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 75–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... given to Washington's army . CHAP . VII . Events of 1778 ... Proceedings of the British Par- liament ... Lord North's second conciliatory scheme ... Duke of Richmond proposes to acknowledge the independence of America ... Last publick ...
... given to Washington's army . CHAP . VII . Events of 1778 ... Proceedings of the British Par- liament ... Lord North's second conciliatory scheme ... Duke of Richmond proposes to acknowledge the independence of America ... Last publick ...
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... given up , and Lincoln and his army become prisoners of war ... Terms of capitulation , and Ame- rican loss ... Treachery and punishment of Colonel Hamil- ton Ballendine ... Route and butchery of an American - party at Waxhaw by ...
... given up , and Lincoln and his army become prisoners of war ... Terms of capitulation , and Ame- rican loss ... Treachery and punishment of Colonel Hamil- ton Ballendine ... Route and butchery of an American - party at Waxhaw by ...
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... given by any people , under any circumstances ; and it may be safely asserted , that the history of the world does not produce an instance of a man who presumed so little upon the possession of power so absolute . The lives and property ...
... given by any people , under any circumstances ; and it may be safely asserted , that the history of the world does not produce an instance of a man who presumed so little upon the possession of power so absolute . The lives and property ...
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... given a blow to the American cause , from which it could not soon have recovered . But here , as in many other instances , the ignorance of Ge- neral Howe , or his failure to profit by the means of intelligence within his power , saved ...
... given a blow to the American cause , from which it could not soon have recovered . But here , as in many other instances , the ignorance of Ge- neral Howe , or his failure to profit by the means of intelligence within his power , saved ...
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... given into his hands ; for instead of retreating as common prudence and cau- tion would have dictated , he entered into action with Howe's advance and continued to fight until the col- umn under Cornwallis was almost upon him . He ...
... given into his hands ; for instead of retreating as common prudence and cau- tion would have dictated , he entered into action with Howe's advance and continued to fight until the col- umn under Cornwallis was almost upon him . He ...
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