The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Army, Through the Revolutionary War: And the First President of the United States, Band 2T. Bedington, 1831 |
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... directed to take a position that would prevent the retreat of Delancy , and protect the flanks of the French from the British reinforcements from the Island . But the French troops did not in season reach the scene of action . and this ...
... directed to take a position that would prevent the retreat of Delancy , and protect the flanks of the French from the British reinforcements from the Island . But the French troops did not in season reach the scene of action . and this ...
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... directed the route of his army from the head of Elk , he , accompanied by Rocham seau , Chatelleux , Du Portail , and Knox , proceeded to Virginia . They reached Williamsburg the 14th of September , and immediately repaired on board the ...
... directed the route of his army from the head of Elk , he , accompanied by Rocham seau , Chatelleux , Du Portail , and Knox , proceeded to Virginia . They reached Williamsburg the 14th of September , and immediately repaired on board the ...
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... directed , that every man in the redoubt , after its surrender , should be put to the sword . These sanguinary orders , so repugnant to the character of the Commander in Chief , and of La Fayette , were never given . There is no trace ...
... directed , that every man in the redoubt , after its surrender , should be put to the sword . These sanguinary orders , so repugnant to the character of the Commander in Chief , and of La Fayette , were never given . There is no trace ...
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... directed his Minister to propose the In- dependence of the United States as a preliminary . The deficiency of the states in paying their respec tive requisitions of money into the national treasury subjected the Minister of Finance to ...
... directed his Minister to propose the In- dependence of the United States as a preliminary . The deficiency of the states in paying their respec tive requisitions of money into the national treasury subjected the Minister of Finance to ...
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... directed to preside , and to report the result of their deliberations to the Commander in Chief . The next day a second anonymous address was pub- lished . The writer affected to consider the orders of the General as countenancing the ...
... directed to preside , and to report the result of their deliberations to the Commander in Chief . The next day a second anonymous address was pub- lished . The writer affected to consider the orders of the General as countenancing the ...
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