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 Washington |
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A few hours before day he surprised an American party stationed there to give the alarm of an approaching enemy , and , undiscovered , seized the pass . At daylight he passed the heights , and descended into the plain on the side of ...
A few hours before day he surprised an American party stationed there to give the alarm of an approaching enemy , and , undiscovered , seized the pass . At daylight he passed the heights , and descended into the plain on the side of ...
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The successive retreats which had followed the landing of the British on Long Island , had so dispirited the American troops , that they fled whenever the enemy appeared . The new position of the general's quarters on the heights of ...
The successive retreats which had followed the landing of the British on Long Island , had so dispirited the American troops , that they fled whenever the enemy appeared . The new position of the general's quarters on the heights of ...
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255 American army , to the number of about seventeen thousand , took possession of the heights , on the east side of the river Brunx , in front of the British army . Following his usual plan , Washington entrenched his camp with the ...
255 American army , to the number of about seventeen thousand , took possession of the heights , on the east side of the river Brunx , in front of the British army . Following his usual plan , Washington entrenched his camp with the ...
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| Title | 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 Washington |
| Author | John Frost |
| Publisher | Leary & Getz, 1854 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 588 pages |
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