Life of George WashingtonCo-operative Publication Society, 1930 |
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... strong redoubt , with extensive outworks and batteries . There was but a narrow channel between the island and the Pennsyl- vania shore . The main channel , practicable for ships , was on the other side . In this were sunk strong ...
... strong redoubt , with extensive outworks and batteries . There was but a narrow channel between the island and the Pennsyl- vania shore . The main channel , practicable for ships , was on the other side . In this were sunk strong ...
Stran 85
Washington Irving. works . They appeared to be exceedingly strong . A chain of redoubts extended along the most ... strong and too well supported , and their force * Life and Cor . of Reed , vol . i . , p . 341 . too numerous , well ...
Washington Irving. works . They appeared to be exceedingly strong . A chain of redoubts extended along the most ... strong and too well supported , and their force * Life and Cor . of Reed , vol . i . , p . 341 . too numerous , well ...
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... strong detachment , while the main army should be so disposed as to give a general battle , should circumstances render it advisable . As this opinion coincided with his own , Washington determined to act upon it . Sir Henry Clinton in ...
... strong detachment , while the main army should be so disposed as to give a general battle , should circumstances render it advisable . As this opinion coincided with his own , Washington determined to act upon it . Sir Henry Clinton in ...
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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