Life of George WashingtonCo-operative Publication Society, 1930 |
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Stran 43
... town , " writes he to Wash- ington , " if the cannon were removed from the batteries and wharfs , but I ever considered their threats as a brutum ful- men , and even persuaded the town to be of the same way of thinking . We accordingly ...
... town , " writes he to Wash- ington , " if the cannon were removed from the batteries and wharfs , but I ever considered their threats as a brutum ful- men , and even persuaded the town to be of the same way of thinking . We accordingly ...
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... town . The arrival of General Lee gave great joy to the people of Charleston , from his high reputation for military skill and experience . According to his own account , in a letter to Washington , the town on his arrival was " utterly ...
... town . The arrival of General Lee gave great joy to the people of Charleston , from his high reputation for military skill and experience . According to his own account , in a letter to Washington , the town on his arrival was " utterly ...
Stran 322
... town . " What madness was this ! " writes the critical lieutenant . " A town that was of no use to us ; that but ten or fifteen minutes before he had gladly left ; that was now filled with three or four thousand enemies , sta- tioned in ...
... town . " What madness was this ! " writes the critical lieutenant . " A town that was of no use to us ; that but ten or fifteen minutes before he had gladly left ; that was now filled with three or four thousand enemies , sta- tioned in ...
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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