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Page 51
... assault until the next morning . Many lessons had not yet taught him that it was a fatal business to give even twelve hours to the great soldier opposed to him . During the night Washington , leaving his fires burning and taking a ...
... assault until the next morning . Many lessons had not yet taught him that it was a fatal business to give even twelve hours to the great soldier opposed to him . During the night Washington , leaving his fires burning and taking a ...
Page 55
... assault , surrounded by darker conditions than the storms of nature which gathered about his boat , and carrying with him the fortunes of his country , was at that mo ment one of the most heroic figures in history . THE MARCH TO TRENTON ...
... assault , surrounded by darker conditions than the storms of nature which gathered about his boat , and carrying with him the fortunes of his country , was at that mo ment one of the most heroic figures in history . THE MARCH TO TRENTON ...
Page 62
... assault , and the Americans proceeded to storm the British intrenchments on every side . The fight was a right , and having thus brought hi very hot one , and lasted some two hours . The Indians , at the beginning of the action ...
... assault , and the Americans proceeded to storm the British intrenchments on every side . The fight was a right , and having thus brought hi very hot one , and lasted some two hours . The Indians , at the beginning of the action ...
Page 65
... assault succeeded another , while the firing on both sides was so incessant as to make , in Stark's own the conflict so blackened with words , a " continuous roar . " At the end of two hours the Americans finally swarmed over the in ...
... assault succeeded another , while the firing on both sides was so incessant as to make , in Stark's own the conflict so blackened with words , a " continuous roar . " At the end of two hours the Americans finally swarmed over the in ...
Page 77
... assault was made . of his militia he scattered around the top of the Most hill to fire down at the Americans as they came up , while with his regulars and with a few picked militia he charged with the bayonet in person , first down one ...
... assault was made . of his militia he scattered around the top of the Most hill to fire down at the Americans as they came up , while with his regulars and with a few picked militia he charged with the bayonet in person , first down one ...
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