The Writings of George Washington: Life of WashingtonAmerican Stationers' Company, John B. Russell, 1837 |
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... Enemy . - Evacuation of Philadelphia . -The Army crosses the Delaware . - Battle of Monmouth . Arrest and Trial of General Lee . Arrival of the French Fleet under Count d'Estaing . — Plans for combined Operations between the Fleet and ...
... Enemy . - Evacuation of Philadelphia . -The Army crosses the Delaware . - Battle of Monmouth . Arrest and Trial of General Lee . Arrival of the French Fleet under Count d'Estaing . — Plans for combined Operations between the Fleet and ...
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... enemy's fire was directed chiefly against the English . This event occurred on the 28th of May . The prisoners were conducted to the Great Meadows , and thence under a guard to Governor Dinwiddie . No transaction in the life of ...
... enemy's fire was directed chiefly against the English . This event occurred on the 28th of May . The prisoners were conducted to the Great Meadows , and thence under a guard to Governor Dinwiddie . No transaction in the life of ...
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... enemy , to go on by the shortest route to the Monongahela River . Captain Mackay's company was left at Fort Necessity , as a guard to that post . The road was to be cleared and levelled for artillery carriages ; and the process was so ...
... enemy , to go on by the shortest route to the Monongahela River . Captain Mackay's company was left at Fort Necessity , as a guard to that post . The road was to be cleared and levelled for artillery carriages ; and the process was so ...
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... enemy's force was so large , as to leave no reasonable hope of a successful resistance , and that a retreat was necessary . In the face of many obstacles this determination was executed . The horses were few and weak , and a severe ...
... enemy's force was so large , as to leave no reasonable hope of a successful resistance , and that a retreat was necessary . In the face of many obstacles this determination was executed . The horses were few and weak , and a severe ...
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... enemy ; and at nine o'clock intelligence came , that the whole body of the enemy , amounting , as was reported , to nine hundred men , was only four miles off . At eleven o'clock they approached the fort , and began to fire , at the ...
... enemy ; and at nine o'clock intelligence came , that the whole body of the enemy , amounting , as was reported , to nine hundred men , was only four miles off . At eleven o'clock they approached the fort , and began to fire , at the ...
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