200 Years: A Bicentennial Illustrated History of the United States, Volume 1Books by U.S. News & World Report, 1973 - United States |
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... attacked . Montgomery and 300 men were to attack the town from its south or river - facing side while Arnold , with 600 , attacked from the north ; the two forces were to meet and become one at a designated point in the eastern part of ...
... attacked . Montgomery and 300 men were to attack the town from its south or river - facing side while Arnold , with 600 , attacked from the north ; the two forces were to meet and become one at a designated point in the eastern part of ...
Page 139
... attack on land and sea . He had request- ed the French fleet to attack the British in New York harbor . But the attack was abandoned when d'Estaing , loath to tangle with Admiral Howe , decided he could not move his largest vessels ...
... attack on land and sea . He had request- ed the French fleet to attack the British in New York harbor . But the attack was abandoned when d'Estaing , loath to tangle with Admiral Howe , decided he could not move his largest vessels ...
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... attack ; and de Grasse was content to wait . For several days the fleets drifted slowly off the North Carolina coast toward Cape Hatteras . Graves had lost four or five ships and though casual- ties had been light - 90 dead and 246 ...
... attack ; and de Grasse was content to wait . For several days the fleets drifted slowly off the North Carolina coast toward Cape Hatteras . Graves had lost four or five ships and though casual- ties had been light - 90 dead and 246 ...
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