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... success of so important an enterprise ; they had furnished with profusion what- ever the generals themselves had required or suggested . General Burgoyne , an officer of uncontested ability , possessed of an exact knowledge of the ...
... success of so important an enterprise ; they had furnished with profusion what- ever the generals themselves had required or suggested . General Burgoyne , an officer of uncontested ability , possessed of an exact knowledge of the ...
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... success was answerable to his efforts . Whether by the influence of his name , which was extreme among these tribes , from their avidity to grasp the presents of the English , or from their innate thirst for blood and plunder , their ...
... success was answerable to his efforts . Whether by the influence of his name , which was extreme among these tribes , from their avidity to grasp the presents of the English , or from their innate thirst for blood and plunder , their ...
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... success , the latter began to fall back in disorder ; but their leaders rallied them anew , and led them to a furious charge with the bayonet ; the Americans were shaken by its impetuosity . At this critical moment , general Reidesel ...
... success , the latter began to fall back in disorder ; but their leaders rallied them anew , and led them to a furious charge with the bayonet ; the Americans were shaken by its impetuosity . At this critical moment , general Reidesel ...
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... success he could desire . Finally , to retard the progress of the enemy , he resolved to threaten his left flank ; accordingly he detached colonel Warner , with his regiment , into the state of Vermont , with orders to assemble the ...
... success he could desire . Finally , to retard the progress of the enemy , he resolved to threaten his left flank ; accordingly he detached colonel Warner , with his regiment , into the state of Vermont , with orders to assemble the ...
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... success , as much , at least , as arms themselves . Even the ancient reproaches of cowardice were renewed against the Americans , and their own partisans abated much of the esteem they had borne them . They were more than half disposed ...
... success , as much , at least , as arms themselves . Even the ancient reproaches of cowardice were renewed against the Americans , and their own partisans abated much of the esteem they had borne them . They were more than half disposed ...
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