Life of George WashingtonSleepy Hollow Restorations, 1975 - 721 strani |
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Stran 116
... fire from field - pieces and howitzers . The Americans within the works , obedient to command , retained their fire until the enemy were within thirty or forty paces , when they opened upon them with a tremendous volley . Being all ...
... fire from field - pieces and howitzers . The Americans within the works , obedient to command , retained their fire until the enemy were within thirty or forty paces , when they opened upon them with a tremendous volley . Being all ...
Stran 117
... fire until the command , and exhorted them to do the same in the next attack . Putnam rode about Bunker's Hill and its skirts to rally and bring on reinforcements which had been checked or scattered in crossing Charlestown Neck by the ...
... fire until the command , and exhorted them to do the same in the next attack . Putnam rode about Bunker's Hill and its skirts to rally and bring on reinforcements which had been checked or scattered in crossing Charlestown Neck by the ...
Stran 118
Washington Irving Jess M. Stein. left of the redoubt . A raking fire soon drove the Americans out of this exposed place into the enclosure . The troops were now led on to assail the works . The Americans again reserved their fire until ...
Washington Irving Jess M. Stein. left of the redoubt . A raking fire soon drove the Americans out of this exposed place into the enclosure . The troops were now led on to assail the works . The Americans again reserved their fire until ...
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