The Life of George WashingtonMast, Crowell, Kirkpartick, 1896 - 335 strani |
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Stran 40
... enemy . A sensitiveness prevailed in the camp . They were surrounded by forests , threatened by unseen foes , and hourly in danger of surprise . There was an alarm about two o'clock in the night . The sentries fired upon what they took ...
... enemy . A sensitiveness prevailed in the camp . They were surrounded by forests , threatened by unseen foes , and hourly in danger of surprise . There was an alarm about two o'clock in the night . The sentries fired upon what they took ...
Stran 59
... enemy would be on the watch for the crossing of the troops , it had been agreed that they should do it in the greatest order , with bayonets fixed , colors flying , and drums and fifes beating and playing . Washington , with his keen ...
... enemy would be on the watch for the crossing of the troops , it had been agreed that they should do it in the greatest order , with bayonets fixed , colors flying , and drums and fifes beating and playing . Washington , with his keen ...
Stran 66
... enemy . " 66 Instead , however , of animated co - operation , Washington was encountered by difficul- ties at every step . The wagons in question had to be impressed , and the wagoners com- pelled by force to assist . " No orders ...
... enemy . " 66 Instead , however , of animated co - operation , Washington was encountered by difficul- ties at every step . The wagons in question had to be impressed , and the wagoners com- pelled by force to assist . " No orders ...
Stran 72
... enemy who has committed the most unheard - of cruelties , he has only to step across the Potomac and he is safe . Then , as to the limits of service , they might just as easily have been enlisted for seventeen months as seven . They ...
... enemy who has committed the most unheard - of cruelties , he has only to step across the Potomac and he is safe . Then , as to the limits of service , they might just as easily have been enlisted for seventeen months as seven . They ...
Stran 79
... enemy's country . He accordingly detached Major Grant with eight hundred picked men , some of them Highlanders , others in Indian garb , the part of Washington's Vir- ginian regiment sent forward by him from Cumberland under command of ...
... enemy's country . He accordingly detached Major Grant with eight hundred picked men , some of them Highlanders , others in Indian garb , the part of Washington's Vir- ginian regiment sent forward by him from Cumberland under command of ...
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affairs aide-de-camp American appointed arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack baggage batteries Boston Braddock bridge brigade British brought Burgoyne camp campaign Captain capture Colonel colonies command commander-in-chief Congress Cornwallis council creek crossed Delaware detached dispatched encamped enemy expedition Fairfax fire fleet force Fort Cumberland Fort Duquesne Fort Edward French frontier garrison gave George George Croghan Governor Dinwiddie Greene guard half-king Hessians Hill horse House of Burgesses Hudson hundred Indians infantry ington island Jerseys Lafayette land letter Logstown Lord Lord Cornwallis Lord Loudoun meantime miles military militia morning Mount Vernon night o'clock officers Ohio orders party passed Peekskill Pennsylvania Philadelphia Point president province Putnam quarters rear received reconnoiter redoubt regiment reinforcements reply retired retreat returned river road Schuyler sent ships Sir Henry Clinton soldiers soon spirit thousand tion took town troops Virginia Washington wounded writes York