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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... Port Royal , and is repulsed..Colonel Boyd at the head of the tories defeated by Colonel Pickens .. Co- lonel Campbell abandons Augusta ... General Ashe defeated : : at Briar Creek ... Brave stand of General Elbert VI CONTENTS .
... Port Royal , and is repulsed..Colonel Boyd at the head of the tories defeated by Colonel Pickens .. Co- lonel Campbell abandons Augusta ... General Ashe defeated : : at Briar Creek ... Brave stand of General Elbert VI CONTENTS .
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... Tories at Newtown , and suffers them to escape ... Lays waste the In- dian Country , and returns to Head Quarters ... Resigns his commission ... Brandt destroys the Minisink Settlements ... PAGE . 226 241 PAGE . Captain M'Donald ...
... Tories at Newtown , and suffers them to escape ... Lays waste the In- dian Country , and returns to Head Quarters ... Resigns his commission ... Brandt destroys the Minisink Settlements ... PAGE . 226 241 PAGE . Captain M'Donald ...
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... tories were the principal advisers and perpetrators ; and against these , the American troops , continentals and militia , lost no opportunity of taking ample vengeance . To such extent indeed did they carry the practice of plundering ...
... tories were the principal advisers and perpetrators ; and against these , the American troops , continentals and militia , lost no opportunity of taking ample vengeance . To such extent indeed did they carry the practice of plundering ...
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... tory , though the Americans made a regular and de- liberate retreat , in which they carried off all their wounded , without pursuit . The vigour of the con- test may be readily conceived , when it is known that of General Herkimer's ...
... tory , though the Americans made a regular and de- liberate retreat , in which they carried off all their wounded , without pursuit . The vigour of the con- test may be readily conceived , when it is known that of General Herkimer's ...
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... friendly Indians , and had its proper effect upon the tories , provincials , and Indians under St. Leger , who had no choice left him ; for both officers and men protested they would abandon him if he did not con- AMERICAN REVOLUTION . 39.
... friendly Indians , and had its proper effect upon the tories , provincials , and Indians under St. Leger , who had no choice left him ; for both officers and men protested they would abandon him if he did not con- AMERICAN REVOLUTION . 39.
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