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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111 intrenched on the eastern side of this river , their encampment extending along the shore to the falls of the Montmorency , while their rear was defended by an impenetrable forest . With a force far inferior in numbers to the enemy ...
111 intrenched on the eastern side of this river , their encampment extending along the shore to the falls of the Montmorency , while their rear was defended by an impenetrable forest . With a force far inferior in numbers to the enemy ...
Page 255
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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The next morning Washington retired to Philadelphia , where he remained one day , and then marched up the north side of the Schuylkill , crossed it at Swede's Ford , and proceeded again in the direction of the enemy .
The next morning Washington retired to Philadelphia , where he remained one day , and then marched up the north side of the Schuylkill , crossed it at Swede's Ford , and proceeded again in the direction of the enemy .
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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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