The Life of George Washington, Količina 2Putnam, 1856 |
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Stran 15
... thoughts , his bosom counsellor . He felt the need of such a friend in the present exigency , placed as he was in a new and untried situation , and having to act with persons hitherto unknown to him . In military matters , it is true he ...
... thoughts , his bosom counsellor . He felt the need of such a friend in the present exigency , placed as he was in a new and untried situation , and having to act with persons hitherto unknown to him . In military matters , it is true he ...
Stran 16
... thought Wash- ington 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 Wash- ington 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 ...
Stran 17
... thought , twelve months past , that all Cambridge and Charlestown would be covered over with American camps , and cut up into forts and intrenchments , and all the lands , fields , orchards , laid common , -horses and cattle feeding on ...
... thought , twelve months past , that all Cambridge and Charlestown would be covered over with American camps , and cut up into forts and intrenchments , and all the lands , fields , orchards , laid common , -horses and cattle feeding on ...
Stran 24
... thought that , considering the clandestine intercourse carried on between the two camps , intelligence of this deficiency of ammunition on the part of the besiegers must have been con- veyed to the British commander ; but that the bold ...
... thought that , considering the clandestine intercourse carried on between the two camps , intelligence of this deficiency of ammunition on the part of the besiegers must have been con- veyed to the British commander ; but that the bold ...
Stran 46
... 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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