Lives of the Presidents of the United States: With Biographical Notices of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence : Sketches of the Most Remarkable Events in the History of the Country, to which are Added the Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United StatesG.H. Salisbury, 1852 - 674 sivua |
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... troops , to Great Meadows . On reaching this place , he learned from the friendly Indians that a party of the French were en- camped in a valley a few miles to the west . The night was dark and rainy , and entirely concealed the ...
... troops , to Great Meadows . On reaching this place , he learned from the friendly Indians that a party of the French were en- camped in a valley a few miles to the west . The night was dark and rainy , and entirely concealed the ...
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... troops as expeditiously as possible . This advice was adopted , and twelve hundred men were se- lected , to be ... troops by an invisible enemy , consisting of the French and Indians . From their sheltered retreats they were able to take ...
... troops as expeditiously as possible . This advice was adopted , and twelve hundred men were se- lected , to be ... troops by an invisible enemy , consisting of the French and Indians . From their sheltered retreats they were able to take ...
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... troops only exposed them more surely to the galling fire of the enemy . The action continued for three hours , in the course of which the general had three horses killed under him , and received himself a mortal wound . His troops ...
... troops only exposed them more surely to the galling fire of the enemy . The action continued for three hours , in the course of which the general had three horses killed under him , and received himself a mortal wound . His troops ...
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... troops were not sufficiently numerous to defend so large an extent of country , but it was difficult to make a more compact arrangement . The British army were posted in three divisions . The main body , under General Howe , was ...
... troops were not sufficiently numerous to defend so large an extent of country , but it was difficult to make a more compact arrangement . The British army were posted in three divisions . The main body , under General Howe , was ...
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... troops . A voyage was made to Africa , and every pound of gunpowder for sale in the British factories along the coast , was obtained by the exchange of New - England rum . A British ordnance ship , completely laden with military stores ...
... troops . A voyage was made to Africa , and every pound of gunpowder for sale in the British factories along the coast , was obtained by the exchange of New - England rum . A British ordnance ship , completely laden with military stores ...
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