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... enemy could pass the river . The companies of militia were armed , and stationed at their posts . The Royal Irish manifested the greatest resolution . The marines were put on shore , who , accustomed to the management of cannon , were ...
... enemy could pass the river . The companies of militia were armed , and stationed at their posts . The Royal Irish manifested the greatest resolution . The marines were put on shore , who , accustomed to the management of cannon , were ...
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... enemy approach , were seized with terror , threw down their arms , and fled . The battery itself was abandoned ; and if the Ame- ricans could have advanced with sufficient expedition , they would certainly have been masters of it . But ...
... enemy approach , were seized with terror , threw down their arms , and fled . The battery itself was abandoned ; and if the Ame- ricans could have advanced with sufficient expedition , they would certainly have been masters of it . But ...
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... enemy from the shelter of its walls . They foresaw that this army would soon be necessary to oppose the British forces at other points , and to protect other parts of the American territory . It was presumed that the English would ...
... enemy from the shelter of its walls . They foresaw that this army would soon be necessary to oppose the British forces at other points , and to protect other parts of the American territory . It was presumed that the English would ...
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... enemy the little noise which it was impossible to avoid . The frost had rendered the roads easy . The batteries of Phipps Farm , and those of Roxbury , incessantly fulminated with a stupendous roar . Eight hundred men composed the ...
... enemy the little noise which it was impossible to avoid . The frost had rendered the roads easy . The batteries of Phipps Farm , and those of Roxbury , incessantly fulminated with a stupendous roar . Eight hundred men composed the ...
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... enemy . Moore answered him that he had himself to take an oath of fidelity to Congress , and to lay down arms , and that , in so doing , he should be received as a friend . During these negotiations , which Moore had the address to draw ...
... enemy . Moore answered him that he had himself to take an oath of fidelity to Congress , and to lay down arms , and that , in so doing , he should be received as a friend . During these negotiations , which Moore had the address to draw ...
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