The Life of George Washington: With Curious Anecdotes, Equally Honourable to Himself, and Exemplary to His Young Countrymen ... Embellished with Six EngravingsJ. Allen, 1840 - 244 strani |
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Stran 95
... battle . His army in high spirits , was formed within a mile of the American camp . Burgoyne , with the flower of the British troops , composed the centre . Briga- dier - general Frazer commanded the left . The Ger- -mans headed by ...
... battle . His army in high spirits , was formed within a mile of the American camp . Burgoyne , with the flower of the British troops , composed the centre . Briga- dier - general Frazer commanded the left . The Ger- -mans headed by ...
Stran 111
... battle was fought , was an open pine barren . The militia were drawn up about two hundred yards in front of the regulars , and the horse some small distance in the rear . Just after day break , the British came in sight ; and halting ...
... battle was fought , was an open pine barren . The militia were drawn up about two hundred yards in front of the regulars , and the horse some small distance in the rear . Just after day break , the British came in sight ; and halting ...
Stran 117
... battle raged along a thousand fields- a thousand streams ran purple with British gore . And now of all our blooming warriors , alas ! how few remain ! Pierced by the fatal rifle , far the greater part now press their bloody beds . There ...
... battle raged along a thousand fields- a thousand streams ran purple with British gore . And now of all our blooming warriors , alas ! how few remain ! Pierced by the fatal rifle , far the greater part now press their bloody beds . There ...
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