A History of the American Revolution; Comprehending All the Principal Events Both in the Field and in the Cabinet, Volumen2F. Betts, 1822 |
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... troops arrived at Crown Point ; General Schuyler had returned to his Head Quarters at Alba- ny , and the task of defence remained with St. Clair . He was wholly ignorant of the views of the enemy , while on the contrary he had every ...
... troops arrived at Crown Point ; General Schuyler had returned to his Head Quarters at Alba- ny , and the task of defence remained with St. Clair . He was wholly ignorant of the views of the enemy , while on the contrary he had every ...
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... troops were in the best pos- sible condition , well disciplined , in full health , and commanded by officers of great reputation and expe- rience the British , by Generals Philips , Frazer , Powell , and Hamilton , and the auxiliaries ...
... troops were in the best pos- sible condition , well disciplined , in full health , and commanded by officers of great reputation and expe- rience the British , by Generals Philips , Frazer , Powell , and Hamilton , and the auxiliaries ...
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... troops were divided ; a council of the officers was called to decide whether it would be most adviseable to remove to the less ex- posed low grounds to wait for the attack , or remove the whole of the troops to Mount Independence and ...
... troops were divided ; a council of the officers was called to decide whether it would be most adviseable to remove to the less ex- posed low grounds to wait for the attack , or remove the whole of the troops to Mount Independence and ...
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... troops and militia , did not amount to one thousand men ; he had thirty - one boxes of musket - balls , not quite three hundred pounds of lead , and three thousand five hun- dred flints , and thus situated was within little more than a ...
... troops and militia , did not amount to one thousand men ; he had thirty - one boxes of musket - balls , not quite three hundred pounds of lead , and three thousand five hun- dred flints , and thus situated was within little more than a ...
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... Warner , " whose su- periour skill in the action , was of extraordinary ser- vice . " Indeed it was impossible for troops to have be- haved more bravely . General Stark himself lost his horse 42 AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
... Warner , " whose su- periour skill in the action , was of extraordinary ser- vice . " Indeed it was impossible for troops to have be- haved more bravely . General Stark himself lost his horse 42 AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
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