The Life of George Washington,: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States, Volumen3C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
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... corps of artillery to three regiments , the command of which was given to colonel Knox , now pro- moted to the rank of a brigadier general ; to take Bland's regiment into continental pay ; to raise a body of three thousand cavalry ; and ...
... corps of artillery to three regiments , the command of which was given to colonel Knox , now pro- moted to the rank of a brigadier general ; to take Bland's regiment into continental pay ; to raise a body of three thousand cavalry ; and ...
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... corps authorized by congress was formed , it was composed of French and Germans . General De Portaile , an officer of great reputed talents , ' was placed at its head . CHAPTER II . American army inoculated .... General Heath moves. * In ...
... corps authorized by congress was formed , it was composed of French and Germans . General De Portaile , an officer of great reputed talents , ' was placed at its head . CHAPTER II . American army inoculated .... General Heath moves. * In ...
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... corps ; in several small skirmishes behaved unexceptionably well , and were collecting in such numbers as to threaten the weaker posts of the enemy with the fate which their troops at Trenton and Princeton had already experi- enced ...
... corps ; in several small skirmishes behaved unexceptionably well , and were collecting in such numbers as to threaten the weaker posts of the enemy with the fate which their troops at Trenton and Princeton had already experi- enced ...
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... corps of Jersey militia , had been ordered to the neigh- bourhood of Elizabeth town , and on their eva- cuating that place , had made a successful attack on their rear , in which about seventy prisoners and a part of their baggage were ...
... corps of Jersey militia , had been ordered to the neigh- bourhood of Elizabeth town , and on their eva- cuating that place , had made a successful attack on their rear , in which about seventy prisoners and a part of their baggage were ...
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... siderable advantage were entertained . As the enemy was in great force in Jersey , and had detached a strong corps to Rhode Island , New York must necessarily be weak . 1777 . About two thousand men were understood to CHAP 70 THE LIFE OF.
... siderable advantage were entertained . As the enemy was in great force in Jersey , and had detached a strong corps to Rhode Island , New York must necessarily be weak . 1777 . About two thousand men were understood to CHAP 70 THE LIFE OF.
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