A History of the American Revolution; Comprehending All the Principal Events Both in the Field and in the Cabinet, Volume 2F. Betts, 1822 - United States |
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... Chief of the British army at this time , instead of General Howe , who seems at all times to have labour- ed under some strange infatuation in his conduct of the war , the revolution would in all probability have closed here , and we ...
... Chief of the British army at this time , instead of General Howe , who seems at all times to have labour- ed under some strange infatuation in his conduct of the war , the revolution would in all probability have closed here , and we ...
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... chief ! -Labouring under so many disadvantages , with an army reduced almost to noth- ing , a militia ready to sell their services to the highest bidder , and a victorious enemy driving them from place to place , the Congress deserve ...
... chief ! -Labouring under so many disadvantages , with an army reduced almost to noth- ing , a militia ready to sell their services to the highest bidder , and a victorious enemy driving them from place to place , the Congress deserve ...
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... Chief which he sent against General M'Dougall at Peekskill , and which ended only in the destruction of a quantity of stores ,. he would have given a blow to the American cause , from which it could not soon have recovered . But here ...
... Chief which he sent against General M'Dougall at Peekskill , and which ended only in the destruction of a quantity of stores ,. he would have given a blow to the American cause , from which it could not soon have recovered . But here ...
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... Chief . So late as the 21st of May , it appears that Washington's safety was still dependent on the chance of Sir William's obtaining correct intelligence . " Nothing " says he , in a letter of that date , " but a good face and false ...
... Chief . So late as the 21st of May , it appears that Washington's safety was still dependent on the chance of Sir William's obtaining correct intelligence . " Nothing " says he , in a letter of that date , " but a good face and false ...
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... chief objects were to cut off his parties and gain possession of the passes in the mountains on his left , hastened to move his army from the low ground which they occupied , to the heights in face of the ene- my . The subsequent ...
... chief objects were to cut off his parties and gain possession of the passes in the mountains on his left , hastened to move his army from the low ground which they occupied , to the heights in face of the ene- my . The subsequent ...
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