Annals of the American Revolution: Or, A Record of the Causes and Events which Produced, and Terminated in the Establishment and Independence of the American Republic ... ; to which is Prefixed a Summary Account of the First Settlement of the Country, and Some of the Principal Indian Wars ... ; to which is Added ... an Appendix, Containing a Biography of the Principal Military Officers, who Were Instrumental in Achieving Our Independence ...Oliver D. Cooke & Sons, 1824 - 450 Seiten |
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... retreat , fearing that they should be overtaken by a superior force . Mrs. Williams was hardly recover- ed from her lying - in , and was in a feeble state . On the second day she acquainted Mr. Williams that she could not keep pace with ...
... retreat , fearing that they should be overtaken by a superior force . Mrs. Williams was hardly recover- ed from her lying - in , and was in a feeble state . On the second day she acquainted Mr. Williams that she could not keep pace with ...
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... retreat towards Bos- ton . This was conducted with expedition , for the adjacent inhabi- tants had assembled in arms , and began to attack them in every direction . In their return to Lexington they were exceedingly annoyed , both by ...
... retreat towards Bos- ton . This was conducted with expedition , for the adjacent inhabi- tants had assembled in arms , and began to attack them in every direction . In their return to Lexington they were exceedingly annoyed , both by ...
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... retreat was ordered ; the left wing of the Americans , northeast of the redoubt , still continuing their fire , ignorant of what had taken place on the right , till the British had nearly surrounded them . The retreat was effected ...
... retreat was ordered ; the left wing of the Americans , northeast of the redoubt , still continuing their fire , ignorant of what had taken place on the right , till the British had nearly surrounded them . The retreat was effected ...
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... retreat by the country people , suddenly assembled to repel this cruel aggression . Hostilities , thus commenced by the British troops , have been since prosecuted by them , without regard to faith or repu- tation . The inhabitants of ...
... retreat by the country people , suddenly assembled to repel this cruel aggression . Hostilities , thus commenced by the British troops , have been since prosecuted by them , without regard to faith or repu- tation . The inhabitants of ...
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... retreat across a creek , near the Yellow Mills . The more effectually to secure the retreat of the main body of the detachment , he determined to attack in person a British corps under Lord Cornwallis , stationed at a house somewhat ...
... retreat across a creek , near the Yellow Mills . The more effectually to secure the retreat of the main body of the detachment , he determined to attack in person a British corps under Lord Cornwallis , stationed at a house somewhat ...
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