History of the War of the Independence of the United States of America, Volume 2H. Gray, 1826 |
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... garrison of Ticonderoga , and to rejoin the main army as it advanced . The American army , destined to oppose the progress of the royal troops , and to defend Ticonderoga , was altogether insufficient . The garrison had experienced such ...
... garrison of Ticonderoga , and to rejoin the main army as it advanced . The American army , destined to oppose the progress of the royal troops , and to defend Ticonderoga , was altogether insufficient . The garrison had experienced such ...
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... garrison of the fortress , which consisted of little above three thousand , a number quite inadequate to the defence of so vast a circuit of walls , and of so many outworks . Ticonderoga lies upon the western bank of that narrow inlet ...
... garrison of the fortress , which consisted of little above three thousand , a number quite inadequate to the defence of so vast a circuit of walls , and of so many outworks . Ticonderoga lies upon the western bank of that narrow inlet ...
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... garrison of three thousand men , one third of whom were militia from the northern provinces . But they were ill equipped , and worse armed , particularly in the article of bayonets , an arm so essential in the defence of lines ; not ...
... garrison of three thousand men , one third of whom were militia from the northern provinces . But they were ill equipped , and worse armed , particularly in the article of bayonets , an arm so essential in the defence of lines ; not ...
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... garrison must immediately eva- cuate the place , or surrender at discretion . This eminence being therefore attentively examined by the British generals , they believed it possible , though with infinite labor and difficulty , to ...
... garrison must immediately eva- cuate the place , or surrender at discretion . This eminence being therefore attentively examined by the British generals , they believed it possible , though with infinite labor and difficulty , to ...
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... garrison there , brigadier Powell was sent with two regiments to the succour of colo- nel Hill . The American colonel Long , who with a great part of his corps had escaped the destruction of the boats at the falls , command- ed the garrison ...
... garrison there , brigadier Powell was sent with two regiments to the succour of colo- nel Hill . The American colonel Long , who with a great part of his corps had escaped the destruction of the boats at the falls , command- ed the garrison ...
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