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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... Allen . They conferred with him upon their arrival ; and then tarried with others to bake bread , Afterward a lieutenant colonel in Sheldon's light horfe * and and prepare other neceffaries , while the colonel went on 10 HISTORY OF THE THE.
... Allen . They conferred with him upon their arrival ; and then tarried with others to bake bread , Afterward a lieutenant colonel in Sheldon's light horfe * and and prepare other neceffaries , while the colonel went on 10 HISTORY OF THE THE.
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... light infantry . " They proceeded to choose by ballot a general to com- mand all the continental forces , and George Washington efq ; was unanimously elected . The prefident informed him of the choice which the congrefs had made , and ...
... light infantry . " They proceeded to choose by ballot a general to com- mand all the continental forces , and George Washington efq ; was unanimously elected . The prefident informed him of the choice which the congrefs had made , and ...
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... light infantry , with a proportion of field 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 ...
... light infantry , with a proportion of field 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 ...
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... light infantry are engaged in at- tempting to force the left point of the former , through the space between that and the water , that they may take the American line in flank . They exhibit repeated proofs of undaunted courage ; but ...
... light infantry are engaged in at- tempting to force the left point of the former , through the space between that and the water , that they may take the American line in flank . They exhibit repeated proofs of undaunted courage ; but ...
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... light infantry , faved their co - patriots , who were overpowered and obliged to retreat from the fort ; and who muft otherwife have been cut off , as the ene- my , but for fuch oppofition , would have been inftantly upon the back of ...
... light infantry , faved their co - patriots , who were overpowered and obliged to retreat from the fort ; and who muft otherwife have been cut off , as the ene- my , but for fuch oppofition , would have been inftantly upon the back of ...
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