Life of George Washington, Količina 4G.P. Putnam, 1869 |
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... cavalry , which he repulsed , and effected a retreat to Eliza- bethtown . Some few stragglers fell into the hands of the enemy , and many of his men were severely frostbitten . By way of retort , Knyphausen on the 25th of January , sent ...
... cavalry , which he repulsed , and effected a retreat to Eliza- bethtown . Some few stragglers fell into the hands of the enemy , and many of his men were severely frostbitten . By way of retort , Knyphausen on the 25th of January , sent ...
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... cavalry , and a number of 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 ...
... cavalry , and a number of 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 ...
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... cavalry posted themselves on a neighboring eminence , to prevent retreat or reinforcement , and the house was assailed . It made a brave resistance , and was aided by some of the yeomanry stationed in an adjacent orchard . The garrison ...
... cavalry posted themselves on a neighboring eminence , to prevent retreat or reinforcement , and the house was assailed . It made a brave resistance , and was aided by some of the yeomanry stationed in an adjacent orchard . The garrison ...
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... of the artillery horses , and all those of the cavalry perished . The scattered ships rejoined each other about the end of January , at Tybee Bay 1 Ann . Register , 1780 , p . 217 . on Savannah River , where those that had sus- tained.
... of the artillery horses , and all those of the cavalry perished . The scattered ships rejoined each other about the end of January , at Tybee Bay 1 Ann . Register , 1780 , p . 217 . on Savannah River , where those that had sus- tained.
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... cavalry horses was especially felt by Sir Henry . There was a corps of two hundred and fifty dragoons , on which he depended greatly in the kind of guerrilla warfare he was likely to pursue , in a country of for- ests and morasses ...
... cavalry horses was especially felt by Sir Henry . There was a corps of two hundred and fifty dragoons , on which he depended greatly in the kind of guerrilla warfare he was likely to pursue , in a country of for- ests and morasses ...
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