Life of George Washington, Količina 2B. Tauchnitz, 1856 |
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... arms ; there were not much more than fourteen thousand . He had expected to find some degree of system and discipline , whereas all were raw militia . He had expected to find works scientifically constructed , and proofs of know- ledge ...
... arms ; there were not much more than fourteen thousand . He had expected to find some degree of system and discipline , whereas all were raw militia . He had expected to find works scientifically constructed , and proofs of know- ledge ...
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... arms ; but of that kind of friendship there was no further manifestation . Gates was certainly of great service , from his practical knowledge and mili- tary experience at this juncture , when the whole army had in a manner to be ...
... arms ; but of that kind of friendship there was no further manifestation . Gates was certainly of great service , from his practical knowledge and mili- tary experience at this juncture , when the whole army had in a manner to be ...
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... arms on the frontier and obtained a command . He and his rifle- men in coming to the camp had marched six hundred miles in three weeks . They will be found of signal efficiency in the sharpest conflicts of the revolutionary war . While ...
... arms on the frontier and obtained a command . He and his rifle- men in coming to the camp had marched six hundred miles in three weeks . They will be found of signal efficiency in the sharpest conflicts of the revolutionary war . While ...
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... The whole country is in arms and intrenched . We are deprived of fresh provisions , subject to continual alarms and can- nonadings , the Provincials being very audacious and ad- vancing to our lines , since the arrival of Generals.
... The whole country is in arms and intrenched . We are deprived of fresh provisions , subject to continual alarms and can- nonadings , the Provincials being very audacious and ad- vancing to our lines , since the arrival of Generals.
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... arms in their early days ; but Gage might now affect to look down upon him as the chief of a rebel army . Washington took an early op- portunity to let him know , that he claimed to be the commander of a legitimate force , engaged in a ...
... arms in their early days ; but Gage might now affect to look down upon him as the chief of a rebel army . Washington took an early op- portunity to let him know , that he claimed to be the commander of a legitimate force , engaged in a ...
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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