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Hughes saw the 1795 campaign as a success, and conveyed to Thompson plans for the following year. A ship bringing additional settlers and supplies, including more muskets and cartridges had arrived, and construction of a larger fort in Kurst began. The Carnish Crown also had seen fit to fund a road connecting Kurst to Chester-on-Moore, improving the existing dirt road used by waggoneers and caravans for the past five years. | Hughes saw the 1795 campaign as a success, and conveyed to Thompson plans for the following year. A ship bringing additional settlers and supplies, including more muskets and cartridges had arrived, and construction of a larger fort in Kurst began. The Carnish Crown also had seen fit to fund a road connecting Kurst to Chester-on-Moore, improving the existing dirt road used by waggoneers and caravans for the past five years. | ||
=== 1796 - Expansion and Entrenchment === | |||
[[File:1796 First Bush War.png|thumb|Summary of raids, battles, and new settlements during 1796 in the First Bush War.]] | |||
Hughes was expecting a renewed fervor to Indigenous attacks in the summer of 1796, so the War Committee for that year planned an an aggressive series of patrols, forays, and expeditions to ensure the outlying towns of Loughton and Bradford would be protected. On the recommendation of LCol Thompson, the Crown-Governor also dispatched two of the three militia companies in Kurst, one protecting the road construction crews working to the South, and the last to conduct the joint | |||
not a ton happens, limited skirmishes | not a ton happens, limited skirmishes | ||
fort established south of kurst to link it to chester-on-moore | fort established south of kurst to link it to chester-on-moore | ||
road construction begins to link Kurst-Port Hughes via CoM | road construction begins to link Kurst-Port Hughes via CoM | ||