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 108
... garrison , dismayed by his loss , demanded a capitulation , and surrendered themselves , to the number of four- teen hundred , prisoners of war . By the surrender of the fort at Oswego , the French obtained possession of one hundred and ...
... garrison , dismayed by his loss , demanded a capitulation , and surrendered themselves , to the number of four- teen hundred , prisoners of war . By the surrender of the fort at Oswego , the French obtained possession of one hundred and ...
Page 308
... garrison , held out as a threat their uncontrollable ferocity , which , if the fort did not at once submit , would commit indiscriminate murder , " not alone on the garrison , but on every man , woman , and child in the Mohawk country ...
... garrison , held out as a threat their uncontrollable ferocity , which , if the fort did not at once submit , would commit indiscriminate murder , " not alone on the garrison , but on every man , woman , and child in the Mohawk country ...
Page 365
... garrison of fifteen hundred men to defend Stony Point against the enemy's shipping , induced General Washington to demolish and abandon it . He had no sooner retired than it was re - occupied and repaired by Sir Henry Clinton . Though ...
... garrison of fifteen hundred men to defend Stony Point against the enemy's shipping , induced General Washington to demolish and abandon it . He had no sooner retired than it was re - occupied and repaired by Sir Henry Clinton . Though ...
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