Life of George Washington, Količina 2J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1873 |
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Stran 138
... strong to be car- ried by a coup de main . Cautious counsel is often fatal to a daring enterprise . While the council of war deliberated , the favorable moment passed away . The lieutenant - governor received the tardy message . He ...
... strong to be car- ried by a coup de main . Cautious counsel is often fatal to a daring enterprise . While the council of war deliberated , the favorable moment passed away . The lieutenant - governor received the tardy message . He ...
Stran 249
... strong points and fastnesses of the Highlands . King's Bridge , and the heights adjacent , con- sidered by General Lee of the utmost importance to the communication between New York and the mainland , and to the security of the Hudson ...
... strong points and fastnesses of the Highlands . King's Bridge , and the heights adjacent , con- sidered by General Lee of the utmost importance to the communication between New York and the mainland , and to the security of the Hudson ...
Stran 444
... strong detachments on both sides of the lake , which approached within a small distance of the fort , while one vessel appeared within cannon shot of a lower battery , sounding the depth of the channel , until a few shot obliged her to ...
... strong detachments on both sides of the lake , which approached within a small distance of the fort , while one vessel appeared within cannon shot of a lower battery , sounding the depth of the channel , until a few shot obliged her to ...
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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