The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment, of the Independence of the United States of America: Including an Account of the Late War ; and of the Thirteen Colonies, from Their Origin to that Period, Band 2Author, 1788 |
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... artillery men and other foldiers.- What are they doing ? Are they making fafcines ? -- Don't know what fafcines are . They are tying up fticks and brush in bundles , and putting them where the walls are down . " Mr. Samuel Blagden put ...
... artillery men and other foldiers.- What are they doing ? Are they making fafcines ? -- Don't know what fafcines are . They are tying up fticks and brush in bundles , and putting them where the walls are down . " Mr. Samuel Blagden put ...
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... artillery , which were well ferv- ed , and did confiderable execution . The night was very dark , but the action continued all through it . To- ward morning the fchooner got aground upon Winni- fimmet ferry ways ; the British were ...
... artillery , which were well ferv- ed , and did confiderable execution . The night was very dark , but the action continued all through it . To- ward morning the fchooner got aground upon Winni- fimmet ferry ways ; the British were ...
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... artillery , but by fome oversight their spare cartridges are much too big for them , fo that when the Americans are at length forced from their lines , there is not a round of artillery cartridges remaining . Major general Howe and ...
... artillery , but by fome oversight their spare cartridges are much too big for them , fo that when the Americans are at length forced from their lines , there is not a round of artillery cartridges remaining . Major general Howe and ...
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... and field artillery is redoubled . The officers in the rear goad on the fol- diers , and the rędoubt is attacked on three fides at once . The The provincials are of neceffity ordered to retreat ; but 44 THE HISTORY OF THE.
... and field artillery is redoubled . The officers in the rear goad on the fol- diers , and the rędoubt is attacked on three fides at once . The The provincials are of neceffity ordered to retreat ; but 44 THE HISTORY OF THE.
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... artillery , ( who was perfonally acquainted with the general , and croffed over from Boston to the place of action , after the battle , and narrowly surveyed the body ) related his being fo fhot , and the hand's being bloody as if by ...
... artillery , ( who was perfonally acquainted with the general , and croffed over from Boston to the place of action , after the battle , and narrowly surveyed the body ) related his being fo fhot , and the hand's being bloody as if by ...
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