Life of George Washington, Količina 2G. P. Putnam'S, 1863 |
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... British advance on Long Island , had taken up the planks of the bridge , and posted themselves opposite the end of the causeway , whence they commenced firing with their rifles . They were soon reinforced by Colonel Prescott , of ...
... British advance on Long Island , had taken up the planks of the bridge , and posted themselves opposite the end of the causeway , whence they commenced firing with their rifles . They were soon reinforced by Colonel Prescott , of ...
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... British and Hessian , should advance directly in front , throw a bridge across the stream , and charge up the hill . A furious cannonade was now opened by the British from fifteen or twenty pieces of artillery , placed on high ground ...
... British and Hessian , should advance directly in front , throw a bridge across the stream , and charge up the hill . A furious cannonade was now opened by the British from fifteen or twenty pieces of artillery , placed on high ground ...
Stran 470
... BRITISH TROOPS - PURSUED BY WASHINGTON - CORNWALLIS AT PRINCETON - BAFFLED AND PERPLEXED - WASHINGTON AT MORRISTOWN ... British time to draw in their scattered cantonments and assemble their whole force at Princeton . While 1776. ] tain ...
... BRITISH TROOPS - PURSUED BY WASHINGTON - CORNWALLIS AT PRINCETON - BAFFLED AND PERPLEXED - WASHINGTON AT MORRISTOWN ... British time to draw in their scattered cantonments and assemble their whole force at Princeton . While 1776. ] tain ...
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