Life of George Washington, Količina 2J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1873 |
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Stran 27
... whole amount of powder in the camp would not furnish more than nine cartridges to a man ! 1 A gross error had been made by the commit- tee of supplies when Washington , on taking com- mand , had required a return of the ammunition ...
... whole amount of powder in the camp would not furnish more than nine cartridges to a man ! 1 A gross error had been made by the commit- tee of supplies when Washington , on taking com- mand , had required a return of the ammunition ...
Stran 179
... whole province . My hands were effec- tually tied up from taking any step necessary for the public service by the late resolve of Congress , putting every detachment of the continental forces under the command of the Provincial Congress ...
... whole province . My hands were effec- tually tied up from taking any step necessary for the public service by the late resolve of Congress , putting every detachment of the continental forces under the command of the Provincial Congress ...
Stran 460
... whole corps , six thousand strong , and under the command of Lord Cornwal- lis , were landed , with their cannon , by ten o'clock , at a place called Closter Dock , five or six miles above Fort Lee , and under that line of lofty and ...
... whole corps , six thousand strong , and under the command of Lord Cornwal- lis , were landed , with their cannon , by ten o'clock , at a place called Closter Dock , five or six miles above Fort Lee , and under that line of lofty and ...
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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