Light-horse Harry LeeC. Scribner's Sons, 1931 - 350 strani |
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... attempt too hazardous , and not warranted by the magnitude of the object . We should lose more in case of failure than we could gain in case of success ; and a single deserter , or disaffected inhabitant , may disclose the design and ...
... attempt too hazardous , and not warranted by the magnitude of the object . We should lose more in case of failure than we could gain in case of success ; and a single deserter , or disaffected inhabitant , may disclose the design and ...
Stran 79
... attempt to feel along the enemy's flank he was checked by far - ranging patrols . Forwarded to General Greene , this information brought an order for Lee to break through the pickets with his cavalry and find out what was actually ...
... attempt to feel along the enemy's flank he was checked by far - ranging patrols . Forwarded to General Greene , this information brought an order for Lee to break through the pickets with his cavalry and find out what was actually ...
Stran 123
... attempt to fire the stockade . Running low behind sand hills and wriggling prone over the more level stretches , the nine men , unseen by the enemy , reached the stockade . But there , while the ser- geant in charge was arranging his ...
... attempt to fire the stockade . Running low behind sand hills and wriggling prone over the more level stretches , the nine men , unseen by the enemy , reached the stockade . But there , while the ser- geant in charge was arranging his ...
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CONTENTS | 8 |
CHAPTER PAGE I PRINCETON COMMENCEMENT 1773 I | 9 |
THE LEES OF VIRGINIA II | 11 |
Avtorske pravice | |
20 preostalih delov ni prikazanih
Pogosti izrazi in povedi
Alexandria American Ann Hill army arrived assault attack began British camp Captain cavalry Charleston Colonel Colonel Hamilton command Congress Democrats detachment dragoons enemy eral Federal Federalist fire Fort Motte Fort Watson France friends garrison ginia Governor Lee Greene's guard Hall Hanson Henry Lee honor hope horse hundred informed jail James Madison John land Lee's Legion infantry letter Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Light-Horse Harry Lord Cornwallis Lord Rawdon loyalists Lucy Grymes Ludwell Major Lee Marion Matilda Meanwhile ment miles militia morning Motte muskets Nathanael Greene night North Northern Neck officers ordered party passed Patrick Henry Paulus Hook Philadelphia Pickens political Potomac President Washington prisoners regiment remained resolution returned Richard Bland Lee Richmond river road rode sent Shirley soldiers soon South Carolina stood Stratford Stricker Tarleton Thomas Jefferson tion treaty troops Virginia vote waiting Westmoreland County William wrote York young