The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the Independence of the United States of America, Volume 2Samuel Campbell, no. 124, Pearl-street, 1801 - United States "The following work is not confined to the contest between Great Britain and the United States of America, but includes all the other parts of the war which originated from that contest. ... The form of letters, instead of chapters, is not altogether imaginary, as the author, from his arrival in America in 1770, maintained a correspondence with gentlemen in London, Rotterdam and Paris, answering in general to the prefixed dates."--Preface. |
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... corps , or- dered to fall upon the rear of the British . p . 356. Some firing between them , p . 359. Lee's corps retreat , p . 360. Wash ington meets the troops , and orders them to make a stand , p . 361. The British are checked ...
... corps , or- dered to fall upon the rear of the British . p . 356. Some firing between them , p . 359. Lee's corps retreat , p . 360. Wash ington meets the troops , and orders them to make a stand , p . 361. The British are checked ...
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... corps . -at Montreal ; and somuch was Arnold's detachment reduced , by the return of col . Enge's division and other unfavorable circum- stances . Thus you see the besiegers were little more than half the garrison . Upon his appearing ...
... corps . -at Montreal ; and somuch was Arnold's detachment reduced , by the return of col . Enge's division and other unfavorable circum- stances . Thus you see the besiegers were little more than half the garrison . Upon his appearing ...
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... corps been employed by him to gain the possession of them , it would have been in danger of being sur- rounded , of having its communication cut off , and of being ob- liged to surrender in less than twenty - four hours , through the ...
... corps been employed by him to gain the possession of them , it would have been in danger of being sur- rounded , of having its communication cut off , and of being ob- liged to surrender in less than twenty - four hours , through the ...
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... corps upon the appearance of day , possesses himself of the heights over which the road passes . General Grant with the left wing advances along the coast by the west road , near the narrows . About midnight , the guard con- sisting all ...
... corps upon the appearance of day , possesses himself of the heights over which the road passes . General Grant with the left wing advances along the coast by the west road , near the narrows . About midnight , the guard con- sisting all ...
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... corps . The embarkation of the troops was committed to gen . M'Dougall . He was upon the spot at Brooklye ferry , at cight o'clock , the hour fixed for the commencement of this important movement . To his great mortification he found ...
... corps . The embarkation of the troops was committed to gen . M'Dougall . He was upon the spot at Brooklye ferry , at cight o'clock , the hour fixed for the commencement of this important movement . To his great mortification he found ...
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