History of the American Revolution: With a Preliminary View of the Character and Principles of the Colonists, and Their Controversies with Great BritainN. Hickman, 1843 - 372 páginas |
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Página 117
... camp to have enabled them to repel an assault . This immediate want was soon supplied by a quantity sent from Elizabethtown , in New Jersey . Add to these embarrassments the total want of preparation , both with regard to money ...
... camp to have enabled them to repel an assault . This immediate want was soon supplied by a quantity sent from Elizabethtown , in New Jersey . Add to these embarrassments the total want of preparation , both with regard to money ...
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... camp , under circumstan- ces of want and comparative privation , had diminished the military ardor of new levies . A task of great difficulty was before the new commander - in - chief . His appeals , address- es , remonstrances , and ...
... camp , under circumstan- ces of want and comparative privation , had diminished the military ardor of new levies . A task of great difficulty was before the new commander - in - chief . His appeals , address- es , remonstrances , and ...
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... camp , and the flag which had pre- viously been plain red , was changed to thirteen stripes , em- blematic of the union of the colonies . Differences of opin- ion had prevailed between General Washington , and the council of officers ...
... camp , and the flag which had pre- viously been plain red , was changed to thirteen stripes , em- blematic of the union of the colonies . Differences of opin- ion had prevailed between General Washington , and the council of officers ...
Página 136
... camp ; but the Americans had anticipated the movement , and com- menced a precipitate retreat the day before , leaving behind them their stores , part of their baggage and some of the sick . These latter were treated with great kindness ...
... camp ; but the Americans had anticipated the movement , and com- menced a precipitate retreat the day before , leaving behind them their stores , part of their baggage and some of the sick . These latter were treated with great kindness ...
Página 157
... camp of Washington , the difficulties and embarrassments were of the most distressing and sometimes threatening nature . The militia , upon which he was com- pelled to rely , had not learned the necessary habits of military ...
... camp of Washington , the difficulties and embarrassments were of the most distressing and sometimes threatening nature . The militia , upon which he was com- pelled to rely , had not learned the necessary habits of military ...
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