Life of George Washington, Količina 2G. P. Putnam's sons, 1856 |
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Stran 27
... thousand veteran troops , well ap- pointed and well disciplined . In visiting the different posts , Washington halted for a time at Prospect Hill , which , as its name denotes , com- manded a wide view over Boston and the surrounding ...
... thousand veteran troops , well ap- pointed and well disciplined . In visiting the different posts , Washington halted for a time at Prospect Hill , which , as its name denotes , com- manded a wide view over Boston and the surrounding ...
Stran 28
... thousand men under arms ; there were not much more than fourteen thousand . He had expected to find some degree of system and discipline ; whereas all were raw militia . He had expected to find works scientifically constructed , and ...
... thousand men under arms ; there were not much more than fourteen thousand . He had expected to find some degree of system and discipline ; whereas all were raw militia . He had expected to find works scientifically constructed , and ...
Stran 29
... thousand strongly posted veterans , we are at a loss whether to attribute its hazardous position to ignorance , or to that daring self- confidence , which at times , in our military history , has snatched success in defiance of ...
... thousand strongly posted veterans , we are at a loss whether to attribute its hazardous position to ignorance , or to that daring self- confidence , which at times , in our military history , has snatched success in defiance of ...
Stran 41
... admitted , it was determined to hold on to the works , and defend them as long as pos- sible and , in the meantime , to augment the army to at least twenty thousand men . Washington now hastened to improve the defenses of the camp.
... admitted , it was determined to hold on to the works , and defend them as long as pos- sible and , in the meantime , to augment the army to at least twenty thousand men . Washington now hastened to improve the defenses of the camp.
Stran 44
... Thousands are at work every day from four till eleven o'clock in the morning . " Lee was supposed to have been at the bottom of this rigid discipline the result of his experience in European campaigning . His notions of military ...
... Thousands are at work every day from four till eleven o'clock in the morning . " Lee was supposed to have been at the bottom of this rigid discipline the result of his experience in European campaigning . His notions of military ...
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