Life of George WashingtonCo-operative Publication Society, 1930 |
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Zadetki 1–3 od 74
Stran 222
... fire of musketry , in the midst of the forest , about three or four miles off , told of a warm encounter . The drums beat to arms ; all were at their posts . The firing grew sharper and sharper , and nearer and nearer . The detachment ...
... fire of musketry , in the midst of the forest , about three or four miles off , told of a warm encounter . The drums beat to arms ; all were at their posts . The firing grew sharper and sharper , and nearer and nearer . The detachment ...
Stran 289
... fire of a battery which commanded the ford ; a train of artillery , planted on an eminence , was to enfilade the enemy's intrenchments ; and two armed flat - bottomed boats were to be run on shore near the redoubt , and favor the ...
... fire of a battery which commanded the ford ; a train of artillery , planted on an eminence , was to enfilade the enemy's intrenchments ; and two armed flat - bottomed boats were to be run on shore near the redoubt , and favor the ...
Stran 448
... fire until their assailants were close at hand , and then made a mur- derous volley , by which several officers were laid low , and General Howe himself was wounded in the foot . The British soldiery this time likewise reserved their fire ...
... fire until their assailants were close at hand , and then made a mur- derous volley , by which several officers were laid low , and General Howe himself was wounded in the foot . The British soldiery this time likewise reserved their fire ...
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PART FIRST | 25 |
The Home of Washingtons BoyhoodHis Early EducationLaw | 42 |
Paternal Conduct of an Elder BrotherThe Fairfax Family | 48 |
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affairs American arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack Boston Braam Braddock British brother Bunker's Hill camp campaign Canada Canadians Captain Colonel colonies command commander-in-chief conduct Congress Connecticut council Creek Croghan Crown Point detachment Duquesne encamped enemy England English Ethan Allen expedition fire force Fort Cumberland Fort Duquesne French friends frontier Gage garrison George George Croghan Gist Governor Dinwiddie Green Mountain Boys half-king honor horses House of Burgesses hundred Indians ington king Lake land Lawrence letter Logstown Lord Loudoun Massachusetts ment miles military militia Montreal Mount Vernon mountains night officers Ohio Parliament party patriot Pennsylvania present prisoners province Putnam Quebec re-enforcements received redoubt regiment reply retreat returned river sachem savages Schuyler sent Seth Warner ships Sir William Johnson soldiers spirit thousand Ticonderoga tion town tribes troops Virginia warriors Wash Washington wilderness William Winchester wounded writes York