Life of George Washington, Količina 4G.P. Putnam, 1869 |
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Stran viii
... infantry . - - -Pro- poses a Brilliant Stroke . Preparations for an At- tack on the British Posts on New York Island . - Visit of the Marquis of Chastellux to the American Camp . Washington at Headquarters . — Attack on the British ...
... infantry . - - -Pro- poses a Brilliant Stroke . Preparations for an At- tack on the British Posts on New York Island . - Visit of the Marquis of Chastellux to the American Camp . Washington at Headquarters . — Attack on the British ...
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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 captains , 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 captains , and forty - two privates . This , likewise , was ...
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... infantry and grenadiers in- vested the mansion ; the 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 ...
... infantry and grenadiers in- vested the mansion ; the 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 ...
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... infantry of the British legion , two brave and enterprising officers . It was a toilsome march , through swamps and difficult passes . Being arrived in the neighborhood of Port Royal , where Tarleton had succeeded , though indifferently ...
... infantry of the British legion , two brave and enterprising officers . It was a toilsome march , through swamps and difficult passes . Being arrived in the neighborhood of Port Royal , where Tarleton had succeeded , though indifferently ...
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... infantry.1 On the 7th of April , Brigadier - general Wood- ford 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 passage now open ...
... infantry.1 On the 7th of April , Brigadier - general Wood- ford 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 passage now open ...
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advance aide-de-camp American André arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack baggage battle bridge British British army Camden camp campaign captured Catawba cavalry Charleston Chesapeake Colonel command commander-in-chief conduct Congress coöperate corps Count de Grasse Count de Rochambeau Creek crossed detachment dispatched dragoons effect encamped enemy enemy's eral favor fire forage force French fleet garrison Gates gave Governor Greene guard Hamilton head-quarters honor horses Hudson hundred infantry ington Island James River Jersey killed King's Lafayette land letter Lord Cornwallis Lord Rawdon lordship marquis Marquis de Lafayette ment miles military militia Morgan Mount Vernon mounted night North Carolina officers orders passed patriotism Pennsylvania prisoners quarters received regiment reinforcements retreat road Rochambeau sent ships side Sir Henry Clinton soldiers South Sumter Tallmadge Tarleton thousand tion took troops Virginia wagons Wash Washington Wayne West Point wounded writes York York Island Yorktown