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Page 67
... fought well their hand - to- the intrenchments filled with regular troops and hand fight on that hot August day , and carried arms , as well as a battle which had an effect upon the course of daring feat of important history and upon ...
... fought well their hand - to- the intrenchments filled with regular troops and hand fight on that hot August day , and carried arms , as well as a battle which had an effect upon the course of daring feat of important history and upon ...
Page 87
... fought well , cheering loudly as their volleys rang , but the Americans would not be denied , and on to end the contest with the A bullet struck Wayne in the head . H I to his feet and forward , two o his officers supporting him . A ...
... fought well , cheering loudly as their volleys rang , but the Americans would not be denied , and on to end the contest with the A bullet struck Wayne in the head . H I to his feet and forward , two o his officers supporting him . A ...
Page 88
... fought hand to ad speedily overthrew them . wonets flashed and played ; then the British lines broke as their assailants thronged against them , and the struggle was over . The Americans had lost a hundred in killed and Of the British ...
... fought hand to ad speedily overthrew them . wonets flashed and played ; then the British lines broke as their assailants thronged against them , and the struggle was over . The Americans had lost a hundred in killed and Of the British ...
Page 95
... fought under Washington in the war for American independence . In their anguish and distress their thoughts recurred to the country which they had served in its hour of trial , three thousand miles away . They sought the legation of the ...
... fought under Washington in the war for American independence . In their anguish and distress their thoughts recurred to the country which they had served in its hour of trial , three thousand miles away . They sought the legation of the ...
Page 97
... fought , and on both public and private grounds besought the protection of the Ameri- minister . Let me tell what happened in the words of an eye - witness , an American gentleman who was in Paris at that time , and who published the ...
... fought , and on both public and private grounds besought the protection of the Ameri- minister . Let me tell what happened in the words of an eye - witness , an American gentleman who was in Paris at that time , and who published the ...
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