Life of George Washington, Količina 2J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1873 |
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... Hessians , had entered the British service . Beside the subsidy exacted by the German princes , they were to be paid seven pounds four shillings and four pence sterling for every soldier furnished by them , and as much more for every ...
... Hessians , had entered the British service . Beside the subsidy exacted by the German princes , they were to be paid seven pounds four shillings and four pence sterling for every soldier furnished by them , and as much more for every ...
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... Hessians , and driven from one to the other , the Americans fought for a time bravely , or rather desperately . Some were cut down and trampled by the cav- alry , others bayoneted without mercy by the Hessians . Some rallied in groups ...
... Hessians , and driven from one to the other , the Americans fought for a time bravely , or rather desperately . Some were cut down and trampled by the cav- alry , others bayoneted without mercy by the Hessians . Some rallied in groups ...
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... Hessians and their refugee adherents had fled in confusion , leaving their sick behind them . The broken and haggard looks of the inhabitants showed what they had suffered during the Hessian Occupation . One of Reed's companions ...
... Hessians and their refugee adherents had fled in confusion , leaving their sick behind them . The broken and haggard looks of the inhabitants showed what they had suffered during the Hessian Occupation . One of Reed's companions ...
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