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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Side iv
... considerable loss ... Sir William Howe enters Philadelphia in triumph ... Con- gress repair to Yorktown .... Further powers granted to Washington ... Lord Howe enters the Delaware ... Battle of Germantown ... Retreat of the American ...
... considerable loss ... Sir William Howe enters Philadelphia in triumph ... Con- gress repair to Yorktown .... Further powers granted to Washington ... Lord Howe enters the Delaware ... Battle of Germantown ... Retreat of the American ...
Side 10
... considerable army and to es- tablish their pay ; to take whatever he might want for the army , wherever he might be ; and " to arrest and confine persons who refuse to take the continental cur- rency , or are otherwise disaffected to ...
... considerable army and to es- tablish their pay ; to take whatever he might want for the army , wherever he might be ; and " to arrest and confine persons who refuse to take the continental cur- rency , or are otherwise disaffected to ...
Side 17
... considerable risk that he left the house and joined his troops , who were by this time engaged with the enemy's advance . With such immense dispropor- tion of force it can hardly be said that an action ensued : the troops however ...
... considerable risk that he left the house and joined his troops , who were by this time engaged with the enemy's advance . With such immense dispropor- tion of force it can hardly be said that an action ensued : the troops however ...
Side 18
... considerable --- 1800 barrels of pork and beef , and 800 of flour ; 2000 bushels of grain , clothing for a regiment , 100 hogsheads of rum , and 1790 tents . Be- sides the destruction of these articles , the enemy wan- tonly burned ...
... considerable --- 1800 barrels of pork and beef , and 800 of flour ; 2000 bushels of grain , clothing for a regiment , 100 hogsheads of rum , and 1790 tents . Be- sides the destruction of these articles , the enemy wan- tonly burned ...
Side 20
... considerable . General Wooster lingered with his wounds until the 2d of May . Thus ended the expedition under Governour Tryon , assisted by General Agnew and Sir William Erskine , with two thousand men ! If it was not absolutely ...
... considerable . General Wooster lingered with his wounds until the 2d of May . Thus ended the expedition under Governour Tryon , assisted by General Agnew and Sir William Erskine , with two thousand men ! If it was not absolutely ...
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