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, 1853 - 586 pages |
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Page 215
... PRISONERS . 215 vate soldiers , were brought down in the first onset by the American rifles , and the rest fled in confusion . Lord William Campbell , governor of South Carolina , was equally obliged to seek security on shipboard , and ...
... PRISONERS . 215 vate soldiers , were brought down in the first onset by the American rifles , and the rest fled in confusion . Lord William Campbell , governor of South Carolina , was equally obliged to seek security on shipboard , and ...
Page 281
... prisoners , and such had been the good treatment received by them , that but few sick could be found . General Howe said that the refusal of the American general to exchange prisoners was a violation of the rule mutually agreed on ...
... prisoners , and such had been the good treatment received by them , that but few sick could be found . General Howe said that the refusal of the American general to exchange prisoners was a violation of the rule mutually agreed on ...
Page 282
... prisoners themselves , and that of the contending powers . On this footing , it equally exacts , that they should be well treated , as well as that they should be ex- changed . The reverse is , therefore , an evident infraction , and ...
... prisoners themselves , and that of the contending powers . On this footing , it equally exacts , that they should be well treated , as well as that they should be ex- changed . The reverse is , therefore , an evident infraction , and ...
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