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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... camp at Loyal Hanna , through a road said to be indescribably bad , about the fifth of November , where , as had been predicted , a council of war determined , that it was unadvisable to proceed further this campaign . It would have ...
... camp at Loyal Hanna , through a road said to be indescribably bad , about the fifth of November , where , as had been predicted , a council of war determined , that it was unadvisable to proceed further this campaign . It would have ...
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... camp were employed by the commander in chief in reconnoitring the enemy , and examining the strength and situation of the American troops . July 3 . disposition armies . The main body of the British army under strength and the immediate ...
... camp were employed by the commander in chief in reconnoitring the enemy , and examining the strength and situation of the American troops . July 3 . disposition armies . The main body of the British army under strength and the immediate ...
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... camp , and a twenty gun ship below the ferry , between Boston and Charlestown . There was also on the Boston side of the water , on Cop's or Cope's hill , a strong battery which had very much annoyed the provincials while in posses ...
... camp , and a twenty gun ship below the ferry , between Boston and Charlestown . There was also on the Boston side of the water , on Cop's or Cope's hill , a strong battery which had very much annoyed the provincials while in posses ...
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... camp , and to continue the blockade of the enemy on the land side . This force was by no means so considerable as the common opinion made it , and a variety of circumstances combined to render it still less efficient , than from its ...
... camp , and to continue the blockade of the enemy on the land side . This force was by no means so considerable as the common opinion made it , and a variety of circumstances combined to render it still less efficient , than from its ...
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... camp , he had ordered a return De Deficiency of the ammunition to be made , and the report in arms and stated three hundred and three barrels of powder to be in the stores . A few days after this return , on directing a fresh supply to ...
... camp , he had ordered a return De Deficiency of the ammunition to be made , and the report in arms and stated three hundred and three barrels of powder to be in the stores . A few days after this return , on directing a fresh supply to ...
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