Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United StatesP. Force, 1827 - Počet stran: 466 |
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... corps . The leading officer of the enemy was killed ; and the detachment suffered severely . The contest which began on our right spread to our left , and was warm in some parts of the American line ; and many of the corps distin ...
... corps . The leading officer of the enemy was killed ; and the detachment suffered severely . The contest which began on our right spread to our left , and was warm in some parts of the American line ; and many of the corps distin ...
Strana 23
... corps to that part of the works heretofore contracted to fit his strength ; nor could the per- severing solicitations of lieutenant Colonel Simms , seconded by the anxious wishes of his troops , shake the fixed resolve of Greene ...
... corps to that part of the works heretofore contracted to fit his strength ; nor could the per- severing solicitations of lieutenant Colonel Simms , seconded by the anxious wishes of his troops , shake the fixed resolve of Greene ...
Strana 50
... corps ; and the reserve consisted of the cavalry , with a small bri- gade of Virginia militia under general Mason . The Highlanders , called the best troops of the enemy , being known to take post on his right , became by this order of ...
... corps ; and the reserve consisted of the cavalry , with a small bri- gade of Virginia militia under general Mason . The Highlanders , called the best troops of the enemy , being known to take post on his right , became by this order of ...
Strana 51
... corps . The halt of the line , returning the enemy's fire instead of pressing on with the bayonet , baffled our last hope of victory ; nor is it improbable , had the appeal to the bayonet been uninter- rupted , but that our courage ...
... corps . The halt of the line , returning the enemy's fire instead of pressing on with the bayonet , baffled our last hope of victory ; nor is it improbable , had the appeal to the bayonet been uninter- rupted , but that our courage ...
Strana 59
... corps , appointing his own officers . He was ve- Indefatigable and persevering , the count collected about two hundred infan- try and two hundred horse , made up of all sorts , chiefly of German deserters . His officers were generally ...
... corps , appointing his own officers . He was ve- Indefatigable and persevering , the count collected about two hundred infan- try and two hundred horse , made up of all sorts , chiefly of German deserters . His officers were generally ...
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