The Life of George Washington: Commander-in-chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United StatesPorter & Coates, 1808 - 560 páginas |
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... as we have heretofore in the first , I shall think it the most fortunate event of my whole life . " To defend the American lines with an incom- 8 • petent number of troops , with defective arms , 1776. ] 57 LIFE OF WASHINGTON ,
... as we have heretofore in the first , I shall think it the most fortunate event of my whole life . " To defend the American lines with an incom- 8 • petent number of troops , with defective arms , 1776. ] 57 LIFE OF WASHINGTON ,
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... events of greater magnitude The public was ignorant of his actual situation , and conceived his means for offensive operations , to be much greater than in reality they were ; and from him expected the capture or expulsion of the ...
... events of greater magnitude The public was ignorant of his actual situation , and conceived his means for offensive operations , to be much greater than in reality they were ; and from him expected the capture or expulsion of the ...
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... event , and to be restrained in every military operation , for the want of the necessary means to carry it on , is not very pleasing ; espe- cially , as the means ussd to conceal my weakness 66 [ 1776 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... event , and to be restrained in every military operation , for the want of the necessary means to carry it on , is not very pleasing ; espe- cially , as the means ussd to conceal my weakness 66 [ 1776 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... event , and presented to his Excellency . " In his letter , informing Congress that he had executed their order , and communicated to the army the vote of thanks , he observes , " They were indeed , at first , a band of undisciplined ...
... event , and presented to his Excellency . " In his letter , informing Congress that he had executed their order , and communicated to the army the vote of thanks , he observes , " They were indeed , at first , a band of undisciplined ...
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... event , that he will who believes that he must conquer or submit uncondi- tionally , and take the consequences , such as con- fiscation and hanging . " AUG . 8. General Howe commanded a force of twenty - four thousand men , well ...
... event , that he will who believes that he must conquer or submit uncondi- tionally , and take the consequences , such as con- fiscation and hanging . " AUG . 8. General Howe commanded a force of twenty - four thousand men , well ...
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