Life of George Washington, Količina 2G.P. Putnam's sons, 1856 |
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... Boston . The Americans suspended their fire , but continued to fortify their positions . On the night of the 9th , a detachment was sent to plant a battery on Nook's Hill , an eminence at Dorchester , which lies nearest to Boston Neck ...
... Boston . The Americans suspended their fire , but continued to fortify their positions . On the night of the 9th , a detachment was sent to plant a battery on Nook's Hill , an eminence at Dorchester , which lies nearest to Boston Neck ...
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... Boston , feared that the movements there might be a feint . Determined to bring things to a crisis , he detached a force to Nook's Hill on Saturday , the 16th , which threw up a breastwork in the night regardless of the cannonading of ...
... Boston , feared that the movements there might be a feint . Determined to bring things to a crisis , he detached a force to Nook's Hill on Saturday , the 16th , which threw up a breastwork in the night regardless of the cannonading of ...
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... Boston , no electric shock - no sudden clap of thunder , -in a word , the last trump could not have struck them with greater consternation . They were at their wits ' end , and con- scious of their black ingratitude , chose to commit ...
... Boston , no electric shock - no sudden clap of thunder , -in a word , the last trump could not have struck them with greater consternation . They were at their wits ' end , and con- scious of their black ingratitude , chose to commit ...
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