Life of George Washington, Količina 4G.P. Putnam & Company, 1857 |
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... mounted Westchester refugees , with two three - pounders . The snow , being newly fallen , was deep ; the sleighs broke their way through it with difficulty . The troops at length abandoned them and pushed forward on foot . The cannon ...
... mounted Westchester refugees , with two three - pounders . The snow , being newly fallen , was deep ; the sleighs broke their way through it with difficulty . The troops at length abandoned them and pushed forward on foot . The cannon ...
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... mounting forty - four guns , was to co - operate with Forts Moultrie and Johnston and the various bat- teries , in the defence of the harbor . They were to lie before the bar so as to command the entrance of it . Great reliance also was ...
... mounting forty - four guns , was to co - operate with Forts Moultrie and Johnston and the various bat- teries , in the defence of the harbor . They were to lie before the bar so as to command the entrance of it . Great reliance also was ...
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... of successful defence were at an end . The works were in ruins ; the guns almost all dis- mounted ; the garrison exhausted with fatigue , the pro- 1780. ] TERMS OF CAPITULATION . 55 visions nearly consumed 54 [ 1780 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... of successful defence were at an end . The works were in ruins ; the guns almost all dis- mounted ; the garrison exhausted with fatigue , the pro- 1780. ] TERMS OF CAPITULATION . 55 visions nearly consumed 54 [ 1780 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
Stran 56
... mounted infantry , and a three pounder . The bold partisan pushed forward with his usual ardor and rapidity . The weather was sultry , many of his horses gave out through fatigue and heat ; he pressed others by the way , leaving behind ...
... mounted infantry , and a three pounder . The bold partisan pushed forward with his usual ardor and rapidity . The weather was sultry , many of his horses gave out through fatigue and heat ; he pressed others by the way , leaving behind ...
Stran 58
... mounted infantry . Tarleton , who advanced at the head of thirty chosen dragoons and some infantry , states that when within fifty paces of the Continental infantry they presented , but he heard their officers command them to retain ...
... mounted infantry . Tarleton , who advanced at the head of thirty chosen dragoons and some infantry , states that when within fifty paces of the Continental infantry they presented , but he heard their officers command them to retain ...
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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