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Page 38
... struck Clark in Illinois , having more than treble Clarks force , he could hardly have failed to win the vic- tory ; but the season was late and the journey so difficult that he did not believe it could be taken . Accordingly he ...
... struck Clark in Illinois , having more than treble Clarks force , he could hardly have failed to win the vic- tory ; but the season was late and the journey so difficult that he did not believe it could be taken . Accordingly he ...
Page 51
... struck another British de- tachment . A sharp fight ensued , the British divi- sion was broken and defeated , losing some five hundred men , and Washington withdrew after this second victory to the highlands of New Jersey to rest and ...
... struck another British de- tachment . A sharp fight ensued , the British divi- sion was broken and defeated , losing some five hundred men , and Washington withdrew after this second victory to the highlands of New Jersey to rest and ...
Page 87
... struck Wayne in the head . H I to his feet and forward , two o his officers supporting him . A rumor went amon the men that he was dead , but it only impell them to charge home more fiercely than ever . fell , but struggled With a rush ...
... struck Wayne in the head . H I to his feet and forward , two o his officers supporting him . A rumor went amon the men that he was dead , but it only impell them to charge home more fiercely than ever . fell , but struggled With a rush ...
Page 105
... struck , having lost her mizzenmast , and with twenty of her crew killed and thirty wounded . Sterrett , having no orders to make captures , threw all the guns and ammu- nition of the Tripoli overboard , cut away remaining masts , and ...
... struck , having lost her mizzenmast , and with twenty of her crew killed and thirty wounded . Sterrett , having no orders to make captures , threw all the guns and ammu- nition of the Tripoli overboard , cut away remaining masts , and ...
Page 125
... struck her flag and cried for quarter , having lost forty or fifty men , while but three of the Americans had fallen . Before the Wasp could take possession of her opponent , however , the two war vessels to which the Avon had been sig ...
... struck her flag and cried for quarter , having lost forty or fifty men , while but three of the Americans had fallen . Before the Wasp could take possession of her opponent , however , the two war vessels to which the Avon had been sig ...
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