Life of George Washington, Količina 2Bohn, 1856 |
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... thousand veteran troops , well appointed and well disciplined . In visiting the different posts , Washington halted for a time at Prospect Hill , which , as its name denotes , commanded a wide view over Boston and the surround- ing ...
... thousand veteran troops , well appointed and well disciplined . In visiting the different posts , Washington halted for a time at Prospect Hill , which , as its name denotes , commanded a wide view over Boston and the surround- ing ...
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... thousand men under arms ; there were not much more than fourteen thousand . He had expected to find some degree of system and discipline , whereas all were raw militia . He had expected to find works scientifically constructed , and ...
... thousand men under arms ; there were not much more than fourteen thousand . He had expected to find some degree of system and discipline , whereas all were raw militia . He had expected to find works scientifically constructed , and ...
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... thousand strongly posted veterans , we are at a loss whether to attribute its hazardous position to ignorance , or to that daring self - confidence , which at times , in our military history , has snatched success in defiance of ...
... thousand strongly posted veterans , we are at a loss whether to attribute its hazardous position to ignorance , or to that daring self - confidence , which at times , in our military history , has snatched success in defiance of ...
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... thousand , should be provided , as being the cheapest and quickest mode of supplying this necessity . " I know nothing in a speculative view more trivial , " observes he , " yet which , if put in practice , would have a happier tendency ...
... thousand , should be provided , as being the cheapest and quickest mode of supplying this necessity . " I know nothing in a speculative view more trivial , " observes he , " yet which , if put in practice , would have a happier tendency ...
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... thousand men . Washington now hastened to improve the defences of the camp , strengthen the weak parts of the line , and throw up additional works round the main forts . No one seconded him more effectually in this matter than General ...
... thousand men . Washington now hastened to improve the defences of the camp , strengthen the weak parts of the line , and throw up additional works round the main forts . No one seconded him more effectually in this matter than General ...
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