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... Candidate for the Second Presidency 372 CHAPTER XII , General Washington
re - elected President - State of Parties Division in the Cabinet - The President
endeavours to promote union -- Influence of the French Revolution -- Measures
to ...
... Candidate for the Second Presidency 372 CHAPTER XII , General Washington
re - elected President - State of Parties Division in the Cabinet - The President
endeavours to promote union -- Influence of the French Revolution -- Measures
to ...
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The next day , December 26 , as he passed a place , called the Murdering town ,
he fell in with a party of French Indians , which laid in wait for him ; one of them
not fifteen steps distant fired , but without effect . This Indian the major took into ...
The next day , December 26 , as he passed a place , called the Murdering town ,
he fell in with a party of French Indians , which laid in wait for him ; one of them
not fifteen steps distant fired , but without effect . This Indian the major took into ...
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Scarcely had he taken possession of his ground , when some friendly Indians
informed him that the French had driven away a working party , sent by the Ohio
company to erect a fort on the south eastern branch of the Ohio , and were ...
Scarcely had he taken possession of his ground , when some friendly Indians
informed him that the French had driven away a working party , sent by the Ohio
company to erect a fort on the south eastern branch of the Ohio , and were ...
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Within seven miles of du Quesne , he was suddenly attacked by an invisible foe ;
the assaulting party of French and Indians fighting under cover of the thick wood
and high grass , with which the country abounded . Early in the action , the aids ...
Within seven miles of du Quesne , he was suddenly attacked by an invisible foe ;
the assaulting party of French and Indians fighting under cover of the thick wood
and high grass , with which the country abounded . Early in the action , the aids ...
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... that they retreat when our militia assemble , and repeat the stroke as soon as
they are dispersed ; that they send down parties in the intermediate time to
discover our motions , procure intelligence , and sometimes to divert the troops .
... that they retreat when our militia assemble , and repeat the stroke as soon as
they are dispersed ; that they send down parties in the intermediate time to
discover our motions , procure intelligence , and sometimes to divert the troops .
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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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