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Page 13
... four examples . But he was a great soldier of the type which the English race has produced , like Marlborough and Cromwell , Wellington , Grant , and Lee . He was patient under defeat , capable of large combinations , a stubborn and ...
... four examples . But he was a great soldier of the type which the English race has produced , like Marlborough and Cromwell , Wellington , Grant , and Lee . He was patient under defeat , capable of large combinations , a stubborn and ...
Page 37
... four hours the Creoles were in abject terror . their chief men Then Clark summoned together and explained that he came as their ally , and not as their foe , and that if they would join with him they should be citizens of the American ...
... four hours the Creoles were in abject terror . their chief men Then Clark summoned together and explained that he came as their ally , and not as their foe , and that if they would join with him they should be citizens of the American ...
Page 48
... four hundred men he crossed the Delaware through the floating ice , his boats managed and rowed by the sturdy fisher- men of Marblehead from Glover's regiment . The crossing was successful , and he landed about nine miles from Trenton ...
... four hundred men he crossed the Delaware through the floating ice , his boats managed and rowed by the sturdy fisher- men of Marblehead from Glover's regiment . The crossing was successful , and he landed about nine miles from Trenton ...
Page 61
... four miles of Bennington on August 13 , western frontier . 1777 , and encamped on a hill just within the boundaries of the State of New York . The news of the advance of Bur goyne had already roused the people of New York and New ...
... four miles of Bennington on August 13 , western frontier . 1777 , and encamped on a hill just within the boundaries of the State of New York . The news of the advance of Bur goyne had already roused the people of New York and New ...
Page 66
... four It was only just in time , for Breymann , who down their arms . It seemed for a moment as if all miles , came up just after Baum's men had laid that had been gained might be lost . The Amer- Stark rallied his line , and putting in ...
... four It was only just in time , for Breymann , who down their arms . It seemed for a moment as if all miles , came up just after Baum's men had laid that had been gained might be lost . The Amer- Stark rallied his line , and putting in ...
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