A History of the American Revolution; Comprehending All the Principal Events Both in the Field and in the Cabinet, Том 2F. Betts, 1822 |
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... town , Cornwal- lis came up with a squadron of horse , and the route was complete . The Americans were closely follow- ed for a few miles , but the enemy were at length com- pelled to abandon the pursuit by the judicious man- agement of ...
... town , Cornwal- lis came up with a squadron of horse , and the route was complete . The Americans were closely follow- ed for a few miles , but the enemy were at length com- pelled to abandon the pursuit by the judicious man- agement of ...
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... town , and many of the beautiful country seats of gen- tlemen on the banks of the river , he retired with the fleet and army to New York . Immediately after the convention of Saratoga , Gene- eral Gates moved on to Albany , to be in ...
... town , and many of the beautiful country seats of gen- tlemen on the banks of the river , he retired with the fleet and army to New York . Immediately after the convention of Saratoga , Gene- eral Gates moved on to Albany , to be in ...
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... Town , which he reached about ten o'clock at night , he was informed that a party of the enemy were crossing the river at Cooper's ferry , opposite Philadelphia , and about eight miles below him . With a view therefore to ascertain the ...
... Town , which he reached about ten o'clock at night , he was informed that a party of the enemy were crossing the river at Cooper's ferry , opposite Philadelphia , and about eight miles below him . With a view therefore to ascertain the ...
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... town of huts , in which , if they did not enjoy all the comforts of their well housed adversaries , they were at least comfortably sheltered from the inclemencies of the weather , and enured to the hardships of a soldier's- life . Here ...
... town of huts , in which , if they did not enjoy all the comforts of their well housed adversaries , they were at least comfortably sheltered from the inclemencies of the weather , and enured to the hardships of a soldier's- life . Here ...
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... town was inhabited by many who had lost their all in the conflagration of Charlestown ; they were still smart- ing with the sense of their wrongs , still suffering under the privations which Burgoyne himself had so large- ly contributed ...
... town was inhabited by many who had lost their all in the conflagration of Charlestown ; they were still smart- ing with the sense of their wrongs , still suffering under the privations which Burgoyne himself had so large- ly contributed ...
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