The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Army, Through the Revolutionary War: And the First President of the United States, Том 2T. Bedington, 1826 |
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... situation of the United States , and in consequence entertained sanguine expectations of a complete conquest of the States south of the Hudson . The letters of Lord George Germaine to Sir Henry Clinton , which were written at this ...
... situation of the United States , and in consequence entertained sanguine expectations of a complete conquest of the States south of the Hudson . The letters of Lord George Germaine to Sir Henry Clinton , which were written at this ...
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... situation , and his resolution rose to meet them . While pondering upon his despe- rate prospects , he received the grateful intelligence , that the government of France had loaned the United States six millions of livres , a part of ...
... situation , and his resolution rose to meet them . While pondering upon his despe- rate prospects , he received the grateful intelligence , that the government of France had loaned the United States six millions of livres , a part of ...
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... situation to be unfavourable for a naval engagement , he should sail to meet the English at sea or to block them up in the harbour of New - York . General WASH- INGTON apprehending that the successful issue of the expedition , which he ...
... situation to be unfavourable for a naval engagement , he should sail to meet the English at sea or to block them up in the harbour of New - York . General WASH- INGTON apprehending that the successful issue of the expedition , which he ...
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... situation to cover the men . Three days were spent in completing the batteries of this parallel , which time the British inde- fatigably employed upon their lines . They opened new embrasures , and their fire was more destructive than ...
... situation to cover the men . Three days were spent in completing the batteries of this parallel , which time the British inde- fatigably employed upon their lines . They opened new embrasures , and their fire was more destructive than ...
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... situation of Lord Cornwallis . Admiral Rodney in the West Indies had early been apprized of the intention of Count de Grasse to visit the American coast ; but not supposing that the whole of the French fleet on that station , would be ...
... situation of Lord Cornwallis . Admiral Rodney in the West Indies had early been apprized of the intention of Count de Grasse to visit the American coast ; but not supposing that the whole of the French fleet on that station , would be ...
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