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... Cornwallis . The crisis of his fate and of the Revolution was upon him . His army was melting away . The militia had almost all disappeared , and regiments whose term of enlistment had expired were departing daily . Lee 170 GEORGE ...
... Cornwallis . The crisis of his fate and of the Revolution was upon him . His army was melting away . The militia had almost all disappeared , and regiments whose term of enlistment had expired were departing daily . Lee 170 GEORGE ...
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... Cornwallis , with seven thousand of the best troops , started from New York to redeem what had been lost . Leaving three regiments at Princeton , he pushed hotly after Washington , who fell back behind the Assunpink River , skirmishing ...
... Cornwallis , with seven thousand of the best troops , started from New York to redeem what had been lost . Leaving three regiments at Princeton , he pushed hotly after Washington , who fell back behind the Assunpink River , skirmishing ...
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... Cornwallis , sure of the game , decided to wait till the morrow . He , too , forgot that he was facing an enemy who never overlooked a mistake , and never waited an hour . With quick decision Washington left his camp - fires burning on ...
... Cornwallis , sure of the game , decided to wait till the morrow . He , too , forgot that he was facing an enemy who never overlooked a mistake , and never waited an hour . With quick decision Washington left his camp - fires burning on ...
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... main body , and after some skirmishing began to cannonade at long range . Meantime Cornwallis , with the main body , made a long détour of seventeen miles , and came upon the right flank MALICE DOMESTIC , AND FOREIGN LEVY . 191.
... main body , and after some skirmishing began to cannonade at long range . Meantime Cornwallis , with the main body , made a long détour of seventeen miles , and came upon the right flank MALICE DOMESTIC , AND FOREIGN LEVY . 191.
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... Cornwallis , who then advanced against the Ameri- can lines . Now there were no orders at all , and the troops did not know what to do , or where to go . They stood still , then began to fall back , and then to retreat . A very little ...
... Cornwallis , who then advanced against the Ameri- can lines . Now there were no orders at all , and the troops did not know what to do , or where to go . They stood still , then began to fall back , and then to retreat . A very little ...
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