The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Band 2C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
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... manner of conducting the march , he strenuously urged the general to leave his heavy artillery and baggage behind , with the rear division of the army , to CHAP . I. follow by slow and easy marches ; GEORGE WASHINGTON . 15.
... manner of conducting the march , he strenuously urged the general to leave his heavy artillery and baggage behind , with the rear division of the army , to CHAP . I. follow by slow and easy marches ; GEORGE WASHINGTON . 15.
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... artillery , and stores of ab- solute and immediate necessity . The reasons urged by him in support of this advice were , that , according to all their intelligence , the French were at present weak on the Ohio , but hourly expected re ...
... artillery , and stores of ab- solute and immediate necessity . The reasons urged by him in support of this advice were , that , according to all their intelligence , the French were at present weak on the Ohio , but hourly expected re ...
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... artillery , ammunition , provisions , baggage , and in short every thing a prey to the enemy ; and when we endeavoured to rally them , in hopes of regaining the ground , and what we had left upon it , it was with as little success as if ...
... artillery , ammunition , provisions , baggage , and in short every thing a prey to the enemy ; and when we endeavoured to rally them , in hopes of regaining the ground , and what we had left upon it , it was with as little success as if ...
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... artillery and engineers , or assistance from Britain , or the neighbouring colonies , they would be unable to act offensively , and to drive the French from fort du Quesne , which was said to be regularly fortified . To demonstrate the ...
... artillery and engineers , or assistance from Britain , or the neighbouring colonies , they would be unable to act offensively , and to drive the French from fort du Quesne , which was said to be regularly fortified . To demonstrate the ...
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... artillery with some engineers , we should then be able , in all human probability , to subdue the terror of fort du Quesne , retrieve our character with the Indians , and restore peace to our unhappy frontiers . " In the apprehension ...
... artillery with some engineers , we should then be able , in all human probability , to subdue the terror of fort du Quesne , retrieve our character with the Indians , and restore peace to our unhappy frontiers . " In the apprehension ...
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