Life of George Washington, Količina 2B. Tauchnitz, 1856 |
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... Long Island CHAPTER XXIII . - Retreat of General Thomas - His Death General Sullivan in Com- mand Scene on the Sorel - Sanguine Expectations of Sullivan — Washington's Opinion of Sullivan's Character Gates appointed to the Command in ...
... Long Island CHAPTER XXIII . - Retreat of General Thomas - His Death General Sullivan in Com- mand Scene on the Sorel - Sanguine Expectations of Sullivan — Washington's Opinion of Sullivan's Character Gates appointed to the Command in ...
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... Long Island CHAPTER XXXI . • CHAPTER XXXII . The Retreat from Long Island • • 250 256 267 285 - CHAPTER XXXIII . - Long Island in Possession of the Enemy Distressed Situation of the American Army at New York - · Question of Abandoning ...
... Long Island CHAPTER XXXI . • CHAPTER XXXII . The Retreat from Long Island • • 250 256 267 285 - CHAPTER XXXIII . - Long Island in Possession of the Enemy Distressed Situation of the American Army at New York - · Question of Abandoning ...
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... long , lumbering train of waggons , laden with ordnance and military stores , and decorated with flags , came ... island of St. Johns , plundered the house 1775. ] LETTER TO HOWE . 97 of the governor. 96 [ 1775 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... long , lumbering train of waggons , laden with ordnance and military stores , and decorated with flags , came ... island of St. Johns , plundered the house 1775. ] LETTER TO HOWE . 97 of the governor. 96 [ 1775 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... Long Island , with the professed intention of acting against the authority of Congress . Not to crush these serpents before their rattles are grown would be ruinous . " This manœuvre , I not only think prudent and right , but absolutely ...
... Long Island , with the professed intention of acting against the authority of Congress . Not to crush these serpents before their rattles are grown would be ruinous . " This manœuvre , I not only think prudent and right , but absolutely ...
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... Long Island , armed to oppose the American system of defence , and furnish- ing supplies to the British army and navy , they were in- vading American liberty as much as those besieged in Boston . If , in the city of New York , a body of ...
... Long Island , armed to oppose the American system of defence , and furnish- ing supplies to the British army and navy , they were in- vading American liberty as much as those besieged in Boston . If , in the city of New York , a body of ...
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affairs alarm American arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack battery boats Boston British camp Canada Canadians cannon cannonade Captain Carleton cause Clinton Colonel Colonel Reed colonies command commander-in-chief committee conduct Connecticut cross defence despatched detachment Dorchester Heights embarked encamped enemy enemy's Ethan Allen expedition fire fleet force Fort Constitution Fort Montgomery Fort Washington fortified garrison Gates George Clinton give Governor Governor Tryon Green Mountain Boys Greene guard guns head-quarters Hessians Highlands Hill honor Hudson hundred Indians inhabitants James Clinton Jerseys Johns King's Bridge land Lee's letter lieutenant Long Island miles military militia Montgomery Montreal morning night o'clock officers orders passed Philadelphia Point present President of Congress prisoners province Putnam quarters Quebec received regiment reinforcements retreat river Schuyler sent ships soldiers soon Sorel spirit Staten Island stationed Sullivan Sullivan's Island thousand Ticonderoga tion tories town troops Tryon Washington writes York