The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States of America, Throughout the War which Established Their Independence; and First President of the United StatesCushing and Jewett, Benjamin Edes, printer, 1825 - 248 páginas |
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... necessary stores , and some pieces of light artillery . Hopes were indulged that by this expeditious movement , Fort Duquesne might be reached in its present weak state , with a force suflicient to reduce it , before expected rein ...
... necessary stores , and some pieces of light artillery . Hopes were indulged that by this expeditious movement , Fort Duquesne might be reached in its present weak state , with a force suflicient to reduce it , before expected rein ...
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... necessary orders for the recruiting service , visited the frontiers . He found many posts , but few sold- iers . Of these the best disposition was made . While on his way to Williamsburg , to arrange a plan of operations with the ...
... necessary orders for the recruiting service , visited the frontiers . He found many posts , but few sold- iers . Of these the best disposition was made . While on his way to Williamsburg , to arrange a plan of operations with the ...
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... necessary for the most active operations . Their real numbers and deficient equipments were , for obvious reasons , carefully concealed . The ardour and impatience of the public had long since counted on the expulsion of the British ...
... necessary for the most active operations . Their real numbers and deficient equipments were , for obvious reasons , carefully concealed . The ardour and impatience of the public had long since counted on the expulsion of the British ...
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... necessary for an army ; our condition is still more alarm- ing ; and with the deepest concern I am obliged to confess y want of confidence in the generality of the troops . All these circumstances fully confirm the opinion I ever enter ...
... necessary for an army ; our condition is still more alarm- ing ; and with the deepest concern I am obliged to confess y want of confidence in the generality of the troops . All these circumstances fully confirm the opinion I ever enter ...
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... necessary . This was effected on the 8th of December . Washington secured all his boats on the Pennsylvania side ; broke down the bridges on roads leading to the opposite shores , and posted his troops at the different fording places ...
... necessary . This was effected on the 8th of December . Washington secured all his boats on the Pennsylvania side ; broke down the bridges on roads leading to the opposite shores , and posted his troops at the different fording places ...
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