Life of George Washington, Količina 3G. P. Putnam's sons, 1897 |
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... miles from Germantown , where the main body of the British army lay encamped ; a detachment un- der Cornwallis occupying Philadelphia . Immediately after the battle of Brandywine , Admiral Lord Howe with great exertions had succeeded in ...
... miles from Germantown , where the main body of the British army lay encamped ; a detachment un- der Cornwallis occupying Philadelphia . Immediately after the battle of Brandywine , Admiral Lord Howe with great exertions had succeeded in ...
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... miles north and south . The houses were mostly of stone , low and substantial , with steep roofs and protecting eaves . They stood apart from each other , with fruit trees in front and small gardens . Beyond the village , and about a ...
... miles north and south . The houses were mostly of stone , low and substantial , with steep roofs and protecting eaves . They stood apart from each other , with fruit trees in front and small gardens . Beyond the village , and about a ...
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... miles from the main body , on the west of the road , with an outlying picket stationed with two six - pounders at Allen's house on Mount Airy . About three - quarters of a mile in the rear of the light - infantry , lay encamped , in a ...
... miles from the main body , on the west of the road , with an outlying picket stationed with two six - pounders at Allen's house on Mount Airy . About three - quarters of a mile in the rear of the light - infantry , lay encamped , in a ...
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... miles of weary march to make over rough roads , so that it was after daybreak when the troops emerged from the woods on Chestnut Hill . The morning was dark with a heavy fog . A detachment advanced to attack the enemy's out picket ...
... miles of weary march to make over rough roads , so that it was after daybreak when the troops emerged from the woods on Chestnut Hill . The morning was dark with a heavy fog . A detachment advanced to attack the enemy's out picket ...
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... miles , was alarmed by the approach of a large body of American troops on its left flank , which it mistook for foes , and fell back in defiance of every effort of its officers to rally it . In its retreat it came upon Ste- phen's ...
... miles , was alarmed by the approach of a large body of American troops on its left flank , which it mistook for foes , and fell back in defiance of every effort of its officers to rally it . In its retreat it came upon Ste- phen's ...
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