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 2C.P. Wayne., 1804 - Presidents |
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... garrison made prisoners .... Evacu- ation of fort Lee .... Weakness of the American army .... Ineffectual attempts to raise the militia .... General Wash- ington retreats through Jersey .... Capture of general Lee .... General ...
... garrison made prisoners .... Evacu- ation of fort Lee .... Weakness of the American army .... Ineffectual attempts to raise the militia .... General Wash- ington retreats through Jersey .... Capture of general Lee .... General ...
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... garrison should be allowed the honours of war ; should be permitted to retain their arms and baggage ; and to march without molestation into the inhabited parts of VOL . II . C of fort Fourth . 1754 . CHAP . I. Virginia . The ...
... garrison should be allowed the honours of war ; should be permitted to retain their arms and baggage ; and to march without molestation into the inhabited parts of VOL . II . C of fort Fourth . 1754 . CHAP . I. Virginia . The ...
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... garrisons , which were employed in scouring the country were generally eluded , or attacked to advantage . In one of these skirmishes , im- mediately in the neighbourhood of a stockade , the Americans were totally routed , and captain ...
... garrisons , which were employed in scouring the country were generally eluded , or attacked to advantage . In one of these skirmishes , im- mediately in the neighbourhood of a stockade , the Americans were totally routed , and captain ...
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... garrison the chain of forts , which must be indispensably kept up , so long as the French maintained their position on the Ohio . In making this statement , he observed that , with the exception of a few inhabitants , forted in on the ...
... garrison the chain of forts , which must be indispensably kept up , so long as the French maintained their position on the Ohio . In making this statement , he observed that , with the exception of a few inhabitants , forted in on the ...
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... garrisons , and the unhappy circumstances of the inhabitants . " First of the militia . The difficulty of col- lecting them on any emergency whatever , I have spoken of as grievous : and appeal to sad experience both in this , and other ...
... garrisons , and the unhappy circumstances of the inhabitants . " First of the militia . The difficulty of col- lecting them on any emergency whatever , I have spoken of as grievous : and appeal to sad experience both in this , and other ...
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