Life of George WashingtonCo-operative Publication Society, 1930 |
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Stran 183
... parties under Morgan and Dickinson , which were threatening his baggage train . So that Lee , in- stead of a mere covering party which he had expected to cut off , had found himself front to front with the whole rear di- vision of the ...
... parties under Morgan and Dickinson , which were threatening his baggage train . So that Lee , in- stead of a mere covering party which he had expected to cut off , had found himself front to front with the whole rear di- vision of the ...
Stran 368
... party ? " — " What party ? " was asked . " The lower party , " said Andre.- " We do , " was the reply . All reserve was now at an end . Andre declared himself to be a British officer ; that he had been up the country on particular ...
... party ? " — " What party ? " was asked . " The lower party , " said Andre.- " We do , " was the reply . All reserve was now at an end . Andre declared himself to be a British officer ; that he had been up the country on particular ...
Stran 554
... party rushed forward to throw off the planks . Armstrong saw the danger , dashed across the bridge with his section , drove off the artillerists , and captured the howitzer before it could be discharged . The fatigue men , who had been ...
... party rushed forward to throw off the planks . Armstrong saw the danger , dashed across the bridge with his section , drove off the artillerists , and captured the howitzer before it could be discharged . The fatigue men , who had been ...
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Washington advances to Skippack CreekThe British Fleet in | 46 |
Washington at White MarshMeasures to cut off the Enemys Sup | 57 |
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advance aid-de-camp American arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack attempt baggage batteries bayonet brave brigade British Burgoyne camp campaign captured cavalry Charleston Colonel command commander-in-chief conduct Congress Conway corps Count Count D'Estaing crossed detachment dispatches dragoons effect encamped enemy enemy's expedition favor fire flank forage force Fort Mercer Fort Mifflin garrison Gates gave give Greene Hamilton honor horses Hudson hundred infantry ington Island James River Jersey killed Lafayette land letter Lieutenant-colonel Lord Cornwallis Lord Rawdon Lord Stirling lordship main body marquis Marquis de Lafayette ment Mifflin miles military militia Mischianza morning night North Carolina o'clock officers orders party passed Philadelphia prisoners quarters re-enforcements rear received regiment reply retreat river road Rochambeau sent ships side Sir Henry Clinton soldiers South Stony Point Sumter Tarleton thousand tion took troops Virginia Wash Washington Wayne West Point wounded writes York York Island