The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Hon. Bushrod Washington from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, Volumen 2Richard Phillips, 1804 |
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... artillery and baggage behind with the rear division of the army , to follow by slow and easy marches , and to press forward himself as expeditiously as possible to Fort du Quesne with a chosen body of troops , some pieces of light artillery ...
... artillery and baggage behind with the rear division of the army , to follow by slow and easy marches , and to press forward himself as expeditiously as possible to Fort du Quesne with a chosen body of troops , some pieces of light artillery ...
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... artillery , ammunition , provisions , baggage , and , in short , every thing , a prey to the enemy ; and when we endeavoured to rally them , in hopes of regaining the ground , and what we had left upon it , it was with as little success ...
... artillery , ammunition , provisions , baggage , and , in short , every thing , a prey to the enemy ; and when we endeavoured to rally them , in hopes of regaining the ground , and what we had left upon it , it was with as little success ...
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... artillery , with some engineers , we should then be able , in all human probability , to subdue the terror of Fort du Quesne , retrieve our character with the Indians , and restore peace to our unhappy frontiers . " In the apprehension ...
... artillery , with some engineers , we should then be able , in all human probability , to subdue the terror of Fort du Quesne , retrieve our character with the Indians , and restore peace to our unhappy frontiers . " In the apprehension ...
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... artillery and military stores ; and , lastly , if they should advance on both roads by de- posits , they must double their number of guards over the mountains , and distress themselves by victualling them at the places of deposit ; in ...
... artillery and military stores ; and , lastly , if they should advance on both roads by de- posits , they must double their number of guards over the mountains , and distress themselves by victualling them at the places of deposit ; in ...
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... artillery , driven into the har- bour of Boston by stress of weather , applied to the Governor for the necessary and usual supplies . He laid the application before his council , who advised that , “ in pursuance to the act of ...
... artillery , driven into the har- bour of Boston by stress of weather , applied to the Governor for the necessary and usual supplies . He laid the application before his council , who advised that , “ in pursuance to the act of ...
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