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... Clark's force , and they were in close alliance with the Indians roundabout . Clark was anxious to take the town by surprise and avoid bloodshed , as he believed 34 he could win side . over the Creoles to GEORGE ROGERS CLARK.
... Clark's force , and they were in close alliance with the Indians roundabout . Clark was anxious to take the town by surprise and avoid bloodshed , as he believed 34 he could win side . over the Creoles to GEORGE ROGERS CLARK.
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Henry Cabot Lodge, Theodore Roosevelt. 34 he could win side . over the Creoles to the American Marching cautiously by night and gener- Fortune favored he came to the outskirts of the ally hiding by day , ' the woods near by , him . That ...
Henry Cabot Lodge, Theodore Roosevelt. 34 he could win side . over the Creoles to the American Marching cautiously by night and gener- Fortune favored he came to the outskirts of the ally hiding by day , ' the woods near by , him . That ...
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... side of the stream . Night was falling , and Cornwallis , feeling sure of his prey , decided that he would not risk an assault until the next morning . Many lessons had not yet taught him that it was a fatal business to give even twelve ...
... side of the stream . Night was falling , and Cornwallis , feeling sure of his prey , decided that he would not risk an assault until the next morning . Many lessons had not yet taught him that it was a fatal business to give even twelve ...
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... 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 , slipped British and German regulars stubbornly stood the American detachments , but the ...
... 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 , slipped British and German regulars stubbornly stood the American detachments , but the ...
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... side - arms . On the other side Baum had the most highly disciplined troops of England and Germany under his command , well armed and equipped , and he was moreover strongly in- trenched with artillery well placed behind the breastworks ...
... side - arms . On the other side Baum had the most highly disciplined troops of England and Germany under his command , well armed and equipped , and he was moreover strongly in- trenched with artillery well placed behind the breastworks ...
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