Life of George Washington, Količina 2B. Tauchnitz, 1856 |
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Stran 14
... thoughts , his bosom counsellor . He felt the need of such a friend in the present exigency , placed as he was , in a new and un- tried situation , and having to act with persons hitherto unknown to him . In military matters , it is ...
... thoughts , his bosom counsellor . He felt the need of such a friend in the present exigency , placed as he was , in a new and un- tried situation , and having to act with persons hitherto unknown to him . In military matters , it is ...
Stran 15
... thought Washington might have obtained for him had he used his influence with Congress . We shall have to advert to this estrangement of Gates on subsequent occasions . The hazardous position of the army from the great extent and ...
... thought Washington might have obtained for him had he used his influence with Congress . We shall have to advert to this estrangement of Gates on subsequent occasions . The hazardous position of the army from the great extent and ...
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... thought , twelve months past , that all Cambridge and Charlestown would be covered over with American camps , and cut up into forts and in- trenchments , and all the lands , fields , orchards , laid com- mon , horses and cattle feeding ...
... thought , twelve months past , that all Cambridge and Charlestown would be covered over with American camps , and cut up into forts and in- trenchments , and all the lands , fields , orchards , laid com- mon , horses and cattle feeding ...
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... thought that , considering the clandestine in- tercourse carried on between the two camps , intelligence of this deficiency of ammunition on the part of the be- siegers must have been conveyed to the British com- mander ; but that the ...
... thought that , considering the clandestine in- tercourse carried on between the two camps , intelligence of this deficiency of ammunition on the part of the be- siegers must have been conveyed to the British com- mander ; but that the ...
Stran 44
... thoughts for several days . As the contemplated movement of Schuyler would probably cause all the British force in Canada to be concentrated in the neighborhood of Montreal and St. Johns , he proposed to send off an expedition of ten or ...
... thoughts for several days . As the contemplated movement of Schuyler would probably cause all the British force in Canada to be concentrated in the neighborhood of Montreal and St. Johns , he proposed to send off an expedition of ten or ...
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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