George Washington, Band 1Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 776 Seiten |
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... Burgoyne instead of south to capture Philadelphia . Washington's doubts were soon to be resolved and his expectations fulfilled . May 31st , a fleet of a hundred sail left New York , and couriers were at once sent southward to warn the ...
... Burgoyne instead of south to capture Philadelphia . Washington's doubts were soon to be resolved and his expectations fulfilled . May 31st , a fleet of a hundred sail left New York , and couriers were at once sent southward to warn the ...
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... Burgoyne by every possible device , while steadily avoiding a pitched battle . Then the militia and hardy farmers of New England and New York were to be rallied , and were to fall upon the flank and rear of the British , harass them ...
... Burgoyne by every possible device , while steadily avoiding a pitched battle . Then the militia and hardy farmers of New England and New York were to be rallied , and were to fall upon the flank and rear of the British , harass them ...
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... Burgoyne , that Washington could not really and fully believe in such fatuity until he knew that Howe was actually landing at the Head of Elk . This is the reason for the anxiety dis- played in the correspondence of that summer , for ...
... Burgoyne , that Washington could not really and fully believe in such fatuity until he knew that Howe was actually landing at the Head of Elk . This is the reason for the anxiety dis- played in the correspondence of that summer , for ...
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... Burgoyne . Pitt said that he would conquer Canada on the plains of Germany , and Burgoyne was compelled to surrender in large measure by the campaign of Washington in New Jersey and Pennsylvania . If we study carefully Washington's ...
... Burgoyne . Pitt said that he would conquer Canada on the plains of Germany , and Burgoyne was compelled to surrender in large measure by the campaign of Washington in New Jersey and Pennsylvania . If we study carefully Washington's ...
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... Burgoyne's army , and that the confidence derived from his success will hurry him into measures that will , in their consequences , be favorable to us . We should never despair ; our situation has before been un- promising , and has ...
... Burgoyne's army , and that the confidence derived from his success will hurry him into measures that will , in their consequences , be favorable to us . We should never despair ; our situation has before been un- promising , and has ...
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