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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... soon be terminated ; but he felt too , that the western world contained too many secure and safe retreats for the sons of liberty , to admit even the momentary idea of being compelled to relinquish their independence . There was a world ...
... soon be terminated ; but he felt too , that the western world contained too many secure and safe retreats for the sons of liberty , to admit even the momentary idea of being compelled to relinquish their independence . There was a world ...
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... soon gave the alarm , and a firing com- menced upon the party from an armed schooner in the harbour , which was returned with such effect , that the vessel was soon fired , and the men to the number of sixty - four made prisoners . By ...
... soon gave the alarm , and a firing com- menced upon the party from an armed schooner in the harbour , which was returned with such effect , that the vessel was soon fired , and the men to the number of sixty - four made prisoners . By ...
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... soon as possible . It was effected that night , with as little loss as could be expected from the great vigilance and ac- tivity of Burgoyne ; who , perceiving the movements of the Americans , divided his force and ordered pur- suit ...
... soon as possible . It was effected that night , with as little loss as could be expected from the great vigilance and ac- tivity of Burgoyne ; who , perceiving the movements of the Americans , divided his force and ordered pur- suit ...
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... soon became general , the re- mainder of the army under Stark himself moving up in the front . In his official account of the affair , Ge- neral Stark ( who had been a Captain under Wolfe , on the Plains of Abraham , ) thus writes- " It ...
... soon became general , the re- mainder of the army under Stark himself moving up in the front . In his official account of the affair , Ge- neral Stark ( who had been a Captain under Wolfe , on the Plains of Abraham , ) thus writes- " It ...
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... soon conspicuously seen . There can be no doubt , though the confession is somewhat humiliating , that General Stark's men were excited to this uncommon display of bravery , by the hopes of plunder which had been held out to them in his ...
... soon conspicuously seen . There can be no doubt , though the confession is somewhat humiliating , that General Stark's men were excited to this uncommon display of bravery , by the hopes of plunder which had been held out to them in his ...
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