The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, Volume 19Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1788 - History |
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... town of Mon- treal . This rafh enterprize he undertook at the head of a fmall party of English provincials and Canadians , without the knowledge of the commander in chief , or the affitance , which he might have procure , from fome of ...
... town of Mon- treal . This rafh enterprize he undertook at the head of a fmall party of English provincials and Canadians , without the knowledge of the commander in chief , or the affitance , which he might have procure , from fome of ...
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... town or a board the vessels , became equally critical . This danger was foon increafed by the arrival of General Mont- gomery at Montreal , where a capi- tulation was propofed by the prin- cipal French and English inhabi- tants ...
... town or a board the vessels , became equally critical . This danger was foon increafed by the arrival of General Mont- gomery at Montreal , where a capi- tulation was propofed by the prin- cipal French and English inhabi- tants ...
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... Town , on the Kennebec , and proceeded with great difficulty up that river , having a rapid ftream , with a rocky bottom and fhores , continually interrupted by falls and carrying places , with numberless other impediments to encounter ...
... Town , on the Kennebec , and proceeded with great difficulty up that river , having a rapid ftream , with a rocky bottom and fhores , continually interrupted by falls and carrying places , with numberless other impediments to encounter ...
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... town . The river was fortunately between them , and the boats fecured , other- wife it feems highly probable that they would have become mafters of the place in the firft furprise and confufion . This defect was indeed remedied in a few ...
... town . The river was fortunately between them , and the boats fecured , other- wife it feems highly probable that they would have become mafters of the place in the firft furprise and confufion . This defect was indeed remedied in a few ...
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... town , and fent two flags to fummon the inhabitants ; but they were fired at , and no meffage ad- mitted ; upon which , he at length drew off his detachment into quar- ters of refreshment . In the mean time , Montgomery having found ...
... town , and fent two flags to fummon the inhabitants ; but they were fired at , and no meffage ad- mitted ; upon which , he at length drew off his detachment into quar- ters of refreshment . In the mean time , Montgomery having found ...
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