Life of George Washington, Količina 2G. P. Putnam'S, 1863 |
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... present , observed that it was impossible to burn it un- less they sent in men with bundles of straw to do it . " It could not be done with carcasses and red - hot shot . Isle Royal , " he added , " in the river St. Lawrence , had been ...
... present , observed that it was impossible to burn it un- less they sent in men with bundles of straw to do it . " It could not be done with carcasses and red - hot shot . Isle Royal , " he added , " in the river St. Lawrence , had been ...
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... present year were at an end , and many of the troops stationed there were already on their march toward Albany . Such was the purport of the news from the north , received by Washington at Peekskill . It relieved him for the present ...
... present year were at an end , and many of the troops stationed there were already on their march toward Albany . Such was the purport of the news from the north , received by Washington at Peekskill . It relieved him for the present ...
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... present circumstances , is absolute insanity . In this invasion , should the enemy alter the present direction of their operations , and attempt to open the passage of the Highlands , or enter New England , I should never entertain the ...
... present circumstances , is absolute insanity . In this invasion , should the enemy alter the present direction of their operations , and attempt to open the passage of the Highlands , or enter New England , I should never entertain the ...
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5th Series advance affairs aide-de-camp alarm Allen American arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack battery boats Boston brave brigade British Cadwalader camp Canada cannon cannonade Captain Carleton cause Clinton Colonel Colonel Reed colonies command commander-in-chief committee Connecticut crossed defence Delaware detachment embarked encamped enemy enemy's Ethan Allen Ferry fire force Fort Constitution Fort Montgomery Fort Washington garrison Gates George Clinton Governor Green Mountain Boys Greene guard guns head-quarters Heath Hessians Highlands Hill honor Hudson hundred James Clinton Jerseys King's Bridge land letter lieutenant Long Island Lord Stirling ment miles military militia Montgomery Montreal morning night o'clock officers orders pass Peekskill Philadelphia Point present President of Congress prisoners province Putnam quarters Quebec Rahl received regiment reinforced retreat riflemen river Schuyler sent ships soldiers soon spirit Staten Island stationed Sullivan thousand Ticonderoga tion tories town Trenton troops Washington writes York