Life of George Washington, Količina 2G. P. Putnam's sons, 1857 |
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... morning , and the inhabitants employed the nterval in removing their families and effects . The next morning the committee returned on board before nine o'clock . The lieutenant now offered to spare the town on certain conditions ...
... morning , and the inhabitants employed the nterval in removing their families and effects . The next morning the committee returned on board before nine o'clock . The lieutenant now offered to spare the town on certain conditions ...
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... morning , two forts were in sufficient forwardness to furnish protection against small - arms and grapeshot ; and such use was made of the fascines and bundles of screwed hay , that , at dawn , a formidable - looking fortress frowned ...
... morning , two forts were in sufficient forwardness to furnish protection against small - arms and grapeshot ; and such use was made of the fascines and bundles of screwed hay , that , at dawn , a formidable - looking fortress frowned ...
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... morning broke lowering and dreary . Large encamp- ments were gradually descried ; to appearance , the enemy were twenty thousand strong . As the day advanced , their ordnance began to play upon the works . They were pro- ceeding to ...
... morning broke lowering and dreary . Large encamp- ments were gradually descried ; to appearance , the enemy were twenty thousand strong . As the day advanced , their ordnance began to play upon the works . They were pro- ceeding to ...
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5th Series advance affairs aide-de-camp alarm American Archives arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack battalions battery boats Boston brigade British camp Canada cannon cannonade Captain Carleton cause Colonel Colonel Reed command commander-in-chief committee Connecticut crossed defense detachment embarked encamped enemy enemy's eral Ferry fire force Fort Constitution Fort Lee Fort Montgomery Fort Washington fortified garrison Gates George Clinton Governor Greene guard guns Harlem River head-quarters Heath heights Hessians Highlands Hill Hudson hundred ington James Clinton Jerseys King's Bridge land Lee's letter Long Island Lord Stirling ment miles military militia Montgomery morning night o'clock officers orders pass Peekskill Philadelphia Point present President of Congress prisoners province Putnam quarters Quebec received redoubts regiment reinforced retreat riflemen river Schuyler sent ships shore soldiers soon spirit Staten Island stationed Sullivan Sullivan's Island thousand Ticonderoga tion tories town Trenton troops Tryon Wash Washington writes York