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 1Walton Book Company, 1930 |
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... numbers which assailed them on every quarter ; and those who survived were , with their General , made prisoners of war . This attempt , though unsuccessful , gave an opportunity to a large part of the de- tachment to save themselves by ...
... numbers which assailed them on every quarter ; and those who survived were , with their General , made prisoners of war . This attempt , though unsuccessful , gave an opportunity to a large part of the de- tachment to save themselves by ...
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... numbers , and Washington , unwilling to move from the heights , and engage on the ground which was the scene of the skirmish , declining to reinforce Gist and Morgan , they , in turn , were compelled to retreat . Sir William Howe ...
... numbers , and Washington , unwilling to move from the heights , and engage on the ground which was the scene of the skirmish , declining to reinforce Gist and Morgan , they , in turn , were compelled to retreat . Sir William Howe ...
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... numbers , and in every equipment , he had not effected the same result which had been produced in the north , by a continental army , in itself , much stronger than its adversary , and so reinforced by militia as to treble his numbers ...
... numbers , and in every equipment , he had not effected the same result which had been produced in the north , by a continental army , in itself , much stronger than its adversary , and so reinforced by militia as to treble his numbers ...
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