Life of George Washington, Količina 4G.P. Putnam & Company, 1857 |
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... Infantry - Proposes a brilliant Stroke - Preparations for an Attack on the British Posts of New York Island - Visit of the Marquis of Chastellux to the American Camp - Washington at Head - Quarters - Attack on the British Posts given up ...
... Infantry - Proposes a brilliant Stroke - Preparations for an Attack on the British Posts of New York Island - Visit of the Marquis of Chastellux to the American Camp - Washington at Head - Quarters - Attack on the British Posts given up ...
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... infantry , under Lieutenant - colonel Boskirk , crossed from Staten Island to Trembly's Point , surprised the picket - guard at Elizabethtown , and captured two majors , two cap- tains , and forty - two privates . This , likewise , was ...
... infantry , under Lieutenant - colonel Boskirk , crossed from Staten Island to Trembly's Point , surprised the picket - guard at Elizabethtown , and captured two majors , two cap- tains , and forty - two privates . This , likewise , was ...
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... infantry and grenadiers invested the mansion ; the cavalry posted themselves on a neigh- boring eminence , to prevent retreat or reinforcement , and the house was assailed . It made a brave resist- ance , and was aided by some of the ...
... infantry and grenadiers invested the mansion ; the cavalry posted themselves on a neigh- boring eminence , to prevent retreat or reinforcement , and the house was assailed . It made a brave resist- ance , and was aided by some of the ...
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... infantry . * On the 7th of April , Brigadier - general Woodford with seven hundred Virginia troops , after a forced march of five hundred miles in thirty days , crossed from the east side of Cooper River , by the only pas- sage now open ...
... infantry . * On the 7th of April , Brigadier - general Woodford with seven hundred Virginia troops , after a forced march of five hundred miles in thirty days , crossed from the east side of Cooper River , by the only pas- sage now open ...
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... infantry , and by Colonel William Washington , with such of his dragoons as had escaped at Monk's Corner . Cornwallis had committed the country between Cooper and Wando Rivers to Tarleton's charge , with orders to * Stedman , ii . 183 ...
... infantry , and by Colonel William Washington , with such of his dragoons as had escaped at Monk's Corner . Cornwallis had committed the country between Cooper and Wando Rivers to Tarleton's charge , with orders to * Stedman , ii . 183 ...
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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