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CHAPTER XII VALLEY FORGE Valley Forge , as every schoolboy knows , signifies the epitome of bitter suffering of Washington's army . The General himself summed it up in one vivid phrase : " You might have tracked the army from White ...
CHAPTER XII VALLEY FORGE Valley Forge , as every schoolboy knows , signifies the epitome of bitter suffering of Washington's army . The General himself summed it up in one vivid phrase : " You might have tracked the army from White ...
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218 But after all his balancing one place against another and listening to opinions in long drawn out staff meetings , it was not Washington who selected Valley Forge . The decision was taken out of his hands by the Pennsylvania ...
218 But after all his balancing one place against another and listening to opinions in long drawn out staff meetings , it was not Washington who selected Valley Forge . The decision was taken out of his hands by the Pennsylvania ...
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CHAPTER XIII WORSE THAN VALLEY FORGE A result of the alliance with France was that the British in Philadel- phia , worried by reports of the French fleet heading for America , decided to evacuate the American capital .
CHAPTER XIII WORSE THAN VALLEY FORGE A result of the alliance with France was that the British in Philadel- phia , worried by reports of the French fleet heading for America , decided to evacuate the American capital .
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