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
... defence of it by Colonel Greene ... Ene- my establish themselves on Province Island ... Heroick de- termination of Colonel Smith , and the garrison of Fort Mif- flin ... Gallant conduct of Major Thayer ... Mud Island evacuat- ed ...
... defence of it by Colonel Greene ... Ene- my establish themselves on Province Island ... Heroick de- termination of Colonel Smith , and the garrison of Fort Mif- flin ... Gallant conduct of Major Thayer ... Mud Island evacuat- ed ...
Side 17
... defence at any one , Washington remained at Morristown patiently waiting the result . Lord Corn- wallis , who had continued at Brunswick , made the first movement . He conceived the design of attacking General Lincoln , who was posted ...
... defence at any one , Washington remained at Morristown patiently waiting the result . Lord Corn- wallis , who had continued at Brunswick , made the first movement . He conceived the design of attacking General Lincoln , who was posted ...
Side 27
... defence , and came to the conclusion , that in the event of its being necessary to give up either of the two posts then garrisoned , Ticonderoga and Mount Independence , it would be most advisable to abandon the former . They added a ...
... defence , and came to the conclusion , that in the event of its being necessary to give up either of the two posts then garrisoned , Ticonderoga and Mount Independence , it would be most advisable to abandon the former . They added a ...
Side 28
... defence remained with St. Clair . He was wholly ignorant of the views of the enemy , while on the contrary he had every reason to believe that they possessed the most correct information of his weakness . In this situation , all he ...
... defence remained with St. Clair . He was wholly ignorant of the views of the enemy , while on the contrary he had every reason to believe that they possessed the most correct information of his weakness . In this situation , all he ...
Side 43
... defence of Bennington , nor the gallantry of Herkimer and Gansevoort , could restore the lost popularity of the commanding General . At the very moment that he was thus placing himself in the very best possible pos- ture of defence ; at ...
... defence of Bennington , nor the gallantry of Herkimer and Gansevoort , could restore the lost popularity of the commanding General . At the very moment that he was thus placing himself in the very best possible pos- ture of defence ; at ...
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