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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... Red Bank , a fort was constructed and mounted with heavy artillery , and called Fort Mercer . Fort Island and Red Bank were distant from each other half a mile . In the channel of the Delaware , which ran between them , two ranges of ...
... Red Bank , a fort was constructed and mounted with heavy artillery , and called Fort Mercer . Fort Island and Red Bank were distant from each other half a mile . In the channel of the Delaware , which ran between them , two ranges of ...
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... Red Bank , and in Fort Mifflin on Mud Island , but he had not a force equal to their com- plete defence . He appointed detachments to inter- cept the transportation of provisions from the British ships below the American works to ...
... Red Bank , and in Fort Mifflin on Mud Island , but he had not a force equal to their com- plete defence . He appointed detachments to inter- cept the transportation of provisions from the British ships below the American works to ...
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... Red Bank and Fort Island . The Augusta , a sixty - four gun ship , the Mer- lin frigate , and several small armed vessels moved up the Delaware to assault the works on Fort or Mud Island . Count Donop crossed into New Jersey with twelve ...
... Red Bank and Fort Island . The Augusta , a sixty - four gun ship , the Mer- lin frigate , and several small armed vessels moved up the Delaware to assault the works on Fort or Mud Island . Count Donop crossed into New Jersey with twelve ...
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