A History of the American Revolution; Comprehending All the Principal Events Both in the Field and in the Cabinet, Volum 2F. Betts, 1822 |
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... 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 the battle of Trenton ...
... 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 the battle of Trenton ...
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... camp would have passed far over the rear of the other . The weather for several days had been warm , wet , and foggy , and the roads were so muddy and deep as to be almost impassable - To have crossed the Delaware in view of the enemy ...
... camp would have passed far over the rear of the other . The weather for several days had been warm , wet , and foggy , and the roads were so muddy and deep as to be almost impassable - To have crossed the Delaware in view of the enemy ...
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... camp were much exposed to their fire on that side , and lia- ble to be enfiladed on all quarters ; and as there was every reason to expect an attack upon Ticonderoga and Mount Independence at the same time , between which places the ...
... camp were much exposed to their fire on that side , and lia- ble to be enfiladed on all quarters ; and as there was every reason to expect an attack upon Ticonderoga and Mount Independence at the same time , between which places the ...
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... camp was struck and the march com- menced towards Saratoga , which place the army reached on the 31st , and after halting for twenty four hours , continued the march to Stillwater , where they arrived on the 20th of August . During all ...
... camp was struck and the march com- menced towards Saratoga , which place the army reached on the 31st , and after halting for twenty four hours , continued the march to Stillwater , where they arrived on the 20th of August . During all ...
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... camp equipage and provisions , and in car- rying off a quantity of their baggage , without losing a man . General Arnold in the mean time proceeded with about eight hundred continentals to the German flats , at which place he was ...
... camp equipage and provisions , and in car- rying off a quantity of their baggage , without losing a man . General Arnold in the mean time proceeded with about eight hundred continentals to the German flats , at which place he was ...
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