The Army and Navy of America: Containing a View of the Heroic Adventures, Battles, Naval Engagements, Remarkable Incidents, and Glorius Achievements in the Cause of Freedom, from the Period of the French and Indian-Wars to the Close of the Florida War; Independent of an Account of Warlike Operations on Land and SeaJ.H. Pearsol, 1845 - Počet stran: 624 |
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... Troops ..... 299 IX . - Capture of General Lee - Defeat of British at Trenton ... 318 X. - Expedition against Danbury - Death of Wooster . XI . - Arrival of Lafayette - Battle of Brandywine ... XII . - Philadelphia taken - Battle of ...
... Troops ..... 299 IX . - Capture of General Lee - Defeat of British at Trenton ... 318 X. - Expedition against Danbury - Death of Wooster . XI . - Arrival of Lafayette - Battle of Brandywine ... XII . - Philadelphia taken - Battle of ...
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... army , and increases all the chances of victory . " WASHINGTON said so , if you please , when he took possession of Dorchester Heights , and compelled the British army to leave Boston without firing a gun ; thus winning the game by the ...
... army , and increases all the chances of victory . " WASHINGTON said so , if you please , when he took possession of Dorchester Heights , and compelled the British army to leave Boston without firing a gun ; thus winning the game by the ...
Strana 73
... to Nivelles Belle Alliance Goumont Chateau A A The letters AAA indicate the position of the British army , BB that of the Prussian , aud CCCC that of the French . Brainla Leud A 10. MILITARY MAXIMS AND WARLIKE OPERATIONS . 73.
... to Nivelles Belle Alliance Goumont Chateau A A The letters AAA indicate the position of the British army , BB that of the Prussian , aud CCCC that of the French . Brainla Leud A 10. MILITARY MAXIMS AND WARLIKE OPERATIONS . 73.
Strana 148
... British Troops , aided by the Colonists - General Braddock despatched - Plan of Campaign - Expedition against French Forts in Nova Scotia - Expedition against Fort Du Quesne -- Brad- dock's Defeat and Death - Washington's Bravery and ...
... British Troops , aided by the Colonists - General Braddock despatched - Plan of Campaign - Expedition against French Forts in Nova Scotia - Expedition against Fort Du Quesne -- Brad- dock's Defeat and Death - Washington's Bravery and ...
Strana 149
... British government . By the former , because it conferred too much power on the king , and by the latter , on the ground that such a union of the people might endanger the supremacy of the mother country . Indeed the fears of both ...
... British government . By the former , because it conferred too much power on the king , and by the latter , on the ground that such a union of the people might endanger the supremacy of the mother country . Indeed the fears of both ...
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