The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States, Band 2J. Crissy, 1832 |
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... attempt to gain the flanks of the British . Colonel Washington too was compelled by the thick underwood and felled trees which obstructed his direct course , to make so extensive a circuit , that he came into the rear of the British at ...
... attempt to gain the flanks of the British . Colonel Washington too was compelled by the thick underwood and felled trees which obstructed his direct course , to make so extensive a circuit , that he came into the rear of the British at ...
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... attempt on Cruger ; and Greene thought it most ad- viseable to force the British out of the upper country by threatening their lower posts at Monk's corner and at Dorchester . Sumpter , July 13 . Marion , and Lee , were detached on this ...
... attempt on Cruger ; and Greene thought it most ad- viseable to force the British out of the upper country by threatening their lower posts at Monk's corner and at Dorchester . Sumpter , July 13 . Marion , and Lee , were detached on this ...
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... to charge them in the rear . In making the attempt , he received a fire which did immense execution . The British occupied a thicket almost impervious to horse . In attempting to force it , Lieutenant Stuart who commanded 20 THE LIFE OF.
... to charge them in the rear . In making the attempt , he received a fire which did immense execution . The British occupied a thicket almost impervious to horse . In attempting to force it , Lieutenant Stuart who commanded 20 THE LIFE OF.
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... attempt which had just failed , he collected his wounded , and retired with his prisoners to the ground from which he had marched in the morning , determined again to fight the British army when it should retreat from the Eutaws . Every ...
... attempt which had just failed , he collected his wounded , and retired with his prisoners to the ground from which he had marched in the morning , determined again to fight the British army when it should retreat from the Eutaws . Every ...
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... attempt a farther prosecution of offensive war on the continent of North America . " These votes were soon followed by a change of ministers , and by in- structions to the officers commanding the forces in America , which con- formed to ...
... attempt a farther prosecution of offensive war on the continent of North America . " These votes were soon followed by a change of ministers , and by in- structions to the officers commanding the forces in America , which con- formed to ...
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