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Leaving Colonel Fry to follow with the main body of troops, Washington set out on
April 2, 1754, with two companies from Alexandria, where he had been recruiting
amidst most irritating difficulties. He reached Will's Creek three weeks later ...
Leaving Colonel Fry to follow with the main body of troops, Washington set out on
April 2, 1754, with two companies from Alexandria, where he had been recruiting
amidst most irritating difficulties. He reached Will's Creek three weeks later ...
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irritating difficulties. He reached Will's Creek three weeks later ; and then his real
troubles began. Captain Trent, the timid and halting envoy, who had failed to
reach the French, had been sent out by the wise authorities to build a fort at the ...
irritating difficulties. He reached Will's Creek three weeks later ; and then his real
troubles began. Captain Trent, the timid and halting envoy, who had failed to
reach the French, had been sent out by the wise authorities to build a fort at the ...
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It is necessary to run over all his difficulties, great and small, at this time, and
count them up, in order to gain a just idea of the force and capacity of the man
who overcame them. Washington, moreover, was obliged to deal not only with
his ...
It is necessary to run over all his difficulties, great and small, at this time, and
count them up, in order to gain a just idea of the force and capacity of the man
who overcame them. Washington, moreover, was obliged to deal not only with
his ...
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It was probably a pleasure and a relief to give to Gage and Sir William Howe a
little instruction in military behavior and general good manners, but there was
nothing save infinite vexation in dealing with the difficulties arising on the
American ...
It was probably a pleasure and a relief to give to Gage and Sir William Howe a
little instruction in military behavior and general good manners, but there was
nothing save infinite vexation in dealing with the difficulties arising on the
American ...
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There he found himself plunged at once into the same sea of difficulties with
which he had been struggling at Boston, the only difference being that these
were fresh and entirely untouched. The army was inadequate, and the town,
which was ...
There he found himself plunged at once into the same sea of difficulties with
which he had been struggling at Boston, the only difference being that these
were fresh and entirely untouched. The army was inadequate, and the town,
which was ...
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| Titel | George Washington, Band 1 Bände 4-5 von American statesmen George Washington, Henry Cabot Lodge |
| Autor | Henry Cabot Lodge |
| Ausgabe | Neuauflage |
| Verlag | Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917 |
| Original von | University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitalisiert | 15. Apr. 2009 |
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