The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Volume 2 |
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Page 249
The effect which a change of it would have had on both armies , and on public
opinion ; the destruction of a considerable and valuable extent of country , which ,
by removing , would have been exposed to the enemy ; and the difficulty of ...
The effect which a change of it would have had on both armies , and on public
opinion ; the destruction of a considerable and valuable extent of country , which ,
by removing , would have been exposed to the enemy ; and the difficulty of ...
Page 446
The loss of the enemy is stated by general Howe at twenty - one officers , and
three hundred and forty - six privates killed , wounded , and taken . As the action
became warm , general Washington passed over to the camp at Brooklyn , where
...
The loss of the enemy is stated by general Howe at twenty - one officers , and
three hundred and forty - six privates killed , wounded , and taken . As the action
became warm , general Washington passed over to the camp at Brooklyn , where
...
Page 475
The enemy land at Frogs ' neck . . . . The American army evacuates York island ,
except fort Washington . . . . Both armies mové towards the White Plains . . . .
Battle of the White Plains . . . The British army returns to King ' s bridge , and
general ...
The enemy land at Frogs ' neck . . . . The American army evacuates York island ,
except fort Washington . . . . Both armies mové towards the White Plains . . . .
Battle of the White Plains . . . The British army returns to King ' s bridge , and
general ...
Page 508
As on the first movement of the British army towards New York , general
Washington had perceived the necessity of throwing a part of his troops into New
Jersey , should the design of the enemy be as he apprehended , to change the
scene of ...
As on the first movement of the British army towards New York , general
Washington had perceived the necessity of throwing a part of his troops into New
Jersey , should the design of the enemy be as he apprehended , to change the
scene of ...
Page 523
VIII . feeble army still more enfeebled by their entirely 1776 . abandoning him ,
though almost in sight of an advancing enemy . In this critical situation , so many
of the Pennsylvania militia who were engaged to serve until the first of January ...
VIII . feeble army still more enfeebled by their entirely 1776 . abandoning him ,
though almost in sight of an advancing enemy . In this critical situation , so many
of the Pennsylvania militia who were engaged to serve until the first of January ...
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| Title | The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is ..., Volume 2 The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Bushrod Washington |
| Author | John Marshall |
| Publisher | C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Jul 2007 |
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