Pictorial Life of George Washington: Embracing a Complete History of the Seven Years' War, the Revolutionary War, the Formation of the Federal Constitution, and the Administration of WashingtonLeary & Getz, 1857 - 588 pages |
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Page 89
... camp . He could gain no definite idea of the numbers of Dieskau's army , the Indian spies uniformly reporting them as innumerable , by pointing to the stars in the sky , or the hairs of the head . It was impossible from their accounts ...
... camp . He could gain no definite idea of the numbers of Dieskau's army , the Indian spies uniformly reporting them as innumerable , by pointing to the stars in the sky , or the hairs of the head . It was impossible from their accounts ...
Page 241
... camp , and to make the best arrangements circumstances would admit . An immediate attack being expected on Long Island , General Sullivan was reinforced , and directed carefully to watch the passes . On the 22d of August , the main body ...
... camp , and to make the best arrangements circumstances would admit . An immediate attack being expected on Long Island , General Sullivan was reinforced , and directed carefully to watch the passes . On the 22d of August , the main body ...
Page 311
... camp . His situation became most precarious . Every day dimmed his hopes , and accumulated his difficulties . From ... camp . Two more regiments ordered from the British camp , disputed this passage . Another charge on Burgoyne's left ...
... camp . His situation became most precarious . Every day dimmed his hopes , and accumulated his difficulties . From ... camp . Two more regiments ordered from the British camp , disputed this passage . Another charge on Burgoyne's left ...
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