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 3C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
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... land an army under sir William Howe at Elk river .... General Wash- ington advances to Brandywine .... Lord Cornwallis at- tacks Maxwell's corps and compels them to retreat .... The American army defeated at Brandywine , and re- treat ...
... land an army under sir William Howe at Elk river .... General Wash- ington advances to Brandywine .... Lord Cornwallis at- tacks Maxwell's corps and compels them to retreat .... The American army defeated at Brandywine , and re- treat ...
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... land , a very great dis- tance . In consequence of these embarrassments , the fleet equipped by the Americans amounted only to fifteen vessels , consisting of two schooners , one sloop , one cutter , three gallies , and eight gondolas ...
... land , a very great dis- tance . In consequence of these embarrassments , the fleet equipped by the Americans amounted only to fifteen vessels , consisting of two schooners , one sloop , one cutter , three gallies , and eight gondolas ...
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... land . He afterwards dragged up the rapids of St. Therese and St Johns , thirty long boats , a number of flat boats of con- siderable burden , a gondola weighing thirty tons , with above four hundred batteaux . This immense work was ...
... land . He afterwards dragged up the rapids of St. Therese and St Johns , thirty long boats , a number of flat boats of con- siderable burden , a gondola weighing thirty tons , with above four hundred batteaux . This immense work was ...
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... land their crews in safety ; after which , he blew them up , and saved his men , in spite of the efforts made to prevent both . This defeat did not dispirit the Americans , nor diminish the reputation of Arnold . The gallant resistance ...
... land their crews in safety ; after which , he blew them up , and saved his men , in spite of the efforts made to prevent both . This defeat did not dispirit the Americans , nor diminish the reputation of Arnold . The gallant resistance ...
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... land forces , amounting to about three thousand men , were commanded by general sir Henry Clinton , and the fleet to be employed in this service , was intrusted to sir Peter Parker . They sailed from New York about the last of November ...
... land forces , amounting to about three thousand men , were commanded by general sir Henry Clinton , and the fleet to be employed in this service , was intrusted to sir Peter Parker . They sailed from New York about the last of November ...
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