The Life of George Washington, Količina 4John B. Alden, 1887 |
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... miles from the British outposts , and not far from White Plains , the Americans had established a post of three hundred men at a stone building commonly known as Young's house , from the name of its owner . It commanded a road which ...
... miles from the British outposts , and not far from White Plains , the Americans had established a post of three hundred men at a stone building commonly known as Young's house , from the name of its owner . It commanded a road which ...
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... miles from Young's house . To surprise the post was out of the question ; still they kept on . Before they could reach the house the country had taken the alarm , and the Westchester yeomanry had armed themselves , and were hastening to ...
... miles from Young's house . To surprise the post was out of the question ; still they kept on . Before they could reach the house the country had taken the alarm , and the Westchester yeomanry had armed themselves , and were hastening to ...
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... miles below Charleston . Thence , Sir Henry Clinton set out for the banks of Ashley River , opposite to the city , while a part of the fleet proceeded - round by sea , for the purpose of blockading the harbor . The advance of Sir Henry ...
... miles below Charleston . Thence , Sir Henry Clinton set out for the banks of Ashley River , opposite to the city , while a part of the fleet proceeded - round by sea , for the purpose of blockading the harbor . The advance of Sir Henry ...
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... miles above the town . Admiral Arbuthnot soon showed an intention of introducing his ships into the harbor ; barricading their waists , anchoring them in a situation where they might take advan tage of the first favorable spring - tide ...
... miles above the town . Admiral Arbuthnot soon showed an intention of introducing his ships into the harbor ; barricading their waists , anchoring them in a situation where they might take advan tage of the first favorable spring - tide ...
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... miles of the bar , so that it would be impossible for him to defend the passage of it . He quitted his sta- tion within it , therefore , after having destroyed a part of the enemy's buoys , and took a position where his ships might be ...
... miles of the bar , so that it would be impossible for him to defend the passage of it . He quitted his sta- tion within it , therefore , after having destroyed a part of the enemy's buoys , and took a position where his ships might be ...
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