The Life of George Washington: Commander-in-chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United StatesPorter & Coates, 1808 - 560 Seiten |
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... Effect of a Storm - British take Possession of Philadelphia 1 Mud Island and Red Bank fortified - Obstructions in the River - Attack on Mud Island - Count Donop defeated- British surmount the Fortifications of the River - Plan to attack ...
... Effect of a Storm - British take Possession of Philadelphia 1 Mud Island and Red Bank fortified - Obstructions in the River - Attack on Mud Island - Count Donop defeated- British surmount the Fortifications of the River - Plan to attack ...
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... effect . This Indian the major took into custody , and kept him until nine o'clock , then let him go , and walked himself all the remaining part of the night , without making any stop , that he might be out of reach of pursuit next day ...
... effect . This Indian the major took into custody , and kept him until nine o'clock , then let him go , and walked himself all the remaining part of the night , without making any stop , that he might be out of reach of pursuit next day ...
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... effect . ( July 2 ) His first care was to sink a ditch round the stockade , which he now named Fort Necessity ; but before it was completed , the enemy attacked him , ( July 3 ) un- der the command of Monsieur de Villier , whose force ...
... effect . ( July 2 ) His first care was to sink a ditch round the stockade , which he now named Fort Necessity ; but before it was completed , the enemy attacked him , ( July 3 ) un- der the command of Monsieur de Villier , whose force ...
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... effect . The legislature soon rose , without providing effectual , means for active service , and the troops did not march . During the succeeding winter , regulations from the war office were published in America , which provided that ...
... effect . The legislature soon rose , without providing effectual , means for active service , and the troops did not march . During the succeeding winter , regulations from the war office were published in America , which provided that ...
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... effect which a retrograde movement would have to ani- mate the British , and to depress the American troops ; the unfavourable impression that would be made upon the public mind ; the devastation of the fertile country that must be ...
... effect which a retrograde movement would have to ani- mate the British , and to depress the American troops ; the unfavourable impression that would be made upon the public mind ; the devastation of the fertile country that must be ...
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