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... militia , they could make no impression on disciplined troops . Now at the last moment Washington warned the general again and was angrily rebuked . The troops marched on in ordered ranks , glitter- ing and beautiful . Suddenly firing ...
... militia , they could make no impression on disciplined troops . Now at the last moment Washington warned the general again and was angrily rebuked . The troops marched on in ordered ranks , glitter- ing and beautiful . Suddenly firing ...
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... militia disobeyed , the French and Indians kept at work on the long , exposed frontier . There panic reigned , farmhouses and villages went up in smoke , and the fields were reddened with slaughter at each fresh incursion . Gentlemen in ...
... militia disobeyed , the French and Indians kept at work on the long , exposed frontier . There panic reigned , farmhouses and villages went up in smoke , and the fields were reddened with slaughter at each fresh incursion . Gentlemen in ...
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... militia fight ? " was the immediate and characteristic question ; and being told that they did fight , he exclaimed , " Then the liberties of the country are safe . " Given the fighting spirit , Washington felt he could do any- thing ...
... militia fight ? " was the immediate and characteristic question ; and being told that they did fight , he exclaimed , " Then the liberties of the country are safe . " Given the fighting spirit , Washington felt he could do any- thing ...
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... militia , who elected their officers and carried on war as they pleased . In a passage suppressed by Mr. Sparks , Washington said : " There is no such thing as getting officers of this stamp to carry orders into execution - to curry ...
... militia , who elected their officers and carried on war as they pleased . In a passage suppressed by Mr. Sparks , Washington said : " There is no such thing as getting officers of this stamp to carry orders into execution - to curry ...
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... militia began to disappear , as they always did after a defeat . Congress would not permit the destruction of the city , different inter- ests pulled in different directions , conflicting opin- ions distracted the councils of war , and ...
... militia began to disappear , as they always did after a defeat . Congress would not permit the destruction of the city , different inter- ests pulled in different directions , conflicting opin- ions distracted the councils of war , and ...
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