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... enemy . Later he was with Braddock , and it was he who tried to rally the broken English army on the stricken field near Fort Duquesne . On that day of surprise and slaughter he displayed not only cool courage but the reckless daring ...
... enemy . Later he was with Braddock , and it was he who tried to rally the broken English army on the stricken field near Fort Duquesne . On that day of surprise and slaughter he displayed not only cool courage but the reckless daring ...
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... exclamations , Setting out of the war - party , the long and stealthy march , The single file , the of enemies . Swinging hatchets , the surprise and slaughter - Whitman . GEORGE ROGERS CLARK CONQUEST AND THE OF THE NORTHWEST When.
... exclamations , Setting out of the war - party , the long and stealthy march , The single file , the of enemies . Swinging hatchets , the surprise and slaughter - Whitman . GEORGE ROGERS CLARK CONQUEST AND THE OF THE NORTHWEST When.
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... enemy was cut off and de- stroyed . The news of Trenton alarmed the British , and ord Cornwallis with seven thousand of the best troops started at once from New York in hot pur- suit of the American army . Washington , who had now ...
... enemy was cut off and de- stroyed . The news of Trenton alarmed the British , and ord Cornwallis with seven thousand of the best troops started at once from New York in hot pur- suit of the American army . Washington , who had now ...
Page 52
... enemy's of movement and superior enemy whelm him . once changed his quick decision , as to meet a at different points , force the fight- ing , and at each point to outnumber and over- But the military part of this great campaign was not ...
... enemy's of movement and superior enemy whelm him . once changed his quick decision , as to meet a at different points , force the fight- ing , and at each point to outnumber and over- But the military part of this great campaign was not ...
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... enemy on the Stark raised his standard at Charlestown on the Connecticut River , and the militia poured into his camp . Disregarding Schuy- ler's orders to join the main American army , which was falling back before Burgoyne , Stark ...
... enemy on the Stark raised his standard at Charlestown on the Connecticut River , and the militia poured into his camp . Disregarding Schuy- ler's orders to join the main American army , which was falling back before Burgoyne , Stark ...
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