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 52
... taken possession of the territory bordering on the Ohio . Thus commenced the Seven Years ' War in America , called , by the provincial soldiers who were engaged in it , the Old French War . It was destined to develope the military ...
... taken possession of the territory bordering on the Ohio . Thus commenced the Seven Years ' War in America , called , by the provincial soldiers who were engaged in it , the Old French War . It was destined to develope the military ...
Page 300
... taken prisoner with his whole regiment , and the prisoners which he had previously taken were released . The British had six hundred men killed or wounded ; among the slain were Brigadier - general Agnew and Colonel Bird , both officers ...
... taken prisoner with his whole regiment , and the prisoners which he had previously taken were released . The British had six hundred men killed or wounded ; among the slain were Brigadier - general Agnew and Colonel Bird , both officers ...
Page 394
... taken part in this revolt , should be pun- ished with the greatest rigour ; that they should be imprisoned , and their whole property taken from them or destroyed , " and that " every militia - man who had borne arms with the British ...
... taken part in this revolt , should be pun- ished with the greatest rigour ; that they should be imprisoned , and their whole property taken from them or destroyed , " and that " every militia - man who had borne arms with the British ...
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