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... soon began to appear , which had already so fatally retarded the royal army . The want of horses and carriages , and the roads now become heavy and slippery , in consequence of the bad weather , ren- dered the advance of Baum ...
... soon began to appear , which had already so fatally retarded the royal army . The want of horses and carriages , and the roads now become heavy and slippery , in consequence of the bad weather , ren- dered the advance of Baum ...
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... soon assumed a quite different aspect ; colonel Warner arrived at the head of his regiment of the line , and falling upon the rear of the English and Germans , restored the battle with increase of vehe- mence . The militia that were ...
... soon assumed a quite different aspect ; colonel Warner arrived at the head of his regiment of the line , and falling upon the rear of the English and Germans , restored the battle with increase of vehe- mence . The militia that were ...
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... soon found occasion to give him a san- guinary proof of it . They concealed themselves with a detachment of regulars in the woods near the road by which the Americans approached . The moment the column had passed , they suddenly fell ...
... soon found occasion to give him a san- guinary proof of it . They concealed themselves with a detachment of regulars in the woods near the road by which the Americans approached . The moment the column had passed , they suddenly fell ...
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... soon informed of his approach , either by their own scouts , or by the spies that were de- spatched by Arnold himself , who prodigiously exaggerated his strength . At the name of Arnold , and in their present temper , they were seized ...
... soon informed of his approach , either by their own scouts , or by the spies that were de- spatched by Arnold himself , who prodigiously exaggerated his strength . At the name of Arnold , and in their present temper , they were seized ...
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... soon after pardoned him upon the promise made him by the savages of abstaining for the future from similar barbarities , and of strictly observing the conditions to which they had pledged themselves upon the banks of the river Bouquet ...
... soon after pardoned him upon the promise made him by the savages of abstaining for the future from similar barbarities , and of strictly observing the conditions to which they had pledged themselves upon the banks of the river Bouquet ...
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