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... against Rhode Island It fails - Disaffection between the American and French
Offi . cers -- Measures of the Commander in Chief to prevent the ill consequences
of it - Army goes into Winter Quarters in the High Lands 169 CHAPTER VI .
... against Rhode Island It fails - Disaffection between the American and French
Offi . cers -- Measures of the Commander in Chief to prevent the ill consequences
of it - Army goes into Winter Quarters in the High Lands 169 CHAPTER VI .
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... accountable for the consequences , and blamed without the benefit of defence
. If can think my situation capable of exciting the smallest degree of envy , or of
affording the least satisfaction , the truth is yet hid from you , and you entertain ...
... accountable for the consequences , and blamed without the benefit of defence
. If can think my situation capable of exciting the smallest degree of envy , or of
affording the least satisfaction , the truth is yet hid from you , and you entertain ...
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The plan was in consequence given up ; and by his advice frequent scouts ,
consisting principally of Indians , were substituted . The prediction of Colonel
Washington , respecting the body of Indians at Winchester , was verified ; before
the ...
The plan was in consequence given up ; and by his advice frequent scouts ,
consisting principally of Indians , were substituted . The prediction of Colonel
Washington , respecting the body of Indians at Winchester , was verified ; before
the ...
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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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These must be the consequences of a miscarriage , and a miscarriage the almost
necessary consequence of an attempt to march the army by this route . ” The
judgment and advice of Colonel Washington in this important measure were ...
These must be the consequences of a miscarriage , and a miscarriage the almost
necessary consequence of an attempt to march the army by this route . ” The
judgment and advice of Colonel Washington in this important measure were ...
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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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