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Page 71
... struggle . Cornwallis had just destroyed the army of Gates at Camden , and his two for- midable lieutenants , Tarlton the light horseman , and Ferguson the skilled rifleman , had destroyed or scattered all the smaller bands that had ...
... struggle . Cornwallis had just destroyed the army of Gates at Camden , and his two for- midable lieutenants , Tarlton the light horseman , and Ferguson the skilled rifleman , had destroyed or scattered all the smaller bands that had ...
Page 88
... struggle was over . The Americans had lost a hundred in killed and Of the British sixty - three had been wounded . sla and very many A curious coincidence wounded , every one of the was that the number of the dead or disabled having ...
... struggle was over . The Americans had lost a hundred in killed and Of the British sixty - three had been wounded . sla and very many A curious coincidence wounded , every one of the was that the number of the dead or disabled having ...
Page 111
... struggle , and the Tripoli- tans , crowded together , terrified and surprised , were cut down or driven overboard . In five min- utes the ship was cleared of the enemy . Decatur would have liked to have taken the Philadelphia out of the ...
... struggle , and the Tripoli- tans , crowded together , terrified and surprised , were cut down or driven overboard . In five min- utes the ship was cleared of the enemy . Decatur would have liked to have taken the Philadelphia out of the ...
Page 135
... struggle followed . The British hacked at the boarding - nets and strove to force their way through to the decks of the pri- vateer , while the Americans stabbed the assailants with their long pikes and slashed at them with their ...
... struggle followed . The British hacked at the boarding - nets and strove to force their way through to the decks of the pri- vateer , while the Americans stabbed the assailants with their long pikes and slashed at them with their ...
Page 139
... struggle , the troops were landed , and on December 23 the ad- vance - guard of two thousand men reached the banks of the Mississippi , but ten miles below New Orleans , and there camped for the night . 140 of many a battle . Spanish ...
... struggle , the troops were landed , and on December 23 the ad- vance - guard of two thousand men reached the banks of the Mississippi , but ten miles below New Orleans , and there camped for the night . 140 of many a battle . Spanish ...
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