The Life of George Washington, Količina 4John B. Alden, 1887 |
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... infantry . — Pro- poses a Brilliant Stroke . Preparations for an At- tack on the British Posts on New York Island . Visit of the Marquis of . Chasteflux to the American Camp . Washington at Headlasters . Attack on the British Posts ...
... infantry . — Pro- poses a Brilliant Stroke . Preparations for an At- tack on the British Posts on New York Island . Visit of the Marquis of . Chasteflux to the American Camp . Washington at Headlasters . Attack on the British Posts ...
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... infantry , under Lieutenant - colonel Boskirk , crossed from Staten Island to Trembly's Point , surprised the picket - guard at Elizabethtown , and captured two majors , two captains , and forty - two privates . This , likewise , was ...
... infantry , under Lieutenant - colonel Boskirk , crossed from Staten Island to Trembly's Point , surprised the picket - guard at Elizabethtown , and captured two majors , two captains , and forty - two privates . This , likewise , was ...
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... infantry and grenadiers in- vested the mansion ; the cavalry posted themselves on a neighboring eminence , to prevent retreat or reinforcement , and the house was assailed . It made a brave resistance , and was aided by some of the ...
... infantry and grenadiers in- vested the mansion ; the cavalry posted themselves on a neighboring eminence , to prevent retreat or reinforcement , and the house was assailed . It made a brave resistance , and was aided by some of the ...
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... infantry of the British legion , two brave and enterprising officers . It was a toilsome march , through swamps and difficult passes . Being arrived in the neighborhood of Port Royal , where Tarleton had succeeded , though indifferently ...
... infantry of the British legion , two brave and enterprising officers . It was a toilsome march , through swamps and difficult passes . Being arrived in the neighborhood of Port Royal , where Tarleton had succeeded , though indifferently ...
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... infantry.1 On the 7th of April , Brigadier - general Wood- ford with sever . hundred Virginia troops , after a forced march of five hundred miles in thirty days , crossed from the east side of Cooper River , by the only passage now open ...
... infantry.1 On the 7th of April , Brigadier - general Wood- ford with sever . hundred Virginia troops , after a forced march of five hundred miles in thirty days , crossed from the east side of Cooper River , by the only passage now open ...
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