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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... wounded , though the British garrison kept up a considerable fire of musketry from Bunker's Hill . This expedition confounded the amusement carrying on in Boston , at the same instant . The British soldiers were much afflicted with ...
... wounded , though the British garrison kept up a considerable fire of musketry from Bunker's Hill . This expedition confounded the amusement carrying on in Boston , at the same instant . The British soldiers were much afflicted with ...
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... wounded are carried off to the camp . We now.come to col . Arnold's division , which is ordered to proceed in the following manner , viz . a lieutenant and thirty men are to march in front as an advanced guard ; then the ar tillery ...
... wounded are carried off to the camp . We now.come to col . Arnold's division , which is ordered to proceed in the following manner , viz . a lieutenant and thirty men are to march in front as an advanced guard ; then the ar tillery ...
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... wounded about a hundred - one captain and two lieutenants killed - col . Arnold , two captains , two lien- tenants , and a brigade major , wounded . The loss of the gene- ral's division is , the general , his aid , capt . Cheeseman ...
... wounded about a hundred - one captain and two lieutenants killed - col . Arnold , two captains , two lien- tenants , and a brigade major , wounded . The loss of the gene- ral's division is , the general , his aid , capt . Cheeseman ...
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William Gordon. on the spot . A few men were killed and wounded on both sides at the burning of Norfolk , the most populous and considerable town for commerce of any in the colony . It contained about 6000 inhabitants , and many in ...
William Gordon. on the spot . A few men were killed and wounded on both sides at the burning of Norfolk , the most populous and considerable town for commerce of any in the colony . It contained about 6000 inhabitants , and many in ...
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... wounded . The Americans had only two wounded , one of them survived . The conquerors took 13 waggons , 350 guns and shot bags , about 150 swords and dirks , and 1500 excellent rifles . The joy this conquest diffused among the North ...
... wounded . The Americans had only two wounded , one of them survived . The conquerors took 13 waggons , 350 guns and shot bags , about 150 swords and dirks , and 1500 excellent rifles . The joy this conquest diffused among the North ...
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