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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... success at Longueisle reached him . On receiving this intelligence , he sent a flag by one of the prisoners , with a letter to Major Preston , the commanding officer , demanding a surrender of the place . All hopes of relief having now ...
... success at Longueisle reached him . On receiving this intelligence , he sent a flag by one of the prisoners , with a letter to Major Preston , the commanding officer , demanding a surrender of the place . All hopes of relief having now ...
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... successful effort to annex that extensive province to the United Colonies . The dispositions of the Canadians favoured the ... success . But the radical causes of fail- ure , putting fortune out of the question , were to be found in the ...
... successful effort to annex that extensive province to the United Colonies . The dispositions of the Canadians favoured the ... success . But the radical causes of fail- ure , putting fortune out of the question , were to be found in the ...
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... success will hurry him into measures that will , in their consequences , be favourable to us . We should never despair . Our situation has before been un- promising , and has changed for the better . So , I trust , it will again . If ...
... success will hurry him into measures that will , in their consequences , be favourable to us . We should never despair . Our situation has before been un- promising , and has changed for the better . So , I trust , it will again . If ...
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