Life of George WashingtonSleepy Hollow Restorations, 1975 - 721 strani |
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... force ; the place was well fortified , supplied , and garrisoned . Loudoun , aware of the probability of defeat and the disgrace and ruin it would bring upon British arms in America , wisely , though ingloriously , returned to New York ...
... force ; the place was well fortified , supplied , and garrisoned . Loudoun , aware of the probability of defeat and the disgrace and ruin it would bring upon British arms in America , wisely , though ingloriously , returned to New York ...
Stran 487
... force for their relief . All that he could do for the present was to endeavor to hold the enemy in check in that quarter . For this purpose he gave orders that some regular troops enlisted in Maryland for the war and intended for the ...
... force for their relief . All that he could do for the present was to endeavor to hold the enemy in check in that quarter . For this purpose he gave orders that some regular troops enlisted in Maryland for the war and intended for the ...
Stran 553
... force . He brought the cheering intelligence that 20 ships of the line , with land forces , were to sail from France under the Count de Grasse for the West Indies and that 12 of these ships were to relieve the squadron at Newport and ...
... force . He brought the cheering intelligence that 20 ships of the line , with land forces , were to sail from France under the Count de Grasse for the West Indies and that 12 of these ships were to relieve the squadron at Newport and ...
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