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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... Land Armament to act in America - Preparation to Co - operate with it - A French Squadron arrives on the American Coast -Count Rochambeau lands at Newport with five thousand Men - The American and French Com- manders meet at Hartford to ...
... Land Armament to act in America - Preparation to Co - operate with it - A French Squadron arrives on the American Coast -Count Rochambeau lands at Newport with five thousand Men - The American and French Com- manders meet at Hartford to ...
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... land be induced to join us in an expedition of this na- ture , and to petition his Excellency Lord Loudoun for a Emali train of artillery , with some engineers , we should then be able , in all human probability , to subdue the terrour ...
... land be induced to join us in an expedition of this na- ture , and to petition his Excellency Lord Loudoun for a Emali train of artillery , with some engineers , we should then be able , in all human probability , to subdue the terrour ...
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... land , there erect fortifications , and wait the return of spring . This delay must be attended with ruinous consequences to the colonies , which had ex- erted themselves beyond their strength to drive the French from the Ohio the ...
... land , there erect fortifications , and wait the return of spring . This delay must be attended with ruinous consequences to the colonies , which had ex- erted themselves beyond their strength to drive the French from the Ohio the ...
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... land into those towns . Floating batteries and armed ships , stationed in the waters which surround Boston , supported the positions of the British , and kept open the communica- tion between them . The American army was posted at ...
... land into those towns . Floating batteries and armed ships , stationed in the waters which surround Boston , supported the positions of the British , and kept open the communica- tion between them . The American army was posted at ...
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... land Provinces , " on the most effectual method of con- tinuing , supporting , and regulating a Continental ar my . " The result of their deliberation was , that the new army should consist of twenty thousand three hundred and seventy ...
... land Provinces , " on the most effectual method of con- tinuing , supporting , and regulating a Continental ar my . " The result of their deliberation was , that the new army should consist of twenty thousand three hundred and seventy ...
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