Life of George Washington, Količina 2B. Tauchnitz, 1856 |
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... Garrison Comments of Washington on the State of Affairs - The Enemy cross the Hudson - CHAPTER XLI . - - Retreat of the Garrison from Fort Lee ordered to move to Lee- The Crossing of the Hackensack - the West Side of the River Reed's ...
... Garrison Comments of Washington on the State of Affairs - The Enemy cross the Hudson - CHAPTER XLI . - - Retreat of the Garrison from Fort Lee ordered to move to Lee- The Crossing of the Hackensack - the West Side of the River Reed's ...
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... garrison at St. Johns , and preparing to launch vessels on the lake wherewith to regain command of it , and re- take the captured posts . Powerful reinforcements were coming from England and elsewhere . Guy Johnson was holding councils ...
... garrison at St. Johns , and preparing to launch vessels on the lake wherewith to regain command of it , and re- take the captured posts . Powerful reinforcements were coming from England and elsewhere . Guy Johnson was holding councils ...
Stran 39
... garrison was about twelve hundred strong : the greater part Con- necticut men brought by himself ; some were New York troops , and some few Green Mountain Boys . Schuyler , on taking command , despatched a confidential agent into Canada ...
... garrison was about twelve hundred strong : the greater part Con- necticut men brought by himself ; some were New York troops , and some few Green Mountain Boys . Schuyler , on taking command , despatched a confidential agent into Canada ...
Stran 57
... garrison of five or six hundred regulars and two hundred Canadian militia . Its com- mander , Major Preston , made a brave resistance . Mont- gomery had not proper battering cannon ; his mortars were defective ; his artillerists ...
... garrison of five or six hundred regulars and two hundred Canadian militia . Its com- mander , Major Preston , made a brave resistance . Mont- gomery had not proper battering cannon ; his mortars were defective ; his artillerists ...
Stran 58
... garrison at Montreal did not exceed thirty men , and might easily be surprised . Allen's partisan spirit was instantly excited . Here was a chance for another bold stroke equal to that at Ticonderoga . A plan was forthwith agreed upon ...
... garrison at Montreal did not exceed thirty men , and might easily be surprised . Allen's partisan spirit was instantly excited . Here was a chance for another bold stroke equal to that at Ticonderoga . A plan was forthwith agreed upon ...
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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