Fort Duquesne

noun

1. a French fort that stood on the site of Pittsburgh, Pa.: captured in 1758 by the British in the French and Indian War.

Example Sentences

“These are shoes that marched 300 miles from Philadelphia into wilderness to drive the French out of Fort Duquesne,” Walker said.

From Washington Times

Detectives concede Dakota as easily could have gotten in a car on Fort Duquesne Boulevard as he could have fallen into the 41-degree river.

From Seattle Times

Outraged by the implication of economic self-interest, Washington wrote to everyone he could think of in power in Virginia to accuse Forbes of incompetence or, he hinted, worse: he predicted inevitable failure to take Fort Duquesne.

From Salon

During the Seven Years War, General John Forbes, having taken over from the late Braddock, began planning a route of march from the western Allegheny slopes to retake Fort Duquesne at the Ohio headwaters, and Washington urged the British commander not to cut road directly west to the headwaters.

From Salon

Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh are hardly rivals, although they were birthed, so to speak, by two generals — George Washington and Scotsman John Forbes, who defeated the French at Fort Duquesne, respectively.

From Washington Times