Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United StatesP. Force, 1827 - Počet stran: 466 |
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Strana 15
... soon as this movement was ascertained by Washington , he broke up from White Clay creek , and , turning to his right , took post on the eastern side of the Brandywine , fronting Chadsford , where he waited the approach of his foe . Sir ...
... soon as this movement was ascertained by Washington , he broke up from White Clay creek , and , turning to his right , took post on the eastern side of the Brandywine , fronting Chadsford , where he waited the approach of his foe . Sir ...
Strana 17
... soon after the party reached the mills , lieutenant colonel Hamilton took possession of a flat bottomed boat for the purpose of transporting himself and his comrades across the river , should the sudden approach of the enemy render such ...
... soon after the party reached the mills , lieutenant colonel Hamilton took possession of a flat bottomed boat for the purpose of transporting himself and his comrades across the river , should the sudden approach of the enemy render such ...
Strana 26
... soon as the state of things would warrant a separation of his force . Meanwhile , restricted as he was to infe- rior numbers , he continued to exert every mean in his power to support Mud Island ; whose commandant , count d'Arenat ...
... soon as the state of things would warrant a separation of his force . Meanwhile , restricted as he was to infe- rior numbers , he continued to exert every mean in his power to support Mud Island ; whose commandant , count d'Arenat ...
Strana 27
... soon battered down ; and the breach , in that quarter , encouraged immediate resort to the ultimate operations , which would most likely have been attempted , had not the heroic stand made by colonel Greene at Fort Mercer presented an ...
... soon battered down ; and the breach , in that quarter , encouraged immediate resort to the ultimate operations , which would most likely have been attempted , had not the heroic stand made by colonel Greene at Fort Mercer presented an ...
Strana 28
... soon silenced by our guns , and abandoned by its crew . Novem . Russell was succeeded by major Thayer , of the Rhode 14th . Island line , an officer singularly qualified for the arduous condition in which he was placed . Resistance ...
... soon silenced by our guns , and abandoned by its crew . Novem . Russell was succeeded by major Thayer , of the Rhode 14th . Island line , an officer singularly qualified for the arduous condition in which he was placed . Resistance ...
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