Life of George WashingtonSleepy Hollow Restorations, 1975 - 721 strani |
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... troops began to retire from the breastworks . As one regiment quietly withdrew from their station on guard , the troops on the right and left moved up and filled the vacancy . There was a stifled murmur in the camp , but it died away as ...
... troops began to retire from the breastworks . As one regiment quietly withdrew from their station on guard , the troops on the right and left moved up and filled the vacancy . There was a stifled murmur in the camp , but it died away as ...
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... troops would be intoxicated ; but in truth Washington would have chosen an earlier day , had it been in his power . " We could not ripen matters for the attack before the time mentioned , " said he in his letter to Reed . Early on the ...
... troops would be intoxicated ; but in truth Washington would have chosen an earlier day , had it been in his power . " We could not ripen matters for the attack before the time mentioned , " said he in his letter to Reed . Early on the ...
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... troops began to cross the river . It would be a slow and difficult operation , owing to the ice ; two parties of light troops therefore were detached in advance , whom Reed was to send in pursuit of the enemy . They marched into Trenton ...
... troops began to cross the river . It would be a slow and difficult operation , owing to the ice ; two parties of light troops therefore were detached in advance , whom Reed was to send in pursuit of the enemy . They marched into Trenton ...
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