A History of the American Revolution; Comprehending All the Principal Events Both in the Field and in the Cabinet, Volume 2F. Betts, 1822 - United States |
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... Rivers ... Leslie arrives at Charles- ton with reinforcements for Cornwallis , and marches to Cambden ... Half ... river ... General Davidson opposing his passage , is killed ... 327 $ 59 Tarleton disperses the militia at Terrants ...
... Rivers ... Leslie arrives at Charles- ton with reinforcements for Cornwallis , and marches to Cambden ... Half ... river ... General Davidson opposing his passage , is killed ... 327 $ 59 Tarleton disperses the militia at Terrants ...
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... River ... Skirmish between Butler and Simcoe on the Chickahominy ... Battle of Greenspring ... Cornwallis crosses the river , and retires to Portsmouth ... Moves from thence to York and Glouces- ter ... Affairs of the North ...
... River ... Skirmish between Butler and Simcoe on the Chickahominy ... Battle of Greenspring ... Cornwallis crosses the river , and retires to Portsmouth ... Moves from thence to York and Glouces- ter ... Affairs of the North ...
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... River , with the loss of a large portion of his army , we have seen that General Washington found himself reluctant- ly compelled to make a precipitate retreat across the Jerseys into Pennsylvania , with a shattered force of little more ...
... River , with the loss of a large portion of his army , we have seen that General Washington found himself reluctant- ly compelled to make a precipitate retreat across the Jerseys into Pennsylvania , with a shattered force of little more ...
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... river to the ferry opposite Philadelphia , would have been equally dangerous . No alternative was left but to march by a circuitous route to Prince- ton ; and even this would have been utterly impracti- cable , but for a sudden change ...
... river to the ferry opposite Philadelphia , would have been equally dangerous . No alternative was left but to march by a circuitous route to Prince- ton ; and even this would have been utterly impracti- cable , but for a sudden change ...
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... river on the opposite side . Notwithstanding General Lin- coln's cautious measures to guard against a surprise , the neglect of his patroles enabled the enemy to ad- vance within two hundred paces of him before they were discovered ...
... river on the opposite side . Notwithstanding General Lin- coln's cautious measures to guard against a surprise , the neglect of his patroles enabled the enemy to ad- vance within two hundred paces of him before they were discovered ...
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