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 2C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
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... fort on the south eastern branch of the Ohio , and were themselves then engaged in com- pleting a fortification at the confluence of the Alleghany and Monongahela rivers ; and that a detachment from that place was then on its march ...
... fort on the south eastern branch of the Ohio , and were themselves then engaged in com- pleting a fortification at the confluence of the Alleghany and Monongahela rivers ; and that a detachment from that place was then on its march ...
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... fort Neces sity , was erected at the Great Meadows , for the purpose of securing the provisions and horses , after which the troops commenced their march towards fort du Quesne , with the inten- tion of dislodging the French from that ...
... fort Neces sity , was erected at the Great Meadows , for the purpose of securing the provisions and horses , after which the troops commenced their march towards fort du Quesne , with the inten- tion of dislodging the French from that ...
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... fort Necessity , when intelligence was received which terminated their march . They were there met by some friendly Indians who inform- ed them that the enemy was rapidly advancing as numerous as the pigeons in the woods . Among those ...
... fort Necessity , when intelligence was received which terminated their march . They were there met by some friendly Indians who inform- ed them that the enemy was rapidly advancing as numerous as the pigeons in the woods . Among those ...
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... fort Necessity , and began a ditch around the stockade . Before it was completed , the enemy , supposed to amount to fifteen hundred men , under the command of monsieur de Villier , appeared and immedi- ately commenced a furious attack ...
... fort Necessity , and began a ditch around the stockade . Before it was completed , the enemy , supposed to amount to fifteen hundred men , under the command of monsieur de Villier , appeared and immedi- ately commenced a furious attack ...
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... fort , or to build one in some proper place in the country . With as little The little army in Virginia , which was placed under the command of colonel Innes from North August . Carolina , did not , as now re - enforced , exceed half ...
... fort , or to build one in some proper place in the country . With as little The little army in Virginia , which was placed under the command of colonel Innes from North August . Carolina , did not , as now re - enforced , exceed half ...
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