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, Том 2C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
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... provisions .... Difficulty of re - inlisting the army .... Plans for attacking Boston .... Possession taken of the heights of Dorchester .... Boston evacuated . CHAPTER V. Invasion of Canada meditated .... The Americans enter that ...
... provisions .... Difficulty of re - inlisting the army .... Plans for attacking Boston .... Possession taken of the heights of Dorchester .... Boston evacuated . CHAPTER V. Invasion of Canada meditated .... The Americans enter that ...
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... provisions and horses , after which the troops commenced their march towards fort du Quesne , with the inten- tion of dislodging the French from that place . They had proceeded to the westernmost foot of CHAP . I. the Laurel hill ...
... provisions and horses , after which the troops commenced their march towards fort du Quesne , with the inten- tion of dislodging the French from that place . They had proceeded to the westernmost foot of CHAP . I. the Laurel hill ...
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... having risen in a few days , without making any provision whatever for the further prosecution of the war , this wild expedition was for the present relinquished . • After the season for action was over , the CHAP 12 THE LIFE OF.
... having risen in a few days , without making any provision whatever for the further prosecution of the war , this wild expedition was for the present relinquished . • After the season for action was over , the CHAP 12 THE LIFE OF.
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... provisions , until 1755 . about the 12th of June . From his knowledge of the service to be performed , he very early suggested the propriety of using , to a consider- able extent , pack horses instead of waggons , for the baggage of the ...
... provisions , until 1755 . about the 12th of June . From his knowledge of the service to be performed , he very early suggested the propriety of using , to a consider- able extent , pack horses instead of waggons , for the baggage of the ...
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... provisions , and other supplies , be- cause the river La Bœuf , on which they must necessarily be brought to Venango , did not then afford water enough to admit of their por- tage down it . By a rapid movement therefore , it was ...
... provisions , and other supplies , be- cause the river La Bœuf , on which they must necessarily be brought to Venango , did not then afford water enough to admit of their por- tage down it . By a rapid movement therefore , it was ...
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