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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IV . the command of general Thomas , crossing the 1776 . é neck from Roxbury ,
took possession of the Possession , nC heights without opposition ; and though
the Dorchester . ground was so hard as to be almost impenetrable , i in ...
IV . the command of general Thomas , crossing the 1776 . é neck from Roxbury ,
took possession of the Possession , nC heights without opposition ; and though
the Dorchester . ground was so hard as to be almost impenetrable , i in ...
Page 301
The possession of that country was believed to be all important to either party ,
and it was thought that its present temper was such as to render it probable , that
its weight would be thrown into the scale of those , who should first show in it a ...
The possession of that country was believed to be all important to either party ,
and it was thought that its present temper was such as to render it probable , that
its weight would be thrown into the scale of those , who should first show in it a ...
Page 417
secure that enemy in the possession of it , after CHAP . VII . it has been acquired .
It must always be found 1776 . extremely difficult to drive even an inferior army
from this post , without first obtaining a naval superiority . · The British general ...
secure that enemy in the possession of it , after CHAP . VII . it has been acquired .
It must always be found 1776 . extremely difficult to drive even an inferior army
from this post , without first obtaining a naval superiority . · The British general ...
Page 464
The British army , now in perfect possession of Long island , was posted at
Bedford , Bushwic , Newtown , Flushing , and Hellgate ; and thus , fronted and
threatened York island from its extreme southern point to the part opposite the
northern ...
The British army , now in perfect possession of Long island , was posted at
Bedford , Bushwic , Newtown , Flushing , and Hellgate ; and thus , fronted and
threatened York island from its extreme southern point to the part opposite the
northern ...
Page 502
... as to keep possession of the commanding ground , and secure a retreat should
it be necessary , from his present position , to one still more advantageous in his
rear . On the right of the army , and on the west side of the Brunx , about one ...
... as to keep possession of the commanding ground , and secure a retreat should
it be necessary , from his present position , to one still more advantageous in his
rear . On the right of the army , and on the west side of the Brunx , about one ...
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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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