Life of George Washington, Količina 5G. P. Putnam, 1857 |
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Stran 13
... batteries on Province Island , on the west side of the Delaware , within five hundred yards of Fort Mifflin , and mounting them with heavy cannon . Washington consulted with his gen- eral officers what was to be done . Had the army ...
... batteries on Province Island , on the west side of the Delaware , within five hundred yards of Fort Mifflin , and mounting them with heavy cannon . Washington consulted with his gen- eral officers what was to be done . Had the army ...
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... batteries , which mounted eighteen , twenty - four , and thirty - two pounders . Colonel Smith doubted the competency of his feeble garrison to defend the works against a force so terribly effective , and wrote to Washington accordingly ...
... batteries , which mounted eighteen , twenty - four , and thirty - two pounders . Colonel Smith doubted the competency of his feeble garrison to defend the works against a force so terribly effective , and wrote to Washington accordingly ...
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... battery , to bear upon the works ; but though it opened a terrible fire , it was silenced before night . The next day ... batteries on Province Island enfiladed the works . The ships in the inner channel ap- proached so near as to throw ...
... battery , to bear upon the works ; but though it opened a terrible fire , it was silenced before night . The next day ... batteries on Province Island enfiladed the works . The ships in the inner channel ap- proached so near as to throw ...
Stran 17
... batteries , with clouds of sulphurous smoke , and the deafening thunder of cannon . Before night there was hardly a fortification to de- fend ; palisades were shivered , guns dis- mounted , the whole parapet levelled . There was ...
... batteries , with clouds of sulphurous smoke , and the deafening thunder of cannon . Before night there was hardly a fortification to de- fend ; palisades were shivered , guns dis- mounted , the whole parapet levelled . There was ...
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... Fort Constitution , and a battery on each side of the river , would answer a much better purpose than at Fort Montgomery , as the garrison would be reinforced by militia with more expedition , Putnam , on the contrary , wished to keep as.
... Fort Constitution , and a battery on each side of the river , would answer a much better purpose than at Fort Montgomery , as the garrison would be reinforced by militia with more expedition , Putnam , on the contrary , wished to keep as.
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