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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... objects , the case may be otherwise . " That this cause precipitated the fate of the brave , and much to be lamented General Montgo- mery , and brought on the defeat which followed thereupon , I have not the most distant doubt : For ...
... objects , the case may be otherwise . " That this cause precipitated the fate of the brave , and much to be lamented General Montgo- mery , and brought on the defeat which followed thereupon , I have not the most distant doubt : For ...
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... that New York was their object : On this supposition , he detached se- veral brigades of his army to that city , before the evacuation of Boston . General Howe remained a number of days in Nantasket Road 1776. ] 69 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... that New York was their object : On this supposition , he detached se- veral brigades of his army to that city , before the evacuation of Boston . General Howe remained a number of days in Nantasket Road 1776. ] 69 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... object of early and solicitouş attention . The command of this river was equally important to the American and the British general . By its possession , the Americans easily conveyed supplies of provision and ammunition to the north ...
... object of early and solicitouş attention . The command of this river was equally important to the American and the British general . By its possession , the Americans easily conveyed supplies of provision and ammunition to the north ...
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... object of primary im- portance , through every period of his command . In these defensive preparations , the American army incessantly laboured until Lord and General How arrived at Sandy Hook with the British fleet and army . In the ...
... object of primary im- portance , through every period of his command . In these defensive preparations , the American army incessantly laboured until Lord and General How arrived at Sandy Hook with the British fleet and army . In the ...
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... object was to draw the attention of the American commander from his left , and give General Clinton opportunity to gain the rear of the American troops stationed on the heights . General Putnam , in the appre- hension that the serious ...
... object was to draw the attention of the American commander from his left , and give General Clinton opportunity to gain the rear of the American troops stationed on the heights . General Putnam , in the appre- hension that the serious ...
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