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, Том 2Walton Book Company, 1930 |
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... garrison at Motte's house . But the siege of that place had been so vigorously prose- cuted that , on crossing the river , his lordship received the un- welcome intelligence that it had surrendered on the twelfth , and that its garrison ...
... garrison at Motte's house . But the siege of that place had been so vigorously prose- cuted that , on crossing the river , his lordship received the un- welcome intelligence that it had surrendered on the twelfth , and that its garrison ...
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... garrison capitulated the next morning . The late movement of the British army had left the garrison of Ninety Six and of Augusta exposed to the whole force of Greene , and he determined to direct his operations against them . Lee was ...
... garrison capitulated the next morning . The late movement of the British army had left the garrison of Ninety Six and of Augusta exposed to the whole force of Greene , and he determined to direct his operations against them . Lee was ...
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... garrison was reduced to extremities , when the near approach of his lordship was com- municated to Cruger , by a loyalist who passed through the American lines , and extinguished every hope of carrying the place otherwise than by storm ...
... garrison was reduced to extremities , when the near approach of his lordship was com- municated to Cruger , by a loyalist who passed through the American lines , and extinguished every hope of carrying the place otherwise than by storm ...
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