The Life of George Washington, Količina 3Merrill & Baker, 1920 |
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Stran 76
... head of the Board of War , assume the management of military affairs , and save the country ! Gates was not a strong - minded man . Is it a wonder , then , that his brain should be bewildered by the fumes of incense offered up on every ...
... head of the Board of War , assume the management of military affairs , and save the country ! Gates was not a strong - minded man . Is it a wonder , then , that his brain should be bewildered by the fumes of incense offered up on every ...
Stran 378
... head - quarters in farm houses , and occasionally , on festive oc- casions , long tables were spread in the adjacent barns , which were converted into banqueting halls . The young French officers gained the good graces of the country ...
... head - quarters in farm houses , and occasionally , on festive oc- casions , long tables were spread in the adjacent barns , which were converted into banqueting halls . The young French officers gained the good graces of the country ...
Stran 403
... Head of Elk . About three miles below Chester , he was met by an express bearing tidings of the arrival of the Count de Grasse in the Chesapeake with twenty - eight ships of the line . Washington instantly rode back to Chester to ...
... Head of Elk . About three miles below Chester , he was met by an express bearing tidings of the arrival of the Count de Grasse in the Chesapeake with twenty - eight ships of the line . Washington instantly rode back to Chester to ...
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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