Life of George WashingtonCo-operative Publication Society, 1930 |
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... night began to play upon us . Two shells fell not far from me . One fell upon Colonel Monckton's house , but luckily ... night by twelve o'clock . No sleep for me to - night . " On Sunday the letter is resumed . " I went to bed after ...
... night began to play upon us . Two shells fell not far from me . One fell upon Colonel Monckton's house , but luckily ... night by twelve o'clock . No sleep for me to - night . " On Sunday the letter is resumed . " I went to bed after ...
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... night of intense solicitude , and well might it be ; for dur- ing that night a plan was carried into effect fraught with disaster to the Americans . The plan to which we allude was concerted by General Howe , the commander - in - chief ...
... night of intense solicitude , and well might it be ; for dur- ing that night a plan was carried into effect fraught with disaster to the Americans . The plan to which we allude was concerted by General Howe , the commander - in - chief ...
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... night with short haltings , reached Danbury about two o'clock in the afternoon of the 26th . There were but fifty Continental sol- diers and one hundred militia in that place . These retreated , as did most of the inhabitants ...
... night with short haltings , reached Danbury about two o'clock in the afternoon of the 26th . There were but fifty Continental sol- diers and one hundred militia in that place . These retreated , as did most of the inhabitants ...
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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