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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... attacking Boston .... Possession taken of the heights of Dorchester .... Boston evacuated . CHAPTER V. Invasion of Canada ... attack on that place . .... Death of Montgomery .... Blockade of Quebec conti- nued .... General Thomas takes ...
... attacking Boston .... Possession taken of the heights of Dorchester .... Boston evacuated . CHAPTER V. Invasion of Canada ... attack on that place . .... Death of Montgomery .... Blockade of Quebec conti- nued .... General Thomas takes ...
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... attack the English , with a corps composed of eight hundred French , and four hundred Indians . This intelligence was corroborated , by the information already received from deserters , who had come in a few days before , and had ...
... attack the English , with a corps composed of eight hundred French , and four hundred Indians . This intelligence was corroborated , by the information already received from deserters , who had come in a few days before , and had ...
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... attack upon the fort , where they were received with great in- trepidity . The Americans fought partly within the stockade , and partly in the surrounding ditch which was nearly filled with mud and water . Colonel Washington in person ...
... attack upon the fort , where they were received with great in- trepidity . The Americans fought partly within the stockade , and partly in the surrounding ditch which was nearly filled with mud and water . Colonel Washington in person ...
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... attack on the fort , was assassinated . An account of the transaction was published by monsieur de Villier , which drew from colo- nel Washington a letter to a friend , completely disproving a calumny which , though entirely discredited ...
... attack on the fort , was assassinated . An account of the transaction was published by monsieur de Villier , which drew from colo- nel Washington a letter to a friend , completely disproving a calumny which , though entirely discredited ...
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... attacked to advantage . In one of these skirmishes , im- mediately in the neighbourhood of a stockade , the Americans were totally routed , and captain Mercer killed . Such was the confidence of the enemy , that the smaller forts were ...
... attacked to advantage . In one of these skirmishes , im- mediately in the neighbourhood of a stockade , the Americans were totally routed , and captain Mercer killed . Such was the confidence of the enemy , that the smaller forts were ...
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