Life of George Washington, Količina 3G. P. Putnam's sons, 1897 |
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Stran 32
... gave place to the perplexities of the night . A defeated army was to retreat from an enemy flushed with success , much superior in front , and occupying strong posts in the country behind . We were equally liable upon that march to be ...
... gave place to the perplexities of the night . A defeated army was to retreat from an enemy flushed with success , much superior in front , and occupying strong posts in the country behind . We were equally liable upon that march to be ...
Stran 48
... gave him intelligence of this movement . He immediately determined to make an attack upon the British camp at Germantown while weakened by the absence of this detachment . To understand the plan of the attack some description of the ...
... gave him intelligence of this movement . He immediately determined to make an attack upon the British camp at Germantown while weakened by the absence of this detachment . To understand the plan of the attack some description of the ...
Stran 51
... gave way , but being supported by the gren- adiers , returned to the charge . Sullivan's division and Conway's brigade formed on the west of the road , and joined in the attack ; the rest of the troops were too far to the north to ...
... gave way , but being supported by the gren- adiers , returned to the charge . Sullivan's division and Conway's brigade formed on the west of the road , and joined in the attack ; the rest of the troops were too far to the north to ...
Stran 52
... North Carolina troops and Conway's brigade , pushed on a mile beyond Chew's House , where the left wing of the enemy gave way before him . Greene and Stephen , with their divisions , having had 52 Works of Washington Irving.
... North Carolina troops and Conway's brigade , pushed on a mile beyond Chew's House , where the left wing of the enemy gave way before him . Greene and Stephen , with their divisions , having had 52 Works of Washington Irving.
Stran 54
... of the day soon brought him up again , where he remained till our troops had retreated . " The sudden retreat of the army gave him surprise , cha- grin and mortification . " Every account , " said 54 Works of Washington Irving.
... of the day soon brought him up again , where he remained till our troops had retreated . " The sudden retreat of the army gave him surprise , cha- grin and mortification . " Every account , " said 54 Works of Washington Irving.
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