Lives of the Presidents of the United States: With Biographical Notices of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Sketches of the Most Remarkable Events in the History of the Country, from Its Discovery to the Present Time, and a General View of Its Present Condition |
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... troops , to Great Meadows . On reaching this place , he learned from the friendly Indians that a party of the French were en- camped in a valley a few miles to the west . The night was dark and rainy , and entirely concealed the ...
... troops , to Great Meadows . On reaching this place , he learned from the friendly Indians that a party of the French were en- camped in a valley a few miles to the west . The night was dark and rainy , and entirely concealed the ...
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... troops as expeditiously as possible . This advice was adopted , and twelve hundred men were se- lected , to be ... troops by an invisible enemy , consisting of the French and Indians . From their sheltered retreats they were able to take ...
... troops as expeditiously as possible . This advice was adopted , and twelve hundred men were se- lected , to be ... troops by an invisible enemy , consisting of the French and Indians . From their sheltered retreats they were able to take ...
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... troops only exposed them more surely to the galling fire of the enemy . The action continued for three hours , in the course of which the general had three horses killed under him , and received himself a mortal wound . His troops ...
... troops only exposed them more surely to the galling fire of the enemy . The action continued for three hours , in the course of which the general had three horses killed under him , and received himself a mortal wound . His troops ...
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... troops were not sufficiently numerous to defend so large an extent of country , but it was difficult to make a more compact arrangement . The British army were posted in three divisions . The main body , under General Howe , was ...
... troops were not sufficiently numerous to defend so large an extent of country , but it was difficult to make a more compact arrangement . The British army were posted in three divisions . The main body , under General Howe , was ...
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... troops , whose term of service had expired , were eager to return home ; the new troops were slow in coming in . From this circumstance , the lines were often in a defenceless state . " It is not , " says General Washington , in a ...
... troops , whose term of service had expired , were eager to return home ; the new troops were slow in coming in . From this circumstance , the lines were often in a defenceless state . " It is not , " says General Washington , in a ...
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