Life of George Washington, Količina 2B. Tauchnitz, 1856 |
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... ferry ; and General Heath was detached with a party of men to carry on the work which Putnam had commenced . The enemy resumed their fire . Sen- tinels were placed to give notice of a shot or shell ; the men would crouch down or dodge ...
... ferry ; and General Heath was detached with a party of men to carry on the work which Putnam had commenced . The enemy resumed their fire . Sen- tinels were placed to give notice of a shot or shell ; the men would crouch down or dodge ...
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... Ferry . The men on board were kept close , to avoid being picked off by a party of riflemen posted on the river bank . The ships fired grape - shot as they passed , but without effecting any injury . Unfortunately , a passage had been ...
... Ferry . The men on board were kept close , to avoid being picked off by a party of riflemen posted on the river bank . The ships fired grape - shot as they passed , but without effecting any injury . Unfortunately , a passage had been ...
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... ferry at the Narrows through Utrecht and Gravesend , to the village of Flatland . Lord Cornwallis , with two battalions of light - infantry , Colonel Donop's corps of Hessians , and six field - pieces , advanced rapidly to seize upon ...
... ferry at the Narrows through Utrecht and Gravesend , to the village of Flatland . Lord Cornwallis , with two battalions of light - infantry , Colonel Donop's corps of Hessians , and six field - pieces , advanced rapidly to seize upon ...
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... themselves to move off quietly , march briskly to the ferry , and embark . In case of any alarm that might disconcert the arrangements , 1776. ] THE WITHDRAWAL FROM THE CAMP . 289 Brooklyn 288 [ 1776 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... themselves to move off quietly , march briskly to the ferry , and embark . In case of any alarm that might disconcert the arrangements , 1776. ] THE WITHDRAWAL FROM THE CAMP . 289 Brooklyn 288 [ 1776 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... ferry , superintending every movement . In his anxiety for despatch , he sent back Colonel Scammel , one of his aides - de - camp , to hasten * Graydon's Memoirs , p . 167 . Life of Washington . II . 19 forward all the troops that were ...
... ferry , superintending every movement . In his anxiety for despatch , he sent back Colonel Scammel , one of his aides - de - camp , to hasten * Graydon's Memoirs , p . 167 . Life of Washington . II . 19 forward all the troops that were ...
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