The Life of George Washington: Commander-in-chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United StatesHenry T. Coates, 1882 - 489 Seiten |
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... Lord Sterling at the defiles , through which those divisions of the enemy were approaching . When General Clinton had passed the left flank of the Amer- icans , about eight o'clock in the morning of the 27th , de Heister and Grant ...
... Lord Sterling at the defiles , through which those divisions of the enemy were approaching . When General Clinton had passed the left flank of the Amer- icans , about eight o'clock in the morning of the 27th , de Heister and Grant ...
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... Lord Sterling perceived his danger , and found that his troops could be saved only by an immediate retreat over a creek near the cove . He gave orders to this purpose ; and , to facilitate their execution , he in person attacked Lord ...
... Lord Sterling perceived his danger , and found that his troops could be saved only by an immediate retreat over a creek near the cove . He gave orders to this purpose ; and , to facilitate their execution , he in person attacked Lord ...
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... Lord Sterling , and the bri gades of Nash and Maxwell were to form a corps de reserve . About sunrise the next morning , the front Ост . 8. of General Sullivan's column , which the Com- mander - in - Chief accompanied , drove in the ...
... Lord Sterling , and the bri gades of Nash and Maxwell were to form a corps de reserve . About sunrise the next morning , the front Ост . 8. of General Sullivan's column , which the Com- mander - in - Chief accompanied , drove in the ...
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