900s) Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909 Subjects: Publisher: Philadelphia, National pub co. Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: hrubs, im-mediately below the eminence held by theFrench. The regulars were quickly thrown intoconfusion by the heavy fire and the fierceyells of the Indians, who could nowhere b«&#160;894 THE FRENCFI AND INDIAN WAR. seen, and their losses were so severe andsudden that they became panic-stricken.They were ordered to charge up the hill anddrive the French from their cover, but re-fused to move, and in their terror fired atrandom into the woods. In the meantimethe Indians were rapidly spreading along thesides of the ravine and continuing their firefrom their cover among the trees with fear-ful accuracy. that not one of his commands was obeyed,and his defeat was complete. The only semblance of resistance main-tained by the English was by the VirginiaRangers, whom Braddock had insulted atthe beginning of the days march. Immedi-ately upon the commencement of the battlethey had adopted the tactics of the Indian.,and had thrown themselves behind trees,from which shelter they were rapidly picking Text Appearing After Image: DISASTROUS DEFEAT OF GENERAL BRADDOCK. The advance of the English was drivenback, and it crowded upon the second divi-sion in utter disorder. A reinforcement ofeight hundred men, under Colonel Burton,arrived at this moment, but only to add tothe confusion. The French pushed theirlines forward now and increased the disorderof the English, who had by this time lostnearly all their officers. Braddock now cameup and gallantly exerted himself to restoreorder, but the kings regulars and discip-lined troops were so utterly demoralized off the Indians. Washington entreatedBraddock to allow the regulars to follow theexample of the Virginians, but he refused,and stubbornly endeavored to form them inplatoons under the fatal fire that was being^,poured upon them by their hidden assailants.:Thus through his obstinacy many usefullives were needlessly thrown away before hewould admit his defeat.&#160;; The officers did not share the panic of themen, but behaved with the greatest gallantry.They were the e Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: According to military terminology, a two-front war occurs, when opposing forces encounter on two geographically separate fronts. The forces of two or more allied parties usually simultaneously engage an opponent in order to increase their chances of success. The opponent consequently encounters severe logistic difficulties as he is forced to divide and disperse his troops, defend an extended front line and is at least partly cut off from access to trade and exterior resources. However, by virtue of the central position he might possess the advantages of the interior lines.
  The term has widely been used in a metaphorical sense, for example to illustrate the dilemma of military commanders in the field, who struggle to carry out illusory strategic ideas of civilian bureaucrats, or when moderate legal motions or positions are concurrently opposed by the political Left and Right. Disapproval and opposition by the domestic anti-war movement and civil rights groups as opposed to the bloody military struggle of the late Vietnam War has also been described as a two-front war for the US troops, who fought in Vietnam.
context_section_description: The French and Indian War was a local conflict in North America, that occurred in the context of the trans-continental Seven Years' War. In 1755 armed forces of Great Britain under the command of General Edward Braddock invaded the territories of New France (eastern part of modern Canada) and attacked Fort Duquesne. Although numerically superior to the local French militia and their Indian allies, the British army became ensnared in a two-front conflict and was routed.
caption: Allied Indian troops ambush a British contingent on the march, Battle of the Monongahela
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