The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army, Through the Revolutionary War; and the First President of the United StatesPhillips, Sampson, 1856 |
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... River - Inde pendence declared - General Howe lands on Staten Island - Interview between General WASHINGTON and Colonel Patterson - State of the British and American Forces Camp at Brooklyn - Battle on Long Island - Retreat from it ...
... River - Inde pendence declared - General Howe lands on Staten Island - Interview between General WASHINGTON and Colonel Patterson - State of the British and American Forces Camp at Brooklyn - Battle on Long Island - Retreat from it ...
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... River - Attack on Mud Island -Count Donop defeated - British surmount the Fortifications of the River - Plan to attack Philadel- phia - Sir William Howe reconncitres the American Camp at White Marsh - The Army hutted at Val- ley Forge ...
... River - Attack on Mud Island -Count Donop defeated - British surmount the Fortifications of the River - Plan to attack Philadel- phia - Sir William Howe reconncitres the American Camp at White Marsh - The Army hutted at Val- ley Forge ...
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... River , and for the protection of the Country against the incur . sions of the British - Sir Henry Clinton moves up the Hudson , takes possession of Stony and Verplank Points , and fortifies them - Arrangements made for Assaulting these ...
... River , and for the protection of the Country against the incur . sions of the British - Sir Henry Clinton moves up the Hudson , takes possession of Stony and Verplank Points , and fortifies them - Arrangements made for Assaulting these ...
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... rivers , as a place highly expedient for the English to possess and fortify . On this site the French soon after ... river , and at the mouth of French Creek found the first French post . Proceeding up the creek to another fort , he ...
... rivers , as a place highly expedient for the English to possess and fortify . On this site the French soon after ... river , and at the mouth of French Creek found the first French post . Proceeding up the creek to another fort , he ...
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... river two miles above the Shannapis , expecting to find it frozen over ; but the ice extended only fifty yards from the shore ; though quantities of it were driving in the channel . A raft was their only means of passing , and they had ...
... river two miles above the Shannapis , expecting to find it frozen over ; but the ice extended only fifty yards from the shore ; though quantities of it were driving in the channel . A raft was their only means of passing , and they had ...
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