The Life of George Washington, Količina 3Merrill & Baker, 1920 |
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Stran 150
... covered by parties of light troops , under Colonels Livingston and Laurens . Their retreat was not discovered until daylight , when a pursuit was commenced . The covering parties behaved gallantly , making frequent stands , abandoning ...
... covered by parties of light troops , under Colonels Livingston and Laurens . Their retreat was not discovered until daylight , when a pursuit was commenced . The covering parties behaved gallantly , making frequent stands , abandoning ...
Stran 347
... covering party to delay and hoodwink the enemy . Tarleton himself bears wit- ness in his narrative , that every measure of the Americans was judiciously designed and vigorously executed . So much had Cornwallis been misinformed at the ...
... covering party to delay and hoodwink the enemy . Tarleton himself bears wit- ness in his narrative , that every measure of the Americans was judiciously designed and vigorously executed . So much had Cornwallis been misinformed at the ...
Stran 385
... covered by ponds , the center and left by morasses over which a few narrow causeways of logs con- nected his position with the country , and James Island lay in the rear . His camp was concealed by a skirt of woods , and covered by an ...
... covered by ponds , the center and left by morasses over which a few narrow causeways of logs con- nected his position with the country , and James Island lay in the rear . His camp was concealed by a skirt of woods , and covered by an ...
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CHAPTER I | 12 |
Scarcity in the British CampGates bides his TimeForaging Move | 21 |
CHAPTER III | 37 |
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advance aide-de-camp American André arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack attempt baggage battle boats brigade British Burgoyne camp campaign capture cavalry Charleston Colonel command commander-in-chief conduct Congress Conway corps Count Count D'Estaing crossed detachment dragoons effect encamped enemy enemy's enterprise expedition Ferry fire fleet forage force Fort Mifflin Fort Montgomery French garrison Gates gave give Greene guard Hamilton head-quarters Highlands Hill honor horses Hudson hundred infantry Island Jersey killed Lafayette land letter Lord Cornwallis Lord Rawdon Lord Stirling lordship main body marquis Marquis de Lafayette ment Mifflin miles military militia Mischianza night North Carolina officers orders party passed Peekskill Pennsylvania Philadelphia prisoners quarters rear received regiment reinforcements reply retreat river road sent ships side Sir Henry Clinton soldiers South Stony Point Sumter surprise Tarleton thousand tion took troops Virginia Washington Wayne West Point wounded writes York York Island