The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the Independence of the United States of America, Volum 2Samuel Campbell, no. 124, Pearl-street, 1801 "The following work is not confined to the contest between Great Britain and the United States of America, but includes all the other parts of the war which originated from that contest. ... The form of letters, instead of chapters, is not altogether imaginary, as the author, from his arrival in America in 1770, maintained a correspondence with gentlemen in London, Rotterdam and Paris, answering in general to the prefixed dates."--Preface. |
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... party is to open , when near the battery raised upon a wharf , which the assailants are obliged to attack in their way and when the field piece has given them a shot or two , the ad- vanced party are to rush forward with the ladders ...
... party is to open , when near the battery raised upon a wharf , which the assailants are obliged to attack in their way and when the field piece has given them a shot or two , the ad- vanced party are to rush forward with the ladders ...
Side 23
... party , who make a sortie through palace gate . They who are near the second barrier , at length take possession of some houses , and from them keep up a constant fire for some time ; but as the party , which sallied out of pa- lace ...
... party , who make a sortie through palace gate . They who are near the second barrier , at length take possession of some houses , and from them keep up a constant fire for some time ; but as the party , which sallied out of pa- lace ...
Side 24
... party from the castle under col . Leslie joined another , amounting to about five hundred , sent over the ice to Dorchester Neck by gen . Howe . They burnt about half a dozen houses ; but the general's scheme failed . He had been up the ...
... party from the castle under col . Leslie joined another , amounting to about five hundred , sent over the ice to Dorchester Neck by gen . Howe . They burnt about half a dozen houses ; but the general's scheme failed . He had been up the ...
Side 26
... party of 800 men lead the way ; then come the carts with the intrenching tools ; after them the main working body of about 1-200 under general Thomas : a train of more than 300 carts , loaded with fascines , hay in bundies of 7 or 800 ...
... party of 800 men lead the way ; then come the carts with the intrenching tools ; after them the main working body of about 1-200 under general Thomas : a train of more than 300 carts , loaded with fascines , hay in bundies of 7 or 800 ...
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... party of riflemen took the boat and crew prisoners . The firing between the sloop and the riflemen lasted all day . The city , in a week's time , was thronged with provincials ; and it might be concluded , that the environs were not ...
... party of riflemen took the boat and crew prisoners . The firing between the sloop and the riflemen lasted all day . The city , in a week's time , was thronged with provincials ; and it might be concluded , that the environs were not ...
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