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 Hon. 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, Band 3 |
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About eleven in the morning , information was given , which reached general
Washington about noon , that a very large column of the enemy with many field
pieces , had taken a road leading from Kennet - square , directly up the country ,
and ...
About eleven in the morning , information was given , which reached general
Washington about noon , that a very large column of the enemy with many field
pieces , had taken a road leading from Kennet - square , directly up the country ,
and ...
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On the 15th , the American army , intending to gain the ground on the left of the
British , reached the Warren tavern , on the Lancaster road , about twenty - three
miles from Philadelphia , where intelligence was received very early next
morning ...
On the 15th , the American army , intending to gain the ground on the left of the
British , reached the Warren tavern , on the Lancaster road , about twenty - three
miles from Philadelphia , where intelligence was received very early next
morning ...
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30 . quence of this determination , the army took a position on the Skippack road ,
about twenty miles from Philadelphia , and sixteen from Germantown . This is a
long village stretching on both sides the great road to the northward , which ...
30 . quence of this determination , the army took a position on the Skippack road ,
about twenty miles from Philadelphia , and sixteen from Germantown . This is a
long village stretching on both sides the great road to the northward , which ...
Seite 177
The divisions of Sullivan and Wayne , flanked by Conway ' s brigade , were to
march down the main road , and entering the town by the way of Chesnut hill , to
attack the left wing ; while general Armstrong with the Pennsylvania militia was to
...
The divisions of Sullivan and Wayne , flanked by Conway ' s brigade , were to
march down the main road , and entering the town by the way of Chesnut hill , to
attack the left wing ; while general Armstrong with the Pennsylvania militia was to
...
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In execution of this plan ; on the night of the 19th , general Grant with five
thousand select troops , took the road which leads up the Dela . ware , and
consequently diverges from Barren hill . After marching along this road some
distance , he ...
In execution of this plan ; on the night of the 19th , general Grant with five
thousand select troops , took the road which leads up the Dela . ware , and
consequently diverges from Barren hill . After marching along this road some
distance , he ...
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| Titel | 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 Hon. Bushrod Washington from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed ..., Band 3 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 Hon. 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, John Marshall |
| Autor/in | John Marshall |
| Verlag | Richard Phillips, 1804 |
| Original von | Columbia University |
| Digitalisiert | 8. Dez. 2009 |
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