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, Band 3C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
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... movement was not effected entirely with- out loss . General Maxwell , with a corps of Jersey militia , had been ordered to the neigh- bourhood of Elizabeth town , and on their eva- cuating that place , had made a successful attack on ...
... movement was not effected entirely with- out loss . General Maxwell , with a corps of Jersey militia , had been ordered to the neigh- bourhood of Elizabeth town , and on their eva- cuating that place , had made a successful attack on ...
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... movement of general February . Heath towards King's bridge , had not produced the effects he had hoped for from that manœuvre . His fears for Philadelphia were again revived , and the New England troops under the com- mand of general ...
... movement of general February . Heath towards King's bridge , had not produced the effects he had hoped for from that manœuvre . His fears for Philadelphia were again revived , and the New England troops under the com- mand of general ...
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... movement which he had with so much reason apprehended , was not however made , and the war of skirmishes on the side of Jersey , continued throughout the winter . In the course of it , the British loss was supposed to be more ...
... movement which he had with so much reason apprehended , was not however made , and the war of skirmishes on the side of Jersey , continued throughout the winter . In the course of it , the British loss was supposed to be more ...
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... movements of the enemy . The force brought into the field by America , required all the aid which could be derived from a choice of strong positions , and from the most unremitting vigilance . It appears from a return made on the 21st ...
... movements of the enemy . The force brought into the field by America , required all the aid which could be derived from a choice of strong positions , and from the most unremitting vigilance . It appears from a return made on the 21st ...
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... movement by land towards Philadelphia was thought probable , to constitute on the western bank of the Dela- ware , an army of militia , strengthened by a few continental troops , under an experienced officer , to defend , in front , the ...
... movement by land towards Philadelphia was thought probable , to constitute on the western bank of the Dela- ware , an army of militia , strengthened by a few continental troops , under an experienced officer , to defend , in front , the ...
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