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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... regiment surprised .... Captain Donop , with his corps , attacked by colonel Butler , and defeated .... Expedition of the British against Egg Harbour .... Pulaski surprised , and his in- fantry cut off . CHAPTER X. Arrival of the ...
... regiment surprised .... Captain Donop , with his corps , attacked by colonel Butler , and defeated .... Expedition of the British against Egg Harbour .... Pulaski surprised , and his in- fantry cut off . CHAPTER X. Arrival of the ...
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... regiment , and some volunteers , to enter the country by the way of fort George , and cut off the communication between Albany and Ticonderoga . This intelligence was communicated to the officers com- manding on the lakes , and they ...
... regiment , and some volunteers , to enter the country by the way of fort George , and cut off the communication between Albany and Ticonderoga . This intelligence was communicated to the officers com- manding on the lakes , and they ...
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... massacre and depredation . " These barbarities were not long unpunished . In aid of some regular regiments ordered on © Annual Register . d Ramsay . 19 CHAP . I. that service , the frontier inhabitants of D 2 GEORGE WASHINGTON .
... massacre and depredation . " These barbarities were not long unpunished . In aid of some regular regiments ordered on © Annual Register . d Ramsay . 19 CHAP . I. that service , the frontier inhabitants of D 2 GEORGE WASHINGTON .
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... regiment of artillery , no corps of engineers , and not a single troop of horse . General Lee , who commanded in the southern department , and whose experience of the utility of horse was not now to be acquired , very early pressed the ...
... regiment of artillery , no corps of engineers , and not a single troop of horse . General Lee , who commanded in the southern department , and whose experience of the utility of horse was not now to be acquired , very early pressed the ...
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... regiments , the command of which was given to colonel Knox , now pro- moted to the rank of a brigadier general ; to take Bland's regiment into continental pay ; to raise a body of three thousand cavalry ; and to enable general ...
... regiments , the command of which was given to colonel Knox , now pro- moted to the rank of a brigadier general ; to take Bland's regiment into continental pay ; to raise a body of three thousand cavalry ; and to enable general ...
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