Life of George Washington...J. Stockdale, 1808 - 560 Seiten |
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... campaign opened , their patience was exhausted , and they re- tired to their homes . It was confidently expected that the army would march by Braddock's road , which needed only slight repairs ; but on the last of this month , Col ...
... campaign opened , their patience was exhausted , and they re- tired to their homes . It was confidently expected that the army would march by Braddock's road , which needed only slight repairs ; but on the last of this month , Col ...
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... campaign . • In the same letter , he communicated an order of march on Braddock's road , which would bring the army in sixty - four days before Fort du Quesne , with provisions for eighty - six days . He also wrote to Major Halket , Aid ...
... campaign . • In the same letter , he communicated an order of march on Braddock's road , which would bring the army in sixty - four days before Fort du Quesne , with provisions for eighty - six days . He also wrote to Major Halket , Aid ...
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... campaign to a happy issue . " Mentioning the arguments he had brought against the new road , he proceeds : " But I spoke all unavailingly . The road was immediately be- gun , and since then , from one to two thousand men have constantly ...
... campaign to a happy issue . " Mentioning the arguments he had brought against the new road , he proceeds : " But I spoke all unavailingly . The road was immediately be- gun , and since then , from one to two thousand men have constantly ...
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... campaign was wholly to be attributed to the pressure of the English on Canada , which constrained the French commander in chief to call in , or weaken his out posts ; but for this circumstance , the gloomy predictions of Colonel ...
... campaign was wholly to be attributed to the pressure of the English on Canada , which constrained the French commander in chief to call in , or weaken his out posts ; but for this circumstance , the gloomy predictions of Colonel ...
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... campaign ; and the inhabitants of the frontiers placed full confidence in him , even at a țime when he was unable to defend them from the slaughter and devastation of the enemy . Colonel Washington now saw the great ob- ject attained ...
... campaign ; and the inhabitants of the frontiers placed full confidence in him , even at a țime when he was unable to defend them from the slaughter and devastation of the enemy . Colonel Washington now saw the great ob- ject attained ...
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