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 51–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... hope in the American camp . The read- er has had occasion to remark how often it has been the fortune of Washington , to be overruled in his wisest measures , by the council of his officers . Had he followed his own inclination , after ...
... hope in the American camp . The read- er has had occasion to remark how often it has been the fortune of Washington , to be overruled in his wisest measures , by the council of his officers . Had he followed his own inclination , after ...
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... hope over the gloom of despair . So it happen- ed in the present instance . If Lord Cornwallis had listened to the advice of Sir William Erskine , and made an immediate attack upon the Americans , in- stead of lying down to enjoy a ...
... hope over the gloom of despair . So it happen- ed in the present instance . If Lord Cornwallis had listened to the advice of Sir William Erskine , and made an immediate attack upon the Americans , in- stead of lying down to enjoy a ...
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... hope that was enter- tained of a successful termination to the Revolutionary struggle , than the steps which Congress were compell- ed to take , to ensure a respect for the continental currency " -those who refused to receive it , were ...
... hope that was enter- tained of a successful termination to the Revolutionary struggle , than the steps which Congress were compell- ed to take , to ensure a respect for the continental currency " -those who refused to receive it , were ...
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... Hope ; and General St. Clair , sup- posing that an assault was intended , and that Frazer had been sent forward to throw the garrison into con- fusion , ordered the troops to conceal themselves be- hind the parapets and reserve their ...
... Hope ; and General St. Clair , sup- posing that an assault was intended , and that Frazer had been sent forward to throw the garrison into con- fusion , ordered the troops to conceal themselves be- hind the parapets and reserve their ...
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... hope which Burgoyne had of Sir Hen- ry's immediate cooperation with him , he believed that the menace of an attack upon Fort Montgome- ry , would have the effect of drawing away a part of the force under General Gates at Stillwater ...
... hope which Burgoyne had of Sir Hen- ry's immediate cooperation with him , he believed that the menace of an attack upon Fort Montgome- ry , would have the effect of drawing away a part of the force under General Gates at Stillwater ...
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