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This delay must be attended with ruinous consequences to the colonies , which
had exerted themselves beyond their strength to drive the French from the Ohio
the present campaign . In the same letter , he communicated an order of march
on ...
This delay must be attended with ruinous consequences to the colonies , which
had exerted themselves beyond their strength to drive the French from the Ohio
the present campaign . In the same letter , he communicated an order of march
on ...
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There is nothing that gives a man consequence , and renders him fit for
command , like a support that renders him independent of everybody but the
state he serves . “ With respect to the men , nothing but a good bounty can obtain
them upon ...
There is nothing that gives a man consequence , and renders him fit for
command , like a support that renders him independent of everybody but the
state he serves . “ With respect to the men , nothing but a good bounty can obtain
them upon ...
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passage been an ordinary one , he would have found Lord Howe in the
Delaware , and the capture or destruction of the British fleet in that river , and
probably of the army in Philadelphia , must have been the consequence . Count
d'Estaing ...
passage been an ordinary one , he would have found Lord Howe in the
Delaware , and the capture or destruction of the British fleet in that river , and
probably of the army in Philadelphia , must have been the consequence . Count
d'Estaing ...
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| Titel | The Life of George Washington: Commander-in-chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United States |
| Autor/in | Aaron Bancroft |
| Verlag | Henry T. Coates, 1882 |
| Original von | University of California, Irvine |
| Digitalisiert | 6. März 2017 |
| Länge | 489 Seiten |
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