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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... Greene ... Corn- wallis is prevented from crossing by the sudden rise of the river ... General Davidson opposing his passage , is killed ... 327 $ 59 Tarleton disperses the militia at Terrants ... Greene retreats to X CONTENTS .
... Greene ... Corn- wallis is prevented from crossing by the sudden rise of the river ... General Davidson opposing his passage , is killed ... 327 $ 59 Tarleton disperses the militia at Terrants ... Greene retreats to X CONTENTS .
Side 3
... crossing the Delaware . If General Howe had even attended to the subsequent represen- tations of his pursuing General , Washington must have been overtaken at Princeton ; but Providence had decreed that we should be free , or the ...
... crossing the Delaware . If General Howe had even attended to the subsequent represen- tations of his pursuing General , Washington must have been overtaken at Princeton ; but Providence had decreed that we should be free , or the ...
Side 7
... crossed the Delaware in view of the enemy would have been attended with . infinite hazard ; and to have attempted to pursue the course of the river to the ferry opposite Philadelphia , would have been equally dangerous . No alternative ...
... crossed the Delaware in view of the enemy would have been attended with . infinite hazard ; and to have attempted to pursue the course of the river to the ferry opposite Philadelphia , would have been equally dangerous . No alternative ...
Side 19
... crossed the country , and by a forced march reached Ridgfield at 11 o'clock , through which the enemy were to pass . Here with his small party , which had been increased to five hundred by the junc- tion of the neighbouring militia , he ...
... crossed the country , and by a forced march reached Ridgfield at 11 o'clock , through which the enemy were to pass . Here with his small party , which had been increased to five hundred by the junc- tion of the neighbouring militia , he ...
Side 21
... crossed the Sound , and landing near Southhold , marched his men over land , carrying the boats with them , to the bay which separates the north and south branches of the island , and there reembarked . Having crossed this and ar- rived ...
... crossed the Sound , and landing near Southhold , marched his men over land , carrying the boats with them , to the bay which separates the north and south branches of the island , and there reembarked . Having crossed this and ar- rived ...
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