Life of George Washington, Količina 2G.P. Putnam's sons, 1856 |
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... Town Besieged - Plan of an Escalade - Attack of the Lower Town - Montgomery in the Advance - His Death - Retreat of Colonel Campbell- Attack by Arnold - Defence of the Lower Town - Arnold wounded - Retreat of the Americans - Gallant ...
... Town Besieged - Plan of an Escalade - Attack of the Lower Town - Montgomery in the Advance - His Death - Retreat of Colonel Campbell- Attack by Arnold - Defence of the Lower Town - Arnold wounded - Retreat of the Americans - Gallant ...
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... town , " writes he to Washington , " if the cannon were removed from the batteries and wharves , but I ever considered their threats as a brutum fulmen , and even per- suaded the town to be of the same way of thinking . We accord- ingly ...
... town , " writes he to Washington , " if the cannon were removed from the batteries and wharves , but I ever considered their threats as a brutum fulmen , and even per- suaded the town to be of the same way of thinking . We accord- ingly ...
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... town . " What madness was this ! " writes the critical lieutenant . " A town that was of no use to us ; that but ten or fifteen minutes before he had gladly left ; that was now filled with three or four thousand enemies , stationed in ...
... town . " What madness was this ! " writes the critical lieutenant . " A town that was of no use to us ; that but ten or fifteen minutes before he had gladly left ; that was now filled with three or four thousand enemies , stationed in ...
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5th Series advance affairs aide-de-camp alarm Allen American arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack battery boats Boston brigade British Cadwalader camp Canada cannon cannonade Captain Carleton cause Clinton Colonel Colonel Reed colonies command commander-in-chief committee Connecticut crossed defence Delaware detachment embarked encamped enemy enemy's Ethan Allen Ferry fire force Fort Constitution Fort Montgomery Fort Washington garrison Gates George Clinton Governor Green Mountain Boys Greene guard guns head-quarters Heath Hessians Highlands Hill honor Hudson hundred James Clinton Jerseys King's Bridge land letter lieutenant Long Island Lord Stirling ment miles military militia Montgomery morning night o'clock officers orders pass Peekskill Philadelphia Point present President of Congress prisoners province Putnam quarters Quebec Rahl received regiment reinforced retreat riflemen river Schuyler sent Seth Warner ships soldiers soon spirit Staten Island stationed Sullivan thousand Ticonderoga tion tories town Trenton troops Washington writes York