The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Army, Through the Revolutionary War: And the First President of the United States, Band 2T. Bedington, 1826 |
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... officer of merit , was mortally wounded , and taken prisoner . A force consisting of about two thousand French and Ameri- cans , under the command of the French General de Choise , was stationed on the north side of the river , to watch ...
... officer of merit , was mortally wounded , and taken prisoner . A force consisting of about two thousand French and Ameri- cans , under the command of the French General de Choise , was stationed on the north side of the river , to watch ...
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... officers , and twenty - six rank and file wounded . The garrison was commanded by a Major , and consisted of about fifty men . Of these , eight privates were killed , a few individuals escaped , and the residue were made prisoners ...
... officers , and twenty - six rank and file wounded . The garrison was commanded by a Major , and consisted of about fifty men . Of these , eight privates were killed , a few individuals escaped , and the residue were made prisoners ...
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... officers and men engaged , but the siege was not protracted . By the afternoon of the 16th the British works sunk under the fire of the batteries of the second parallel ; in the whole front attacked , they could not show a single gun ...
... officers and men engaged , but the siege was not protracted . By the afternoon of the 16th the British works sunk under the fire of the batteries of the second parallel ; in the whole front attacked , they could not show a single gun ...
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... officers and five hundred and forty - eight privates in killed and wounded . The pri- vates with a competent number of officers were to re- main in Virginia , Maryland , or Pennsylvania . The officers not required for this service ...
... officers and five hundred and forty - eight privates in killed and wounded . The pri- vates with a competent number of officers were to re- main in Virginia , Maryland , or Pennsylvania . The officers not required for this service ...
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... officers and troops , Gene- ral WASHINGTON expressed his acknowledgments in flattering language . The British General and Admiral at New - York had not been inattentive to the perilous situation of Lord Cornwallis . Admiral Rodney in ...
... officers and troops , Gene- ral WASHINGTON expressed his acknowledgments in flattering language . The British General and Admiral at New - York had not been inattentive to the perilous situation of Lord Cornwallis . Admiral Rodney in ...
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