A History of the American Revolution; Comprehending All the Principal Events Both in the Field and in the Cabinet, Količina 2F. Betts, 1822 |
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... wounded ... The Siege is raised and the allied armies retreat ... Count D'Estaing sails for the West Indies ... Extraordinary enterprise of Colonel White ... Expedition of Colonel Clarke against Lieutenant Governour Hamilton ... Of ...
... wounded ... The Siege is raised and the allied armies retreat ... Count D'Estaing sails for the West Indies ... Extraordinary enterprise of Colonel White ... Expedition of Colonel Clarke against Lieutenant Governour Hamilton ... Of ...
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... wounded in a skir¬ mish ... Charleston is summoned to surrender , and the sum- mons rejected ... The enemy's batteries are opened ... Dan- : gerous situation of Lincoln ... Terms of capitulation offered by Lincoln and rejected ...
... wounded in a skir¬ mish ... Charleston is summoned to surrender , and the sum- mons rejected ... The enemy's batteries are opened ... Dan- : gerous situation of Lincoln ... Terms of capitulation offered by Lincoln and rejected ...
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... wounds , which proved mortal . Early in December , Congress had , by the advice of Generals Putnam and Mifflin , determined to adjourn from Philadelphia to Baltimore , where they met on the 20th and one among their first acts was to ...
... wounds , which proved mortal . Early in December , Congress had , by the advice of Generals Putnam and Mifflin , determined to adjourn from Philadelphia to Baltimore , where they met on the 20th and one among their first acts was to ...
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... wounded and taken ; while that of the Americans was only about sixty killed and wounded . Their loss of stores and provisions , how- ever , was considerable . General Wooster lingered with his wounds until the 2d of May . Thus ended the ...
... wounded and taken ; while that of the Americans was only about sixty killed and wounded . Their loss of stores and provisions , how- ever , was considerable . General Wooster lingered with his wounds until the 2d of May . Thus ended the ...
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Paul Allen. ed quietly in his position , and but for the solitary wounded prisoner , who had fallen into our hands , General St. Clair would have remained ignorant of his strength or intentions . A ruse was resorted to , to obtain ...
Paul Allen. ed quietly in his position , and but for the solitary wounded prisoner , who had fallen into our hands , General St. Clair would have remained ignorant of his strength or intentions . A ruse was resorted to , to obtain ...
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