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... troops . The republicans prepare to oppose sir William Howe . The marquis de la Fayette , and his qualities . Howe lands with his army at the head of Elk . Battle of Brandywine . After various movements the royal- ists take possession ...
... troops . The republicans prepare to oppose sir William Howe . The marquis de la Fayette , and his qualities . Howe lands with his army at the head of Elk . Battle of Brandywine . After various movements the royal- ists take possession ...
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... troops . War rekindles in South Carolina . General Gates takes the command of the southern army . Battle of Camb- den between Gates and Cornwallis . Bloody executions in South Carolina . Conspiracy and treason . Deplorable death of ...
... troops . War rekindles in South Carolina . General Gates takes the command of the southern army . Battle of Camb- den between Gates and Cornwallis . Bloody executions in South Carolina . Conspiracy and treason . Deplorable death of ...
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... troops to invest Ticonderoga . The right wing took the western bank of the lake , the left advanced upon the eastern , and the centre was embarked upon the lake itself . The reduction of this fortress , without which it was impossible ...
... troops to invest Ticonderoga . The right wing took the western bank of the lake , the left advanced upon the eastern , and the centre was embarked upon the lake itself . The reduction of this fortress , without which it was impossible ...
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... troops . He also expected every moment to be joined by general Reidesel ; and being apprehensive that the enemy might escape if he delayed , he ordered the attack immediately . The battle was long and sanguinary . The Americans being ...
... troops . He also expected every moment to be joined by general Reidesel ; and being apprehensive that the enemy might escape if he delayed , he ordered the attack immediately . The battle was long and sanguinary . The Americans being ...
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... troops , and revived the hopes . of the enemy ; that the Americans would undoubtedly have made a stand at Fort George , and in the meantime would have broken up the road leading to Fort Edward ; that by passing , as he had done ...
... troops , and revived the hopes . of the enemy ; that the Americans would undoubtedly have made a stand at Fort George , and in the meantime would have broken up the road leading to Fort Edward ; that by passing , as he had done ...
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