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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... troops , passing along that way in 1754 , and struck , as Washington had been , with the situation , immediately built thereon a fort , which he called after his own name . It answered the fatal purposes which Washington had predicted ...
... troops , passing along that way in 1754 , and struck , as Washington had been , with the situation , immediately built thereon a fort , which he called after his own name . It answered the fatal purposes which Washington had predicted ...
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... troops were close on his flank and rear . Next morning General Lee , with 5000 men , was ordered to begin the attack ; Washington moving on briskly to support him . But , as he advanced , to his infinite astonishment he met Lee ...
... troops were close on his flank and rear . Next morning General Lee , with 5000 men , was ordered to begin the attack ; Washington moving on briskly to support him . But , as he advanced , to his infinite astonishment he met Lee ...
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... troops after breakfast were ordered under arms . On receiving notice that they were ready to move , Wash- ington with his aids , rode out on the plains of their encampment , where he sat on his horse awaiting their arrival . The troops ...
... troops after breakfast were ordered under arms . On receiving notice that they were ready to move , Wash- ington with his aids , rode out on the plains of their encampment , where he sat on his horse awaiting their arrival . The troops ...
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