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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... re - enforcement arrive , and had heard the intention declared of march- ing immediately to attack the English , with a corps composed of eight hundred French , and four hundred Indians . This intelligence was corroborated , by the ...
... re - enforcement arrive , and had heard the intention declared of march- ing immediately to attack the English , with a corps composed of eight hundred French , and four hundred Indians . This intelligence was corroborated , by the ...
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... re- enforcements of men , and supplies of provisions should arrive . Third . In pursuance of this advice , colonel Wash- July 2 ington retreated to fort Necessity , and began a ditch around the stockade . Before it was completed , the ...
... re- enforcements of men , and supplies of provisions should arrive . Third . In pursuance of this advice , colonel Wash- July 2 ington retreated to fort Necessity , and began a ditch around the stockade . Before it was completed , the ...
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... re - enforcements ; that during the present excessive drought , those re - en- forcements could not arrive with the necessary quantity of provisions , and other supplies , be- cause the river La Bœuf , on which they must necessarily be ...
... re - enforcements ; that during the present excessive drought , those re - en- forcements could not arrive with the necessary quantity of provisions , and other supplies , be- cause the river La Bœuf , on which they must necessarily be ...
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... re - enforcements designed by France for her colonies , and to the success of the English and American arms to the north , which rendered it impossible for the French in Canada to support it ; and which very much weakened their ...
... re - enforcements designed by France for her colonies , and to the success of the English and American arms to the north , which rendered it impossible for the French in Canada to support it ; and which very much weakened their ...
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... re- enforcements of troops expected in that colony , the tenor of intelligence from Great Britain , and general appearances , they had reason to apprehend that the sudden destruction of that colony in particular was intended . They ...
... re- enforcements of troops expected in that colony , the tenor of intelligence from Great Britain , and general appearances , they had reason to apprehend that the sudden destruction of that colony in particular was intended . They ...
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