Pictorial Life of George Washington: Embracing a Complete History of the Seven Years' War, the Revolutionary War, the Formation of the Federal Constitution, and the Administration of Washington |
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Page 64
... expected to have found the river frozen , but it was not , only about fifty yards from each shore . The ice , I suppose , had broken up above , for it was driving in vast quantities . " There was no way for getting over but on a raft ...
... expected to have found the river frozen , but it was not , only about fifty yards from each shore . The ice , I suppose , had broken up above , for it was driving in vast quantities . " There was no way for getting over but on a raft ...
Page 70
... expected under Colonel Fry . Accordingly , on the 1st of May , the little army , having been reinforced by the company of Captain Stephens , and now numbering three com- panies of fifty men each , set out from Will's Creek , and ...
... expected under Colonel Fry . Accordingly , on the 1st of May , the little army , having been reinforced by the company of Captain Stephens , and now numbering three com- panies of fifty men each , set out from Will's Creek , and ...
Page 89
... expected attack . Dieskau at first proceeded towards Oswego , but on learning the advance of Johnson with an inferior army towards Crown Point , hastened to direct his operations against him ; and so confident was he of an easy victory ...
... expected attack . Dieskau at first proceeded towards Oswego , but on learning the advance of Johnson with an inferior army towards Crown Point , hastened to direct his operations against him ; and so confident was he of an easy victory ...
Page 92
... , nominally one thousand , but seldom exceed- ing seven hundred , he was expected to defend a frontier of upwards of three hundred miles in extent , against hordes. 92 LIFE OF WASHINGTON . CHAPTER VI BORDER WAR-FALL OF FORT DUQUESNE.
... , nominally one thousand , but seldom exceed- ing seven hundred , he was expected to defend a frontier of upwards of three hundred miles in extent , against hordes. 92 LIFE OF WASHINGTON . CHAPTER VI BORDER WAR-FALL OF FORT DUQUESNE.
Page 94
... expected from an active and vigilant enemy , and the smallness of his numbers , compared with the services expected from him , may be gathered from the tenor of his letters to Governor Din- widdie . In one dated from Fredericksburg ...
... expected from an active and vigilant enemy , and the smallness of his numbers , compared with the services expected from him , may be gathered from the tenor of his letters to Governor Din- widdie . In one dated from Fredericksburg ...
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