Life of George WashingtonCo-operative Publication Society, 1930 |
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Stran 228
... 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 re - enforced 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 re - enforced by Colonel Prescott , of ...
Stran 240
... British from fifteen or twenty pieces of artillery , placed on high ground opposite the hill ; under cover of which the troops of General Leslie hastened to construct the bridge . In so doing they were severely galled by two field ...
... British from fifteen or twenty pieces of artillery , placed on high ground opposite the hill ; under cover of which the troops of General Leslie hastened to construct the bridge . In so doing they were severely galled by two field ...
Stran 452
... British camp . Alarm guns were fired from Mount Hope : General Fraser dashed into Ticonderoga with his pickets , giving orders for his bri- gade to arm in all haste and follow . By daybreak he had hoisted the British flag over the ...
... British camp . Alarm guns were fired from Mount Hope : General Fraser dashed into Ticonderoga with his pickets , giving orders for his bri- gade to arm in all haste and follow . By daybreak he had hoisted the British flag over the ...
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The Affair of Dorchester HeightsAmerican and English Letters | 53 |
Destination of the FleetCommission of the two HowesChar | 68 |
Arnold blockades QuebecHis DifficultiesArrival of General | 79 |
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5th Series advance affairs alarm Albany American arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack battery boats brave brigade British Brunswick Burgoyne camp Canada cannon Captain Clair Colonel Colonel Reed command commander-in-chief Congress Creek crossed defense Delaware detachment encamped endeavored enemy enemy's field-pieces fire fleet force Fort Edward Fort Lee Fort Montgomery Fort Washington garrison Gates George Clinton Governor guard guns Heath Hessians Highlands Hill horse Hudson hundred Indians ington James Clinton Jerseys King's Bridge Lake land letter Long Island Lord Stirling meantime ment miles military militia Montgomery morning night o'clock officers orders party pass Peekskill Philadelphia present prisoners Putnam quarters re-enforcements rear received reconnoiter regiment retreat riflemen river road Schuyler sent ships side Sir Henry Clinton Skenesborough soldiers soon spirit Staten Island stationed Sullivan thousand Ticonderoga tion tories town Trenton troops Tryon Tryon County Washington woods wounded writes York