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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This retreat was conducted with such perfect silence and order , that although the sound of the intrenching tools of the British was distinctly heard , their escape , favoured by a heavy mist , was unperceived until their rear was out ...
This retreat was conducted with such perfect silence and order , that although the sound of the intrenching tools of the British was distinctly heard , their escape , favoured by a heavy mist , was unperceived until their rear was out ...
Page 259
RETREAT TO TRENTON . ' 259 а river , from Philadelphia upwards for seventy miles , he first sent his sick to Philadelphia , and his few remaining military stores and baggage across the Delaware , and then sent a detachment of twelve ...
RETREAT TO TRENTON . ' 259 а river , from Philadelphia upwards for seventy miles , he first sent his sick to Philadelphia , and his few remaining military stores and baggage across the Delaware , and then sent a detachment of twelve ...
Page 292
General Sullivan's brigade , which , on the retreat of the right , was in some degree outflanked also , began to give way . Sullivan , using every exertion to rally them , threw himself , with Stirling and Lafayette , personally into ...
General Sullivan's brigade , which , on the retreat of the right , was in some degree outflanked also , began to give way . Sullivan , using every exertion to rally them , threw himself , with Stirling and Lafayette , personally into ...
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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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