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... fell in with a party of the enemy , who were escorting some cattle and provisions , both of which he took with little difficulty and sent back to the camp ; but that evil fortune soon began to appear , which had already so fatally ...
... fell in with a party of the enemy , who were escorting some cattle and provisions , both of which he took with little difficulty and sent back to the camp ; but that evil fortune soon began to appear , which had already so fatally ...
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... fell upon the rear guard with inconceivable fury . After the first fire the Indians rushed on with their spears and hatchets , and killed with the same cruelty those who resisted and those who surrendered . The disorder became extreme ...
... fell upon the rear guard with inconceivable fury . After the first fire the Indians rushed on with their spears and hatchets , and killed with the same cruelty those who resisted and those who surrendered . The disorder became extreme ...
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... fell into the hands of the enemy ; who , issuing from the fort , assailed their rear guard , and treated it very roughly . But the British troops were exposed to greater danger from the fury of their savage allies , than even from the ...
... fell into the hands of the enemy ; who , issuing from the fort , assailed their rear guard , and treated it very roughly . But the British troops were exposed to greater danger from the fury of their savage allies , than even from the ...
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... fell to quarrelling about their recompense , each con- tending that it belonged entirely to himself ; when one of them , trans- ported with brutal fury , raised his club and laid the unhappy maiden dead at his feet . General Burgoyne ...
... fell to quarrelling about their recompense , each con- tending that it belonged entirely to himself ; when one of them , trans- ported with brutal fury , raised his club and laid the unhappy maiden dead at his feet . General Burgoyne ...
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... fell upon this right wing . Gates , at the same time , sent a strong reen- forcement to decide the action on the English left , which being at length totally overpowered , fell into disorder and fled . The light infantry and the twenty ...
... fell upon this right wing . Gates , at the same time , sent a strong reen- forcement to decide the action on the English left , which being at length totally overpowered , fell into disorder and fled . The light infantry and the twenty ...
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