Life of George WashingtonSleepy Hollow Restorations, 1975 - 721 strani |
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... strong redoubt with extensive outworks and batteries . There was but a narrow channel between the island and the Pennsylvania shore . The main channel , practicable for ships , was on the other side . In this were sunk strong chevaux ...
... strong redoubt with extensive outworks and batteries . There was but a narrow channel between the island and the Pennsylvania shore . The main channel , practicable for ships , was on the other side . In this were sunk strong chevaux ...
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... strong ground above him and bring him to a general action on disadvantageous terms . Washington halted , there- fore , at Hopewell and held another council of war while his troops were reposing and refreshing themselves . The purport ...
... strong ground above him and bring him to a general action on disadvantageous terms . Washington halted , there- fore , at Hopewell and held another council of war while his troops were reposing and refreshing themselves . The purport ...
Stran 559
... strong , and three field - pieces to attack it . At the first discharge of a cannon more than 2000 of the enemy emerged from concealment , and Wayne found the whole British line in battle array before him . To retreat was more danger ...
... strong , and three field - pieces to attack it . At the first discharge of a cannon more than 2000 of the enemy emerged from concealment , and Wayne found the whole British line in battle array before him . To retreat was more danger ...
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advance aide-de-camp American appointed arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack batteries boats Boston Braddock bridge brigade British Burgoyne camp campaign Canada cannon Captain capture Carleton Clinton Colonel colonies command commander-in-chief Congress Connecticut Cornwallis Creek crossed Crown Point defence despatched detachment Dinwiddie effect embarked encamped enemy enemy's expedition fire fleet force Fort Cumberland Fort Duquesne Fort Montgomery Fort Washington fortified French frontier garrison Gates gave Governor Green Mountain Boys Greene head-quarters Highlands Hill horse House House of Burgesses Hudson Indians infantry Island Jerseys Lafayette Lake land letter main body miles military militia Montgomery morning Mount Vernon night North officers ordered party passed Peekskill Philadelphia Point President province Putnam Quebec rear received redoubt regiment reinforcements retreat returned river road Schuyler sent ships Sir Henry Sir Henry Clinton soon spirit Staten Island stationed Ticonderoga tion took town troops vessels Virginia Washington wounded York