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
... retire to New - York ... General Gates's letter to General Vaughan ... Anecdote of a Spy ... Movements of Washington and Sir William Howe ... Attack on Fort Mercer , and gallant defence of it by Colonel Greene ... Ene- my establish ...
... retire to New - York ... General Gates's letter to General Vaughan ... Anecdote of a Spy ... Movements of Washington and Sir William Howe ... Attack on Fort Mercer , and gallant defence of it by Colonel Greene ... Ene- my establish ...
Side vii
... retire to New - York . CHAP . X. Events of 1779 continued ... Sir Henry Clinton sends an expedition up the Hudson ... Takes Stony Point , and Fort La Fayette ... Gallant attack and recapture of Stony Point , by General Wayne ...
... retire to New - York . CHAP . X. Events of 1779 continued ... Sir Henry Clinton sends an expedition up the Hudson ... Takes Stony Point , and Fort La Fayette ... Gallant attack and recapture of Stony Point , by General Wayne ...
Side ix
... retire to Elizabeth Town without an attack ... Sir Henry Clinton arrives from Charleston , sends over reinforcements , and the army a second time move upon Springfield , which they destroy ... Brave conduct of the American troops ...
... retire to Elizabeth Town without an attack ... Sir Henry Clinton arrives from Charleston , sends over reinforcements , and the army a second time move upon Springfield , which they destroy ... Brave conduct of the American troops ...
Side 9
... retired from Princeton to Plucke- min , about twenty miles North West of Brunswick , on the road to Morristown , which had been consider- ed as a safe and important position . It was well that this determination was made , as Cornwallis ...
... retired from Princeton to Plucke- min , about twenty miles North West of Brunswick , on the road to Morristown , which had been consider- ed as a safe and important position . It was well that this determination was made , as Cornwallis ...
Side 23
... retired along the Amboy road without making a stand . Morgan's regiment kept up a galling fire during the pursuit which did con- siderable execution . Why Sir William thought proper to retreat before a handful of men , prepared as he ...
... retired along the Amboy road without making a stand . Morgan's regiment kept up a galling fire during the pursuit which did con- siderable execution . Why Sir William thought proper to retreat before a handful of men , prepared as he ...
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