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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... ground , when some friendly Indians informed him that the French had driven away a working party , sent by the Ohio company to erect a fort on the south eastern branch of the Ohio , and were themselves building a fortress on the very ground ...
... ground , when some friendly Indians informed him that the French had driven away a working party , sent by the Ohio company to erect a fort on the south eastern branch of the Ohio , and were themselves building a fortress on the very ground ...
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... ground that day , scarcely thir- ty men were left alive . Captain Peronny and all his officers , down to a corporal , were killed . Captain Poulson had almost as hard a fate , for only one of his escaped . In short , the dastardly ...
... ground that day , scarcely thir- ty men were left alive . Captain Peronny and all his officers , down to a corporal , were killed . Captain Poulson had almost as hard a fate , for only one of his escaped . In short , the dastardly ...
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... ground not more favourable . In respect to forage there could be no material difference . The hills on both routes were barren , and the vallies between abounded with grass . The objection to Braddock's road , he observed , on account ...
... ground not more favourable . In respect to forage there could be no material difference . The hills on both routes were barren , and the vallies between abounded with grass . The objection to Braddock's road , he observed , on account ...
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... ground were subjected to heavy services in the field of war . The only recourse was to a paper medium , with- out funds for its redemption , or for the support of its credit , and therefore of necessity subject to depreciation , and ...
... ground were subjected to heavy services in the field of war . The only recourse was to a paper medium , with- out funds for its redemption , or for the support of its credit , and therefore of necessity subject to depreciation , and ...
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... great use , as the ground was deeply frozen ; and , in the course of the night , the party by great ex- ertions erected works that defended them against the shot of the enemy . On the next morning F 2 1776.1 LIFE OF WASHINGTON . 67.
... great use , as the ground was deeply frozen ; and , in the course of the night , the party by great ex- ertions erected works that defended them against the shot of the enemy . On the next morning F 2 1776.1 LIFE OF WASHINGTON . 67.
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