Life of George Washington, Količina 4G.P. Putnam & Company, 1857 |
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... Force ex- pected - Interview of Washington and De Rochambeau at Weathers- field - Plan of combined Operations - Financial Arrangement of Rob- ert Morris - Scheme to attack the Works on New York Island and capture Delancey's Corps ...
... Force ex- pected - Interview of Washington and De Rochambeau at Weathers- field - Plan of combined Operations - Financial Arrangement of Rob- ert Morris - Scheme to attack the Works on New York Island and capture Delancey's Corps ...
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Washington Irving. 1780. ] GENERAL LINCOLN AT CHARLESTON . 27 naval force , " there being nothing then in the American seas which could even venture to look at it . ” * Such were some of the considerations which had prompted the enemy to ...
Washington Irving. 1780. ] GENERAL LINCOLN AT CHARLESTON . 27 naval force , " there being nothing then in the American seas which could even venture to look at it . ” * Such were some of the considerations which had prompted the enemy to ...
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... force at New York and its dependencies , must amount , upon a moderate calculation , to about eleven thousand rank and file . Our situation is more critical from the impossibility of concentrating our force , as well as for the want of ...
... force at New York and its dependencies , must amount , upon a moderate calculation , to about eleven thousand rank and file . Our situation is more critical from the impossibility of concentrating our force , as well as for the want of ...
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... forces . The whole effective land force of the enemy he estimated at about eight thousand regu- lars and four thousand refugees , with some militia , on which no great dependence could be placed . Their naval force consisted of one ...
... forces . The whole effective land force of the enemy he estimated at about eight thousand regu- lars and four thousand refugees , with some militia , on which no great dependence could be placed . Their naval force consisted of one ...
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... force its way into the harbor of Charleston . Several days elapsed before the ships were able , by taking out their guns , provisions and water , and availing themselves of wind and tide , to pass the bar . They did so on the 20th of ...
... force its way into the harbor of Charleston . Several days elapsed before the ships were able , by taking out their guns , provisions and water , and availing themselves of wind and tide , to pass the bar . They did so on the 20th of ...
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Admiral advance affairs aide-de-camp American André arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack baggage battle bridge British Camden camp campaign captured cavalry Charleston Chesapeake Colonel command commander-in-chief conduct Congress crossed despatched detachment Dobbs Ferry dragoons effect Elizabethtown encamped enemy enemy's favor fire fleet forage force formed French garrison Gates gave give Greene guard Hamilton head-quarters honor horses Hudson hundred infantry ington Island James River Jersey Lafayette land letter Lord Cornwallis Lord Rawdon lordship marquis Marquis de Lafayette ment miles military militia Morristown Mount Vernon night North Carolina officers passed patriotism Pennsylvania Philadelphia present President prisoners received regiment reinforcements reply retired retreat road Rochambeau sent ships side Sir Henry Clinton soldiers South Staten Island Sumter Tarleton thousand tion took troops Virginia waggons Wash Washington Wayne West Point wounded writes York York Island Yorktown