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... Commissioned as Lieutenant Colonel of a regular Regiment – Surprises a
Detach . ment of French Troops - Capitulation of Fort NecessityHe is appointed a
Volunteer Aid - de - Camp to General Braddock — His bravery in the action in
which ...
... Commissioned as Lieutenant Colonel of a regular Regiment – Surprises a
Detach . ment of French Troops - Capitulation of Fort NecessityHe is appointed a
Volunteer Aid - de - Camp to General Braddock — His bravery in the action in
which ...
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... Grasse arrives in the Chesapeak - Yorktown besieged-- British Redoubts
stormed - The British make a Sortie - Lord Cornwallis attempts to escape - He
capitulates and surrenders his Posts - Indecisive Action between the French and
English ...
... Grasse arrives in the Chesapeak - Yorktown besieged-- British Redoubts
stormed - The British make a Sortie - Lord Cornwallis attempts to escape - He
capitulates and surrenders his Posts - Indecisive Action between the French and
English ...
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... Commissioned as Lieutenant - Colonel of a regular regiment Surprises a
detachment of French troops - Capitulation of Fort Necessity — He is appointe ed
a volunteer Aid - de - camp to General Braddock - His bra . very in the action in
which ...
... Commissioned as Lieutenant - Colonel of a regular regiment Surprises a
detachment of French troops - Capitulation of Fort Necessity — He is appointe ed
a volunteer Aid - de - camp to General Braddock - His bra . very in the action in
which ...
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Part of the garrison fought within the fort , and part in the ditch , which was almost
filled with mud and water . Colonel Washington , during the whole action ,
remained without the fort , by his presence and example animating his men .
Part of the garrison fought within the fort , and part in the ditch , which was almost
filled with mud and water . Colonel Washington , during the whole action ,
remained without the fort , by his presence and example animating his men .
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... and unfortunately contained an expression , which the translator , at the time ,
construed to Colonel Washington to imply , that Mr. Iumonville , in the first action ,
was killed ; but which literally would bear the translation , was assassinated .
... and unfortunately contained an expression , which the translator , at the time ,
construed to Colonel Washington to imply , that Mr. Iumonville , in the first action ,
was killed ; but which literally would bear the translation , was assassinated .
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| Titel | 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 | J. Stockdale, 1808 |
| Original von | Klosterbibliothek Montserrat |
| Digitalisiert | 17. Juni 2010 |
| Länge | 560 Seiten |
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