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 1 |
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Every military operation was also seriously affected by the total want of engineers
, and the deficiency of working tools . To increase difficulties already so
considerable , the appointment of general officers , made by congress , gave
extensive ...
Every military operation was also seriously affected by the total want of engineers
, and the deficiency of working tools . To increase difficulties already so
considerable , the appointment of general officers , made by congress , gave
extensive ...
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With an army decidedly inferior , not only in numbers , but in every military
requisite except courage , in an open country , he employed his enemy near thirty
days in advancing about sixty miles . In this time he fought one general action ;
and ...
With an army decidedly inferior , not only in numbers , but in every military
requisite except courage , in an open country , he employed his enemy near thirty
days in advancing about sixty miles . In this time he fought one general action ;
and ...
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XVIII On the first of May , 1781 , General Washington commenced a military
journal . The following is a brief statement of the situation of the army at that time .
“ I begin at this epoch , a concise journal of military transactions , & c . I lament not
...
XVIII On the first of May , 1781 , General Washington commenced a military
journal . The following is a brief statement of the situation of the army at that time .
“ I begin at this epoch , a concise journal of military transactions , & c . I lament not
...
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