The Life of George Washington: Commander-in-chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United StatesPorter & Coates, 1808 - 560 páginas |
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... Forces - Camp at Brooklyn - Battle on Long Island - Retreat from it - The City and Island of New York evacuated ... Force for the Protec- tion of New Jersey - Army inoculated - Abuse of Ameri- can Prisoners - The Exchange of General ...
... Forces - Camp at Brooklyn - Battle on Long Island - Retreat from it - The City and Island of New York evacuated ... Force for the Protec- tion of New Jersey - Army inoculated - Abuse of Ameri- can Prisoners - The Exchange of General ...
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... force was then marching from that place to the Great Meadows . Although hostilities had not yet com- menced , yet it was considered that the French had invaded the English territory ; and many cir- cumstances rendered it probable , that ...
... force was then marching from that place to the Great Meadows . Although hostilities had not yet com- menced , yet it was considered that the French had invaded the English territory ; and many cir- cumstances rendered it probable , that ...
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... force consisted of fifteen hundred men . The as- sault was spiritedly made , and bravely repelled . Part of the garrison fought within the fort , and part in the ditch , which was almost filled with mud and water . Colonel Washington ...
... force consisted of fifteen hundred men . The as- sault was spiritedly made , and bravely repelled . Part of the garrison fought within the fort , and part in the ditch , which was almost filled with mud and water . Colonel Washington ...
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... force ; the whole commanded by Colonel Innes of North Carolina . * In an infamous publication in the Aurora , under the signa- ture of JASPER DWIGHT . Governor Dinwiddie , with advice of council , or- dered 10 [ 1754 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... force ; the whole commanded by Colonel Innes of North Carolina . * In an infamous publication in the Aurora , under the signa- ture of JASPER DWIGHT . Governor Dinwiddie , with advice of council , or- dered 10 [ 1754 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... force he was to defend a frontier of three hundred and sixty miles . The French on the Ohio , aided by the numerous Indians attached to their inte- rests , embraced every favourable opportunity to invade the northern and western borders ...
... force he was to defend a frontier of three hundred and sixty miles . The French on the Ohio , aided by the numerous Indians attached to their inte- rests , embraced every favourable opportunity to invade the northern and western borders ...
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