The Life of George Washington: Commander-in-chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United StatesPorter & Coates, 1808 - 560 páginas |
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... General Officers condemn him - He is executed - Letter of General Washington on the State of the Army ... Lord Cornwallis attempts to escape - He capitulates and surrenders his Posts - Indecisive Action between the French ...
... General Officers condemn him - He is executed - Letter of General Washington on the State of the Army ... Lord Cornwallis attempts to escape - He capitulates and surrenders his Posts - Indecisive Action between the French ...
Página 88
... General Clinton , they attempted to return to the camp at Brooklyn ; but ... Lord Sterling , behaved well , and maintained a se- vere conflict with ... Cornwallis , who , by this time having gained the coast , had posted a small ...
... General Clinton , they attempted to return to the camp at Brooklyn ; but ... Lord Sterling , behaved well , and maintained a se- vere conflict with ... Cornwallis , who , by this time having gained the coast , had posted a small ...
Página 89
... Corn- wallis ; but his lordship being reinforced from his own column , and Gen. Grant attacking Lord Ster- ling in ... General Wash- ington stated it at a thousand men ; but his returns probably included only the regular regiments ...
... Corn- wallis ; but his lordship being reinforced from his own column , and Gen. Grant attacking Lord Ster- ling in ... General Wash- ington stated it at a thousand men ; but his returns probably included only the regular regiments ...
Página 120
... General Washington found means to send a billet lo Colonel Magaw , requesting him to defend himself until the ... Lord Cornwallis crossed the Hudson [ Nov. 18. ] with a number of bat- talions , with the intention to inclose the ...
... General Washington found means to send a billet lo Colonel Magaw , requesting him to defend himself until the ... Lord Cornwallis crossed the Hudson [ Nov. 18. ] with a number of bat- talions , with the intention to inclose the ...
Página 131
... Lord Cornwallis moved towards the American General with a superior force , and reached Trenton at four o'clock of the afternoon . General Washington drew up his men behind Assumpinck creek , which runs through the town . A cannonade was ...
... Lord Cornwallis moved towards the American General with a superior force , and reached Trenton at four o'clock of the afternoon . General Washington drew up his men behind Assumpinck creek , which runs through the town . A cannonade was ...
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