A History of the American Revolution; Comprehending All the Principal Events Both in the Field and in the Cabinet, Հատոր 2F. Betts, 1822 |
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Արդյունքներ 27–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ 37
... endeavouring to rally the frightened fugitives - A similar skirmish , if it may be dignified with that name , took place on the 2d of August , when our rear guard of a hundred men , un- der Major Hull , were fired upon by a small party ...
... endeavouring to rally the frightened fugitives - A similar skirmish , if it may be dignified with that name , took place on the 2d of August , when our rear guard of a hundred men , un- der Major Hull , were fired upon by a small party ...
Էջ 43
... endeavoured to secure to them by an appeal to the commanding General . It is cer- tain , that the success of General Stark laid the foun- dation of the signal victory which afterwards crown- ed the American arms at Saratoga , by proving ...
... endeavoured to secure to them by an appeal to the commanding General . It is cer- tain , that the success of General Stark laid the foun- dation of the signal victory which afterwards crown- ed the American arms at Saratoga , by proving ...
Էջ 54
... endeavouring to impress upon their minds . " Resolved , that a corps of Invalids be formed , consisting of eight companies , each company to have one Captain , two Lieutenants , two Ensigns , five Sergeants , six Corporals , two Drum ...
... endeavouring to impress upon their minds . " Resolved , that a corps of Invalids be formed , consisting of eight companies , each company to have one Captain , two Lieutenants , two Ensigns , five Sergeants , six Corporals , two Drum ...
Էջ 61
... endeavoured to repress the ferocious tempers of the savages , and particularly in a speech which he made to them on his crossing the American line , in June ; and it would be unjust to re- gard him as an abettor of their cruelties any ...
... endeavoured to repress the ferocious tempers of the savages , and particularly in a speech which he made to them on his crossing the American line , in June ; and it would be unjust to re- gard him as an abettor of their cruelties any ...
Էջ 125
... to the hardships of a soldier's- life . Here he employed the winter in endeavouring to teach his soldiers discipline , and to guard them against the effects of idleness and disease . He seized AMERICAN REVOLUTION . 125.
... to the hardships of a soldier's- life . Here he employed the winter in endeavouring to teach his soldiers discipline , and to guard them against the effects of idleness and disease . He seized AMERICAN REVOLUTION . 125.
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