Life of George Washington, Količina 2J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1873 |
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Washington Irving. CHAPTER XV . - - — A Montgomery before Quebec . - His Plan of Operations . Summons to Surrender . - A Flag Insulted . - The Town besieged . Plan of an Escalade . - Attack of the Lower Town . Montgomery in the Advance ...
Washington Irving. CHAPTER XV . - - — A Montgomery before Quebec . - His Plan of Operations . Summons to Surrender . - A Flag Insulted . - The Town besieged . Plan of an Escalade . - Attack of the Lower Town . Montgomery in the Advance ...
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... Montgomery wrote an indignant , reproachful , and even menacing letter to Carleton , reiterating the demand , magnifying the number of his troops , and warning him against the conse- quences of an assault . Finding it was rejected 1 ...
... Montgomery wrote an indignant , reproachful , and even menacing letter to Carleton , reiterating the demand , magnifying the number of his troops , and warning him against the conse- quences of an assault . Finding it was rejected 1 ...
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... Montgomery sprang forward , aided with his own hand to pluck down the pickets , which the pioneers were sawing , and having made a breach sufficiently wide to admit three or four men abreast , entered sword in hand , followed by his ...
... Montgomery sprang forward , aided with his own hand to pluck down the pickets , which the pioneers were sawing , and having made a breach sufficiently wide to admit three or four men abreast , entered sword in hand , followed by his ...
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5th Series affairs aide-de-camp alarm American Archives arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack batteries boats Boston brave British Canada cannon cannonade Captain Carleton cause Colonel colonies command commander-in-chief committee Connecticut defense detachment Dorchester Heights embarked encamped enemy enemy's eral ferry fire fleet force Fort Constitution Fort Montgomery Fort Washington fortified garrison Gates George Clinton Greene guard guns head-quarters Heath heights Hessians Highlands Hill honor Hudson hundred ington James Clinton Jerseys John's King's Bridge Lake land letter lines Long Island Lord Stirling ment miles military militia Montgomery Montreal morning night o'clock officers ordered pass Peekskill Point prepared President of Congress prisoners province Putnam Quebec redoubts regiment reinforcements retreat riflemen river Schuyler sent ships shore shot Sir Henry Clinton soldiers soon spirit Staten Island stationed Sullivan Sullivan's Island thousand Ticonderoga tion tories town troops Wash Washington writes York